PMD Beauty Personal Microderm Elite Pro-At-Home Microdermabrasion Machine with Kit for Face and Body-Exfoliating Crystals and Vacuum Suction for Fresh and Radiant Skin-Three Speed and Suction Options

Why it's worth it

The PMD Personal Microderm Elite Pro pairs vacuum suction with a spinning aluminum-oxide disc, so it sands the surface while it pulls. That combination reaches deeply embedded comedones that plain suction leaves behind, but it takes a few sessions before the pressure feels natural.

It does something the suction-only devices can't. The Elite Pro spins an exfoliating crystal disc against your skin while the vacuum lifts the debris away. That's microdermabrasion, not just extraction. Women's Health found it outperformed standard suction-only devices on deeply embedded blackheads — the stubborn ones on your nose that never seem to budge no matter how long you steam.

Three speeds and three suction settings let you dial it in. Your forehead can take more than the skin around your nose. Because speed and suction adjust separately, you can run a gentle disc speed with stronger suction, or the reverse. That's genuinely useful once you know your face, and it's the main reason this device grows with you instead of getting boring.

From our review of 6 blackhead remover vacuums, by Sarah Wright, Editorial Associate

What we like

• +It does something the suction-only devices can't
• +Three speeds and three suction settings let you dial it in
• +The clinical data is the strongest here
• +It works on your body too

What to know

• –There's a real learning curve
• –Abrasion means downtime
• –It's the most expensive option here by a wide margin