What would you do if you could achieve the benefits of a professional skin care treatment at home for a fraction of the cost of a visit to the doctor or aesthetician? Cancel your next appointment, of course!
Today, at-home skin care kits are becoming more popular and more advanced, giving consumers an affordable option for looking beautiful.
“There is a significant increase in the number of women who are looking for affordable, at-home, anti-aging alternatives to professional treatments,” said Dr. Lydia Evans, consulting dermatologist for L’Oreal Paris.
One of the most requested and most expensive cosmetic procedures today is microdermabrasion, a treatment in which irregularly shaped aluminum oxide crystals are used to exfoliate dead skin cells, lifting them up and off of the skin’s surface.
With professional microdermabrasion, it takes typically four or five treatments to really see the results, and that can add up to about $1,000 or more.
If you want similar results at home, Evans recommends L’Oral’s ReFinish Micro-Dermabrasion Kit, which uses the same crystals as the in-office treatment and also...