Properly formulated microdermabrasion creams can reward you with lovely skin
that exudes health. However, if you foul up your microdermabrasion treatment and
make it too weak, or too strong, you could never see improvements in your skin or
seriously damage your skin.
To prevent damaging your skin, you always want to
- 1. Always formulate your microdermabrasion treatment with a purpose
- 2. Always test your product before using it
Formulating a microdermabrasion purpose
- 1. Select the abrasive agent that you need based on your skin type
- 2. Select a traction based on the goals of your dermabrasion products
Crafting quality skin care products is an art-science that can take decades to
master. But to save ourselves a lot of time, we can follow some general guidelines
and take safety measures to create custom skin care products that will earn their
spot in your bathroom vanity.
Acidic Base Safety
There is a dance happening with the abrasive agent and acidic agent in the
microdermabrasion product. The abrasive agent removes the upper layers of the
skin which enables to acidic agent to penetrate the skin at even deeper levels. The
complementary efforts of the abrasive and acidic agents make microdermabrasion
ideal for correcting deep skin damage like atrophic acne (deep) scarring, wrinkles
and enlarged pores.
Because the acidic base becomes more potent when combined with an abrasive
agent, it’s important to use a limited amount of key acids in the microdermabrasive
product.
Typical safety levels for the acidic base in the microdermabrasion product are
between 2-7% of the total products weight.
Acidic agent percentages: 2-7%
Matching the abrasive agent with the traction base
As a rule, the more abrasive agents like pumice stone, or crushed apricot that you
add to your microdermabrasion product, the more cream base you need in order
for the microdermabrasion cream to spread easily over the skin.
You want to keep your abrasive agent between 15-25% of the total weight of the
total dermabrasive product. When you have a product like crushed walnut shellthat
has relatively large surface area for an abrasive agent, but is less dense than
comparable abrasive agent- you would need to use less of these type of
dermabrasive agent.
Abrasive agent percentages 15-25%
Traction base percentages 60-85%