Review (5/5): Where has this been all my life?!
I'm 37 years old, and have been hearing older women say they wish they'd started taking care of their skin sooner. So I'm trying to learn from them. The problem is, I tried using products that said they would sting once applied, but when I apply them, I feel nothing. My skin is hard as nails. Even though I've exfoliated for years, I figured I must have a ton of dead skin begging to be removed. Then I found this product *enter heavenly choir singing*. So I used the microdermabrasion machine on the lowest setting on my face and afterwards, I finally felt tingling and stinging when using my liquid products! lol My face turned red from the microdermabrasion, but only for about 5 minutes on my face, maybe 10 minutes on my neck, and less than 5 minutes on my hands. I imagine the reaction time could be different if your skin isn't made of nails. It doesn't hurt- it feel like a small piece of sandpaper being rubbed against against your skin, and it makes a kissy noise when it comes off. Afterwards, my skin was super smooth- if you've ever used DHC's Velvet Coat primer on your face, my face felt a lot like that. It was great! And then I tried putting on some of my serum and whoo hoo! I felt the sting! I was thrilled! I changed my filter and blech! So happy to see all that dead skin on the filter. I couldn't be more pleased with this product and I highly recommend it for tough as nails skin!