Myths and misconceptions of microdermabrasion virginia surgical arts

1. MYTHS AND MISCONCEPTIONS OF MICRODERMABRASION – V IRGINIA SURGICAL
ARTS
HAVE
YOU BEEN THINKING ABOUT
YOU’VE
GOALS.
MICRODERMABRASION (MDB)?
HEARD AND READ ABOUT IT, BUT IS IT RIGHT FOR YOU?
I T ’S
TRUE THAT
MDB
THAT
DEPENDS ON YOUR SKIN CARE CONCERNS AND
CAN DO SOME AMAZING THINGS FOR YOUR SKIN.
INFORMATION IS QUITE MISLEADING.
WHILE
HOWEVER
MUCH OF THE CONSUMER
STILL BEING VERY HELPFUL, YOU SHOULD KNOW THE LIMITATIONS OF
MDB
BEFORE CHOOSING THIS TREATMENT.
MDB
IS A TREATMENT THAT REVITALIZES YOUR SKIN, CLEANSES PORES AND PROMOTES NEW SKIN GROWTH ALL RESULTING
IN IMPROVED SKIN TEXTURE AND APPEARANCE.
MICRO-CRYSTALS
CELLS ALL WHILE REMOVING THE DEBRIS.
REPEATED TREATMENTS SKIN BECOMES HEALTHIER, BRIGHTER, AND MORE
WITH
ARE SPRAYED ACROSS THE SKIN, SHEDDING DEAD SKIN
EVEN TONED.
HERE
ARE SOME CLARIFICATIONS OF
MYTH: MDB
MICRODERMABRASION:
CAN REMOVE STRETCH MARKS.
REALITY: FIRST,
MDB IS NOT
EFFECTIVE TO IMPROVE THIS CONDITION DUE TO THE DEPTH WITHIN THE SKIN THAT STRETCH MARKS EXIST. THE ONLY
FDA APPROVED AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENT IS WITH A PALOMAR FRACTIONAL LASER WHICH WE DO OFFER.
MYTH: MDB
THERE HAS BEEN NO PROVEN TREATMENT TO COMPLETELY REMOVE STRETCH MARKS;
IS EFFECTIVE ON ACNE SCARRING.
REALITY: DEPENDING
ON THE SEVERITY OF THE SCARS,
MDB
CAN BE HELPFUL TO IMPROVE MILD ACNE SCARING WITH
THE USE OF FRACTIONAL LASER THERAPY OR COMBINED WITH A SERIES OF PEELS BUT IS NOT SO EFFECTIVE BY ITSELF.
MYTH: MDB
CAN ERASE AGE SPOTS AND SUN SPOTS.
REALITY: MDB
DARKER
MAY HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON FAINT, SUPERFICIAL SPOTS WITH MULTIPLE TREATMENTS.
PIGMENTATIONS,
A
COMBINATION
OF
CHEMICAL
PEELS
WITH
INTENSE PULSED LIGHT
TREATMENTS
FOR
IS
RECOMMENDED.
MYTH: MDB
IS PAINFUL AND REQUIRES A LOT OF DOWNTIME.
REALITY: MDB
IS GENERALLY NON-INVASIVE WHICH CAN BE ADJUSTED TO YOUR SKIN’S TOLERANCES.
APPEARANCE FOLLOWING A TREATMENT USUALLY LASTS ONLY A FEW HOURS.
YOU
A
SLIGHT PINK
CAN RETURN TO WORK OR OTHER
COMMITMENTS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING YOUR TREATMENT.
MYTH: MDB
IS NO MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SCRUB.
REALITY: YOU
WILL SEE GREATER RESULTS WITH MEDICAL GRADE
LEAVE WITH BRIGHTER, SMOOTHER SKIN!
BE
MDB
THAN AN AT HOME SCRUB.
CAREFUL WITH OVER THE COUNTER
“SCRUBS”
YOU
CAN EXPECT TO
BECAUSE EXFOLIATING GRAINS
CAN BE UNEVEN AND JAGGED WHICH CAUSES TEARING OF THE SKIN!
MYTH: MDB
CAN REMOVE WRINKLES.
REALITY: MDB CAN HELP ONLY SOFTEN FINE LINES
FILLERS OR THE FRACTIONAL LASER FOR RESURFACING.
OVER TIME BUT DEEPER LINES AND WRINKLES REQUIRE
BOTOX,
IS MICRODERMABRASION RIGHT FOR YOU? IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO REJUVENATE DULL, LACKLUSTER SKIN,
THEN YES! WITH REGULAR TREATMENTS (EVERY 4-6 WEEKS) AND A GOOD HOME SKINCARE REGIMEN, YOU WILL
BE ON YOUR WAY TO HEALTHIER, YOUNGER LOOKING SKIN! TO SCHEDULE A COMPLIMENTARY CONSULTATION TO

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