The gentle treatment for acne scars

For the millions of acne sufferers spread across the globe, clear skin is the ultimate goal. For the smoothest looking skin possible, a method called dermaplaning, that’s a controlled scraping of the skin’s top layers, is used to treat acne scars and removal of facial hair. Both men and women of all ages can benefit from dermaplaning. And the potential effectiveness of treatment depends on skin type, skin coloring and medical history.

Dermaplaning is an aggressive form of microdermabrasion that helps resurface the skin while increasing collagen production. The idea is that the process removes damaged and scarred skin, allowing new, healthy, and smooth skin to grow in its place. In addition to smoothing out the skin and reducing the appearance of acne scars, dermaplaning can help eliminate unwanted hair around the face and leave the skin looking smoother and younger. If you’ve been suffering from acne scars or an uneven skin tone, you may be a good candidate for the dermaplaning procedure.

How the procedure goes:

Dermaplaning can be done as a stand-alone treatment or in conjunction with other procedures. By skimming off peach fuzz and with the extra exfoliation it provides, dermaplaning enhances the effectiveness of other skin care treatments, and helps with product penetration. The simple procedure is performed by gently moving a scalpel which is like an electric razor over surface layers of the face to remove fine facial hair and to ex-foliate the skin. Whether the procedure is to be performed on the entire face or a small area also determines the length and the depth of the procedure, it can be performed for a few minutes or hours and can be performed as a single or a series of procedures.

Objectives of dermaplaning:

* The treatment can be used for the removal of unwanted facial hair and acne scars.
* The procedure can be used for ‘freshening up’ a patient’s face.
* In other cases, dermaplaning may be used for reducing the appearance of crater-like features left by severe acne. By skimming away the surrounding skin, the noticeable difference between the area levels is evened out, thus lessening the overall effect of the defect with the dermaplaning process.