The Benefits of Dermaplaning

Written by Dérmica MedEsthetics on July 23, 2025. Posted in Health and Beauty

Dermaplaning is a skin treatment that offers many benefits. This treatment addresses a variety of skin concerns. This article reviews three different reasons why clients seek out this treatment, and how the treatment addresses each concern.

Antiaging

Dermaplane may be recommended to clients with aging concerns, for example, dull skin, fine lines, and wrinkles. Because this skin treatment targets superficial skin, it is perfect for clients that want to see a subtle improvement in a single treatment.

However, some skin concerns require advanced treatments to reach deeper levels of the skin, for example, chemical peels or photofacials.

How does dermaplane address anti-aging concerns?

The treatment exfoliates dull skin cells thereby removing the outer most layer of skin. In turn, this reveals brighter and fresher skin.

In addition, it improves skin texture and reduces fine lines and wrinkles by smoothing the skin surface and removing rough patches. This minimizes the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles leading to a more even complexion as it promotes cell turnover.

Finally, dermplane enhances product absorption as it removes dead skin and peach fuzz. This allows anti-aging products to penetrate deeper and more effectively.

Hyperpigmentation

Dermaplaning may be recommended to clients with superficial hyperpigmentation. This skin treatment promotes cell turnover by removing superficial pigmented cells carrying excess pigment through an exfoliation process.

How does dermaplane address hyperpigmentation?

Dermaplaning enhances product penetration by removing the barrier of dead skin, allowing products to penetrate deeper.

This deep exfoliation stimulates skin regeneration that brings new cells to the surface. As a result, there is improvement in skin texture and tone reducing the appearance of dark spots.

Dry Skin

This skin treatment may be recommended to clients with uncomfortable dry skin. Dermaplane exfoliates dry/dead skin cells. It removes the outer most layer of dull, dry, flaking skin.

How does dermaplane address dry skin?

This treatment is great for dry skin because it improves product absorption by clearing away dead skin. Once the way is cleared thanks to the treatment, moisturizers and serums are able to nourish new skin cells.

Dermaplane promotes cell turnover. This process encourages the skin to move healthier cells to the surface. Plus, it removes vellus hair (also known as peach fuzz). This hair can trap dirt and dead skin cells as well as dilute the amount of product that is absorbed by the skin. The removal of the vellus hair reveals brighter skin by shedding dull dry layers. It helps to uncover a more radiant and hydrated complexion.

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Who is not suitable for dermaplaning?

Written by Dérmica MedEsthetics on September 7, 2024. Posted in Skin Care

Can anyone get dermaplaning?

We understand the appeal. What is there not to like about dermaplane? It’s a non-invasive skin resurfacing treatment that yields fabulous results! However, not everyone is suitable for dermaplaning.

Physically compromised skin is not suitable. For example, clients with a medical skin condition such as psoriasis, eczema, or other forms of dermatitis. Also, clients with severe cystic acne accompanied by inflammation in the skin or infections are not eligible for dermaplane.

Dermaplane with caution

Other types of contraindications exist where we can proceed with caution. For example, we take additional safety measures when dermaplaning on clients that have blood coagulating abnormalities. The reason for this is that these clients bleed more profusely and don’t clot properly.

Additional measures are also taken when dermaplaning on clients that have senile skin.

What can you do instead of dermaplaning?

If you are not eligible for a dermaplaning treatment, there are other resurfacing treatment options.

Chemical resurfacing

If you are unable to get dermaplaning due to mechanical compromise, you may benefit from chemical exfoliation. Chemical peels are a great alternative. A chemical peel is the application of a product that soaks in and dissolves the dead skin.

If what you were hoping to achieve with dermaplane is brightening, then go for an alphahydroxy-based peel. For those not eligible for demaplane due to acne, a betahydroxy acid peel is a great way to pretreat and prepare the skin for future dermaplane.

Light-based resurfacing

Photofacials are a light-based form of resurfacing. Photofacials target the structural cells of the skin which then regenerate and cause the old ones to move up and shed.

Milder options

If you are unable to get dermaplaning and are looking for a milder option than the aformentioned treatments, a facial could do the trick.

Facials involve deep cleansing and exfoliation by means of scrub exfoliants or enzymatic exfoliants. Peel boost containing alpha hydroxy or beta hydroxy acids are highly recommended in order to achieve as close brightening results as possible to a dermaplaning treatment.

Hair removal

If the hair removal benefits is what a client is looking for in dermaplaning, we recommend waxing or IPL hair removal.

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Dérmica MedEsthetics
(780) 885 7108
dermica.ca