Microdermabrasion – the solution to all of your skincare needs!

Review by: Olga Gromova (The Review Girl)

Like many women I have always strived to have perfect skin – no wrinkles, pimples, large pores or age spots. Although I have been very fortunate to be acne free I have noticed many un-pleasantries popping up on my face throughout the years. Having just turned 27 I’ve found myself looking at photos of when I was 21 and longing for my younger looking skin. I’ve wanted to kick myself many times for not cherishing my youth and wearing sunblock or moisturizing properly. I was desperate for help, scared of aging, and truly unhappy with the catastrophe that was becoming my face. Luckily, Pucci came to the rescue with their microdermabrasion treatment.

I was thrilled when I learned that Lauren Ballard would be performing the treatment. Lauren has been in the beauty industry since she was 15, trained with Decleor and PCA Skin and has an impressive resume of working with many celebrities, so I knew that I was in excellent hands.

Before we began I asked Lauren to explain all the benefits of microdermabrasion and was excited by what I learned: Microdermabrasion is great for all skin types and colors and is used to clear the skin of impurities, blackheads, hyperpigmentation, appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, and appearance of large pores. This hit the nail on the head, I could finally stop worrying about aging, microdermabrasion was the solution to all my woes!

We began with the cleansing process. As I was getting cozy in the super plush treatment bed Lauren turned on the steam and began a custom face cleansing routine that was just right for my skin type. After manually cleaning my face and neck, Lauren used clarisonic technology (clarisonic skin cleansing system uses a patented sonic frequency of more than 300 movements per second to clean, soften and smooth skin) to add that extra oomph to the cleaning process.

Once she was certain that there was not an ounce of dirt left on my face, Lauren began the microdermabrasion treatment. While this may sound scary and mysterious, it’s really not. The microdermabrasion machine uses a glass, u-shaped tube to spray crystals onto the skin in a gentle abrasion technique that removes the dead outer layer of skin, it then vacuums the crystals up along with the dead skin cells. This procedure is not painful in any way and feels more like getting kisses from a kitten than anything else.

After vacuuming away all of my impurities Lauren performed extractions to be extra thorough. She examined every inch of my skin to make sure that there were no pimples or blackheads left untouched, and when she found them, she made sure to eliminate them upon sight.

Now that my skin was officially free of any type of impurities, Lauren pampered me with a personalized luxury facial mask and a neck and shoulder massage. She finished the treatment by applying the perfect moisturizer for my skin and I was good to go.

My skin was now officially the cleanest and purest that it has ever been and I was shocked to notice that my wrinkles had significantly diminished. This procedure has minimal recovery time and the only suggestion I would give is to not make plans on the same day that you get it done because you will look slightly sunburnt. By the next morning I looked perfectly normal except I had that awesome after-facial glow.

While I am extremely happy with the treatment I received I fully understand that in order to completely eliminate my wrinkles and even out my skin tone I will have to continue with this series (to which I am not opposed one bit!). Based on your skin condition you can have a treatment anywhere from once every two weeks to once a month. And now Pucci has made it super affordable by offering a microdermabrasion treatment for only $100 ($120 value) or a series of 6 treatments for $600. 

Don’t put your skin care on hold, schedule your microdermabrasion series today, it’s truly the best present you can give yourself!