Last night I apparently invented something that was already (just in the past couple years) invented! Have you ever had that experience?
I happened to be vacuuming the house using one of those
vacuums with a hose and an attachment piece. I had a sudden epiphany, what if I
could use my own, home vacuum as a microdermabrasion machine? As someone who
has worked in the aesthetics industry for several years—at both spas and at a
dermatology clinic—I know how important suction is in the field of skincare. I
also know how expensive these machines cost! These machines cost a minimum of $5,000-
$10,000 a piece! In addition to working at the hospital, I have been tinkering
with the idea of starting my own Home Spa business sometime after the baby is
born. Equipment would be my big business expense and so this was currently on
my mind.
I have worked with several pricey skincare machines that
utilize different degrees of skin suctioning. These machines are effective in
pore cleansing, improving skin texture, reducing acne scars and they also have
anti-aging benefits like stimulating fibroblastic activity in the dermis which
helps with collagen regeneration. A few of these machines include: the
hydrafacial machine, the microdermabrasion machine and the Isolaz Laser machine.
Another field where suctioning is used is in nursing; nurses use wound vacs to
help expedite the healing of wounds.
As I thought about all the possibilities I decided that I
wanted to use my vacuum as microdermabrasion machine. I thought about
designing a prototype attachment to apply to the tip of the hose that could
then be used on the skin. All I would need would be a plastic attachment and
then the diamond-head microdermabrasion tip that could be applied to the attachment. I
found a funnel in my kitchen that would temporarily serve as my first rough
“prototype attachment” to the vacuum cleaner hose. I applied it to the vacuum
hose—it fit perfectly! Next, I turned the vacuum on medium-low and then tested
it out on my skin. The degree of suctioning was perfect! In fact, it worked
EXACTLY, if not BETTER than the expensive microdermabrasion machines that I had
been using at the spa all along!
I was ecstatic! I told my husband about my idea and he
looked at me kind of funny. I didn’t care, for some reason I knew I had a good
idea. But then, my exuberance faded dramatically as I searched the internet and
saw that SOMEONE ELSE HAD ALREADY INVENTED EXACTLY WHAT I HAD JUST INVENTED IN
MY HEAD!!!! GRRR
Here it is available on Amazon:
Here is a youtube video that basically shows exactly the model that I had envisioned:
