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Tips on Buying a Microderm Machine

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After nearly 20 years in the business I’ve made plenty of mistakes in buying equipment. Especially microdermabrasion machines, (especially used microdermabrasion machines).

Here are my best tips to avoid pitfalls and get yourself a michine you can count on:

  • Never buy a microdermabrasion machine without a guarantee! Things can go wrong, and no warranty equals a nightmare!
  • Find out if the seller can provide training. It’s worth paying extra for training on a machine you’ve never used. You don’t want to be surprised by anything after you buy.
  • Ask if there are “proprietary normal wear parts”. These are parts, (like filters, tips and tubing) only made by the manufacturer that you’ll have to buy on a regular basis. Every machine has them, but you need to know the cost before you decide to buy your machine.
  • Ask the seller if all of the filters on a machine are EXTERNAL, (meaning you can change them yourself). If they can’t answer you, or don’t know, run away! They’re either scammers, or don’t know what their talking about! If an internal filter fails, your machine could be ruined!
  • Beware of crystal machines, especially used ones, but even new ones. We’ve had machines less than 2 years old where the crystals had penetrated the filters, and the vacuum pump goes out. And then we’ve had the company we bought it from blame our maintenance… which leads to my next point.
  • Find out about the maintenance required. Remember, if you and your staff have to remember to change filters, or check levels, blow out tubes, or do all sorts of maintenance on a regular basis, you can bet someone will forget, or get it wrong, and then you’ve got a broken machine, and quite possibly no warranty coverage.
  • Ask the seller how many tubing connections are there on the machine that could clog. The more tubing there is the more problems you’ll have.
  • Ask if the seller can provide references, (other people who use the machine).
  • Ask to see the machine. Any seller who won’t offer a demonstration, (or a money back guarantee) is not worth doing business with.

We’ve got experience with almost every type of crystal microdermabrasion machine and diamond microdermabrasion machines. We even had the HydraFacial machine that cost over $20,000.00 and was the biggest clogging headache, money pit we ever tried.

A few years ago we bought the DiamondTome and have recently added the HydroWand Facial upgrade. Now our microderm machine always works, never clogs, and is easy to combine with IPL, Laser, Botox & fillers, low level laser, LED, chemical peels, and masques. The training was AMAZING, and I learned some new twists and tricks that our clients LOVE!

The HydroWands are nice because we now use our retail products during infusion treatments, and we don’t have to keep buying proprietary products that don’t help our bottom line.

Good luck out there! – Jeanne – Winter Park, FL

Contact Mountain Coast Distributors to learn more or schedule a demonstration today, and to receive Chapter 1 of our free ebook on Maximizing your Microdermabrasion Practice. Call (303) 489-9203

The Advantages of DiamondTome

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The DiamondTome diamond microdermabrasion system

The DiamondTome diamond microdermabrasion system

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of the advantages you get with DiamondTome (whether vs old crystal machines or “knock off” crystal free machines) are:

  • DiamondTome is the only diamond microdermabrasion system that is manufactured to ISO 9001 standards, and can prove they use real diamonds. Many “knock offs” are actually using the same aluminum oxide crystals you find in old crystal microderm machines. This means more irritation to your clients, uneven exfoliation, and tips that wear out quickly, (whereas DiamondTome Wands are diamond sharp for even exfoliation, the most comfort, and they have been noted to last over 10 years in some cases, (with an average lifespan of 5.2 years).
  • DiamondTome is cleaner, this means it combines easily with other treatments like ClariFusion or SmartXide DOT, maximizing your ability to offer packages designed specially for your clients skin.
  • DiamondTome now offers an upgrade to the HydroPlus, for cosmeceutical infusion for less than $3000.00! (Compare that to “HydraFacial” at over $20,000).
  • The DiamondTome platform never needs maintenance, software upgrades, and requires NO DISPOSABLES!

Contact Us to learn more now, and to receive Chapter 1 of our free ebook on Maximizing your Microdermabrasion Practice. And you may call us at (303) 489-9203

How Much Vacuum Power do I Need to Perform Medical Microdermabrasion?

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There can be a big difference between the level of microdermabrasion provided by day spa staff, and a medically directed skin care practice, dermatology practice, or plastic surgery practice.

One big difference is the level of training provided by schools, and manufacturers of microdermabrasion machines to medical practices versus day spas. And of course, there’s always the advantage of having results and follow up supervised by a physician. And the ability to combine prescription level medications and cosmeceuticals with microderm treatments. But it’s not necessarily just that medical microderm machines have more vacuum power. In fact, one of the advantages of DiamondTome diamond microdermabrasion systems is that they can operate a lower vacuum levels, (as low as 4 inches of pressure), allowing medical microderm treatments for even sensitive skin types. The old crystal machines just can’t do that!

We train all of our medical practices according to the definition of medical microdermabrasion, (whether traditional crystal, or diamond microdermabrasion as described by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons that medical microdermabrasion should “….remove the thicker, uneven outer layer [of the skin].”

A typical day spa treatment may consist of just a single pass that removes ~20-30% of the stratum corneum, (the outer layer of dead de-hydrated cells). But removing only the dry de-hydrated layer is only part of the process. It is necessary to go deeper, to reveal the layers of more hydrated stratum corneum. Medical Microdermabrasion may require no more than 8 to 12 inches of vacuum pressure, (22-45KpA). But a multi-pass technique must be observed to remove at least 75% of the stratum corneum in order to achieve all of the long term clinical results (similar to the treatment protocols described by Lloyd in her 2001 pilot study).

microderm histology

Medical Microdermabrasion Histology

DiamondTome, the industry standard for crystal free diamond microdermabrasion provides more power than you’ll ever need, reliable equipment that is maintenance free and documented to last a decade or more for 98% of DiamondTome practitioners, and the lowest cost of disposables in the industry. And with the Infusion of Cosmeceuticals into the skin via Microdermabrasion, training in Medical Microdermabrasion will separate what you do from the competition.

Contact Us to learn more now, and to receive Chapter 1 of our free ebook on Maximizing your Microdermabrasion Practice. And you may call us at (303) 489-9203.