Method and apparatus for microdermabrasion

Abstract

In a method and apparatus for microdermabrasion, a free-flowing, abrasive particulate material is applied upon an application surface. The application surface has a non-abrasive, textured surface that provides holding cells in the surface, such that abrasive particulate material is non-adhesively held in the holding cells. The application surface is pressed or directed against a skin surface to be treated while applying a pressure and stroking the application surface along the skin surface. The pressure and the stroking is transmitted through the application surface in such a way that the particulate provides an abrasive action against the skin, during which time the particulate is held non-adhesively and free-flowing in the holding cells. After the tool is stroked over the skin several times, the particulate material and abraded skin particles are removed, preferably by brushing, from the surface.

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