Microdermabrasion is a skin resurfacing procedure which began in Ancient Egypt.  Egyptian women, wanting to remove minor skin flaws, used fine sand and abrasive masks with alabaster particles to peel their outermost skin layers. Since then, women have used hundreds of substances and methods to exfoliate, cleanse, naturally freshen and lighten their skin.

In more recent times dermabrasion, chemical peels (glycolic acid peel and alpha hydroxy acids, for example), laser resurfacing and active balms proved to be extremely effective, however they also showed potential for serious complications.  As a result, dermatology experts became increasingly concerned with finding a safe, non-invasive facial skin rejuvenation and resurfacing treatments that actually work.  

In 1985, an Italian specialist performed the first microdermabrasion treatment, as we understand it today. People all over the world now treat skin problems with microdermabrasion because of its quick after-treatment recovery and low health risk.

The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery reported that microdermabrasion was the fourth most popular non-surgical dermatological procedure in the US in 2005, and the procedure has continued to grow year by year.