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| - I found this place on groupon. I went in to make my dark sun spots lighter. Valerie, the esthetician said microdermabrasion would be the best thing. I assumed that an experienced esthetician would know how to guide me to the best treatment to get the results I was looking for.
Once in the facial room, I changed and laid down, ready to relax and enjoy my facial. When Valerie said she likes to do a lot of massage with facials, I was really excited, because I enjoy the massage part of facials the most. What I think she should have said is that her massages are given with a lot of pressure. I was not relaxed during any of the massage portion of the facial, in fact, I even had to tell her a few times to decrease the pressure.
I thought it would get better when the machine came out. When the microdermabrasion machine was going on my face, I was experiencing a great deal of discomfort, but I was told that is a normal part of this procedure. So far, this was not a relaxing facial.
When the mask was placed on my face, Valerie said, "I know it burns, so I'll turn the fan on." Once the fan was turned on, the burning sensation decreased. The moisturizer was applied and as I was about to leave I looked in the mirror and saw that my skin was bright red. Valerie didn't seem to be worried, so I assumed that was normal.
My sun spots seem to have gotten darker and I have scratches on my face now. My sun spots seem to have dark scabs over them, as if the top layer of skin was shaved off and my skin oozed, causing the dark scab. I think that the microderm abrasion machine was set too high for my skin. I look like I have road rash and dark scabs on my cheeks where the sun spots originally were. This is not the first time I have gotten microderm abrasion, but this is the first time I had this bad reaction.
My parents saw me the next day and asked me what happened, so obviously the scabs were noticeable to others.
Maybe after the scabs come off, I will see the results I was expecting, but as of the writing of this review, I still have the dark scabs and scratches and have not gotten the results I was looking for.
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