Is extreme redness/bruising after microdermabrasion normal? (Photos)

Hi, Your session seems to be quite deeper. Kindly use a good emollient to soothe your skin followed by sun protection. It will heal in due course of time. You can also postpone your next session and wait till it heals completely.  Good luck. 

Sorry to hear that you’re having some complications with healing after microdermabrasion. While your side effects do appear to be more severe than normal, they should still be able to heal on their own, although it may take some more time. If you haven’t already, check in with your provider to make him or her aware of your symptoms and seek his/her advice. In the meantime, you can try taking arnica supplements to help with swelling and bruising. Avoid taking NSAIDs, vitamin E, St. John’s wort and other medications and supplements that can thin your blood and cause more bruising and redness. 

Microdermabrasion should not result in what your pictures are showing.  I would make sure that you make the aesthetician and his/her medical director aware of your results.  The good news is that you should heal without problems.  However, I would recommend using Skin Medica's Scar Recovery Gel as well as a good, physical block sunscreen, such as Elta MD.Best of luck to you.

Unless you bruise easily or were on medications or supplements that can thin your blood it does look like your treatment was deeper than the typical microdermabrasion.  Dermabrasion goes deeper to create punctate bleeding and is usually performed by a physician using a surgical gown and blood precautions.  Yours may have been somewhere in between.  You should heal well in time in the lower facial area and the more sensitive neck.  Use arnica gel or tablets from your local vitamin store or online to speed the process and avoid aspirin, anti-inflammatory drugs, fish oils and any other medications that can cause more bleeding.  For pain you may take Tylenol (R).  Make sure you protect your skin from UV radiation with spf 50 and zinc oxide or titanium dioxide containing sun protection product. 

This is usually a very superficial procedure and does not cause a lot of issues but the neck is quite different from the face and may be red for a while but it sounds like you have a bit deeper issue and it will heal without sequelae