Microdermabrasion Acne Treatment Explained

This article explains how microdermabrasion is beneficial in treating acne and gives some common conditions for which microdermabrasion treatment is used.

Microdermabrasion is growing in popularity as a way for treating acne. While it’s true that microdermabrasion isn’t only an acne treatment hundreds of thousands of people can attest to the effectiveness of microdermabrasion in helping get rid of acne.

Both professional microdermabrasion treatment and home systems can be used for treating acne. Home systems are cheaper and easy to use, although results with professional microdermabrasion are longer lasting and more significant.

While discussing microdermabrasion results for acne, it should be stated that acne has various causes. The effectiveness of microdermabrasion as an acne treatment is not the same for every acne patient. Some people see improvements after only one treatment session, while others require several treatments before seeing improvements.

Microdermabrasion treats acne through two effects. By exfoliating of the outermost layer of skin, blocked pores, which are a major cause of acne, become unclogged. By unblocking the skin pores by exfoliating, microdermabrasion allows bacteria from underneath the skin's surface to be eliminated from the skin naturally.

Microdermabrasion treatment uses crystals which rub against the surface of the skin and perform the exfoliation. The most commonly used microdermabrasion crystals are made from aluminum oxide. This substance has anti-bacterial properties which mean when they are applied to the skin they kill the bacteria, which reduces the chances of acne returning.

Some patients see an immediate surge in acne after receiving treatment. While this may be alarming, it is in fact positive because the acne is being purged from the deeper layers of skin. The bacteria that had previously been trapped under the skin are released and the temporary acne breakout means the bacteria is coming out. After three or four days the acne begins to disappear leaving the skin much improved.