Yuhuuu!!!
I came back with PMD review!!!
Picture first!
What is PMD?
PMD is Personal Micro Dermabrasion System,
It’s a beauty tool which performs Microdermabrasion, exactly the same as in
doctor’s office. So if you know about Microderm or Microdermabrasion, this
thing is the DIY tools that you can do it at home.
Benefit of Microderm
A bit of technical here, it is a non-invasive procedures to exfoliate skin and mild skin rejuvenation. Tons of benefits such as, unclogging pores, clear acne thoroughly, diminishing fine lines and wrinkles, shrink the
appearance of pores, skin tightening, exfoliates skin, reduce pigmentation, until reversing the
ice-pricked scar!
Well, for me, one of the benefits that I achieve so far is
that, no more blackheads and whiteheads and more glowing radiant skin, I don’t
even need foundation and concealer to cover up!
When you shedding the outer layer of skin, called as stratum corneum, the
body will treat it as a mild injury and quickly speed up the process of renewing
the skin cells. Moreover, whatever product or serum that you apply afterwards, it will be
absorbed completely without left a trace!
Background
Remember when I told you that nowadays my
skin is very sensitive, cannot go to beauty parlour to do normal facial
anymore? Now my skin is very fragile and sensitive, thus even if I do the
mildest and simplest extraction also cannot! My skin will either red or tear,
then form a scab which takes few days to heal. Haiz…
So apparently, since I cannot do extraction
anymore, I religiously use Biore Porepack to remove black and whiteheads
(especially on the nose area). But the downside is, it takes too long to let it
dry. And moreover this thing might not pick up the deepest blackheads and if I
did twice, it will tear my skin and leave redness!
Microderm at office.
The next visit, I told my derma about it
hence she recommend doing Microdermabrasion at office. At least do once every
month. When she told me about it, I was like, oh ok, let’s give it a try. The
first session is about 15-20 mins total and If I remember correctly it costs me
about S$ 60 plus.
So there in the treatment room, I was lying on my back, and
after remove all make up/ dirt with their special face wash and toner, there is
this machine, like a big box attached to the cable, the handle (which like a
stick to me) perform a suction when the machine on. So the doctor said that,
not only to clean all the dirt, blackheads and white heads in the pores but
it’s also distribute the aluminium oxide micro crystal onto your skin hence it makes make the skin look
radiant and young instantly.
But the downside of this treatment is:
1. Expensive. $60 for 15 minutes suction
thingy on my face!? And sometime I feel like the area that they cover not
really that thoroughly, they were not into details and just anyhow do one. Maybe
I could do much better job than them since I know every single inch of my face
very well.
2. A bit reddish on the first treatment,
but after that the redness will be subside within 1-2 hours (for me, but some
people may have less downtime)
3. Its sting when apply Vitamin C serum
(for first time treatment)
4.
For me personally, the doctor’s office is always packed and long queue. Not to mention, must book appointment in
advance and it’s so stressful because once I missed the queue number, need to
wait and wait and wait, just to get 15 mins Microderm treatment!? I am loyal
patient who always visit monthly and yet they don’t give a shit priority
queue.
The discovery of PMD online
So after a good 2 session of Microderm at
doctor’s office, which make me kind of nervous every single time. It’s time for me to find beauty parlour that
has Microderm service. But after a round of research, the price of Microderm
treatment in the beauty parlour is at least $80-200 per session!?
I don’t
understand why it’s so expensive!? Maybe the beauty parlour has advance
Microderm machine, or they use gold instead of crystal (that’s explain high
cost of the treatment), or maybe I’m just paying for additional service such as
massage, good relaxation music, relaxing mask? Honestly, I don’t need all the massage and all
the stuff, what I need is the suction of that microdem device. LOL.
Then I found this brand, PMD, from Blair
Juicystar07 youtube video, showing her advertise review PMD beauty tools
and I was hooked, immediately! This is the tools that I wanted!!! Then I
Youtube-ing it and found a tons of reviews from another blogger.
It is quite popular in the States, in fact,
there are tons of online promotion of 25% discount coupon and free delivery locally.
But I ain’t living in US and I, obviously jealous to the max coz cannot enjoy the
promotion! In addition, there is an
online website offer to international delivery, but I’m a bit hesitant coz the
freight cost really cost a bomb and the voltage/ plug is quite different from
Singapore. And oh ya! No local warranty, too! So I avoided buying online even
if it’s cheaper by few dollars…
Long story short, I found this Clariancy website and drop
email enquiry about the PMD product.
Yes,
it is Clariancy Singapore! Within 3 hours’ time, they replied me with all the
details that I wanted to know, price and stuff transparently! Talking about
good customer service!
Good news, there was 10% discount in all Clariancy outlets;
and the nearest one is at NEX Serangoon. So off I went to the outlets and
bought it! Mission accomplished!
Unboxing and First time attempt
I did unboxing and my first attempt using
PMD. But before that, there is a CD instruction to view, in fact, if you search in
Youtube, there are tons of review, how to do, feedback, and all that stuffs
about PMD. Interestingly, I learnt that this PMD is quite popular in the
States.
First attempt, I recommend doing it during
evening time, when the sun goes down and you would have more than enough time
for the redness/ downtime to be subside. Moreover, after doing microderm, your
skin will tend to be sensitive to the sun, so apply sunblock on the next day is
a MUST. In fact, you have to always wear sunblock at all times during the day.
So after I cleaned my face and apply toner,
I let it dry and start to set up my PMD device. It is so easy, just open up the
cap, insert the blue disc, close the cap tightly, and then plug and on the
device. At first, the device creates so much noise and it sounds so scary! But
now I get used to it already, hahaha. And then try the device on my hand and
thigh first, getting it familiarize, and gain more confidence and skill before
going direct onto my face.
It is recommended to go max 2 times on the same area
of skin; DO NOT hover and DO NOT stay at one place for long time. The key here
is keep on MOVING and MOVING the device, do it in outwards/ upwards motion.
Immediately after that, my face a bit red and
hot! I wait for few minutes before I washed my face with water to shed off the
dead skin cells. Next, apply toner and serum for maximum absorption. Then leave it overnight to let the skin rest
and heal the redness. Next morning, I’m waking up to radiant and glowing skin
due to the new skin cells appearance and maximum absorption from my serum!
Yippie!
Price and Product Decription
Mine is a pink one, price is S$ 268.20 and 6 months warranty. Strictly no
1 to 1 exchange and the warranty only for repair the machine :-(
There are 4 colour of disc which as
follows.
White disc is a training disc for first time user.
Blue disc is for
beginner user who has sensitive skin.
Green disc is for advance people who have
normal skin and comfortably using this device for quite some time.
Red disc is
for those rough skin and trouble skin (such as ice-prick scar and big pores
skin condition). Red one contains the most abrasive crystal and it is under
supervision when buying the red one.
The
disc can be used up to 2-3 times and it will be worn off after that. The disc
replacement cost around $30 for the pack of 6 discs. I think it can last for a
good 6 months or more, depends on the how often is the usage.
There are 2 caps total, the big cap, for
body and the small cap, for face.
Do not use interchangeably! Follow the
instruction very closely! Fail to do so, it may performs scarring or scabbing, and
worst, permanent scar as this device is quite rough for sensitive skin.
The booklet said, it is recommended to use
it once a week, or let it rest a week before the next treatment. And then after using PMD, as it is shed off
dead skin cells, it will maximise as much as 20 times the absorption of serum applied.
In conclusion, just read the instruction
first and follow it thoroughly. But to know more, click here for more details.
-Deb-
