Dermabrasion

Sometimes as skin ages from exposure to the sun and the elements, it can get dull. Wrinkles soon appear making the face look older. There are many solutions that can be employed to help diminish the signs of age as they appear on our skin. Dermabrasion is one solution that can be used to gently erase the signs that time leaves behind on our skin such as wrinkles, age spots, old scars from injuries, and it can even remove some tattoos depending on their size and location. There are other scars that can be diminished using dermabrasion. Acne is one of them.

Dermabrasion uses a machine to scrape away the top layer of skin to reveal the fresh, new underlaying skin that is more firm. Dermabrasion can help to improve the look of skin that has scars from an accident, surgery or burns. It also helps to improve the appearance of wrinkles, dermabrasion can be used to alleviate acne scarring, and it can be used to remove precancerous growths.

Aluminum oxide crystals in dermabrasion are used to gently re-surface the skin to reduce wrinkles. Dermabrasion for scars helps to diminish the look of scars as it also restores skin's healthy glow. Dermabrasion helps chicken pox scars to look less pronounced.

Dermabrasion equipment is a hand-held scraping tool that the doctor uses to gently scrape away the top layer of skin. There are basically two different kinds of scrapers used. One has small wire brushes and the other has a wheel that spins and has little bits of diamond particles in it. These heads either scrape or sand the skin away.

Dermabrasion crystals are made up of either diamond particles, aluminum oxide micro-crystals, or sodium bicarbonate micro-crystals. Dermabrasion kits are available for people to purchase and use at home to give themselves treatments.

Obagi blue dermabrasion facial peel uses both treatments to restore the skin. This is an aggressive treatment that is not for everyone. Your doctor will analyze your skin type to determine if you would be a good benefit for this treatment option.

A quick Internet search will reveal many web sites with information about Atlanta dermabrasion and other cosmetic surgery procedures. You will find sites with dermabrasion stories from people who have had the procedure done, info from dermabrasion doctors, and you can get answers for your dermabrasion questions.

Your doctor can show you photos of dermabrasion result that other of his or her patients have experienced. Photographs show the dermabrasion results before and after and can help you to get an idea of how your treatments might turn out.