Ok, so I know we all get bombarded with lots of new ways to help us fight the ageing process, and trust me I’m the first to put my hand up for that. Anything I can do to keep that next wrinkle at bay, I’m there. Hence one of the reasons for starting my blog, to help us all to decide what works and what doesn’t. Show me the next greatest wonder wrinkle remover and I’ll be first in line.

But I do think we need to start being a little more discerning about what we are prepared to do in our fight against the dreaded wrinkle. We need to be aware of what the pitfalls are, as well as the benefits.

One of the latest crazes to hit the beauty departments and clinics is Microdermabrasion. It promises to take off the top layer of skin on your face, smooth fine lines and help in the promotion of collagen. You can go to a beauty clinic to have it done. They tend to use a much stronger method which they claim can be more effective than the at home treatments you can buy.

So in my quest to achieve that youthful glow and help to produce more collagen, I went to a beauty clinic to have it done professionally. Bad move. I am still paying the price for having had it done. Not only did it hurt, uncomfortable is how I would describe it, it has also resulted in me now having broken blood vessels which I didn’t have before. I know these are a direct result of the treatment I had because they have appeared since the treatment and where I was particularly red for days.

I know that I have done irreparable damage to my face.

Now, some may argue that it wasn’t done correctly, but still this whole experience has lead me to investigate further the benefits of Microdermabrasion.

My take on it is this. I won’t go to a clinic to have it done ever again. I don’t believe it’s a good idea to have somebody rub a machine over your face, like sandpaper, in order to shave a couple of layers of skin off to achieve that younger fresh faced look. What we need to do is to be more careful and not fall for all the hype that’s associated with this particular treatment. Think about what it is you are actually doing. Taking layers of skin off your face. There are much smarter ways of doing this and I do believe that the at home treatments are just as effective and in most cases much better for you.

Save your money and your skin. Use a face cloth rubbed over your face to remove dead skin cells, buy an “at home kit”, but don’t go to a clinic! It is just too harsh and too risky.

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