A few months ago, I picked up an at-home Dermaplaning set. If you're new to Dermaplaning, the process entails using little razors to exfoliate hair, dirt/debris and dead skin off of your face. The exfoliation process is said to help products absorb better into the skin, give a more radiant finish, smooth the skin, stimulate collagen while reducing the appearance of fine lines + wrinkles and reduce pigmentation. Dermaplaning can be done professionally or at-home. If you choose to go the at-home route like I did, you can choose from expensive devices to very affordable like these.
Initially I was under the impression that dermaplaning razors were used solely for hair and dead skin removal. I've always had a little bit of peach fuzz above my lip that I one day decided I wanted to get rid of. After using it for the first time, here are my first impressions.
+ Using the device is both simple + virtually painless. For obvious reasons, I was a little nervous at first about shaving my face with a razor. Happy to report that it doesn't hurt when you do gentle, downward strokes. If you go too fast, you can scrape your skin but I didn’t experience any cuts or bleeding.
+ The hair removes easily and leaves the skin feeling soft and smooth. I did experience a little bit of redness afterwards.
+ Personally, I didn’t see a lot of dead skin or debris coming off. I'm sure this varies person to person or by the device used. In a lot of photos online, there is a dramatic amount of hair/debris that you see being removed from the dermaplaning. While I could see some of the hairs on the razor, it was nowhere near the amount that others have shared. Again, this is likely due to variances in the amount of hair/dead skin that each person has.
+ After 5-6 days of using the razor, I noticed some of the hairs growing back. This seems pretty standard in comparison to a regular razor, however for some reason I expected it to be a little longer? I am trying it again tonight so we'll see what happens.
Overall, I’m happy that it worked how I wanted for removing peach fuzz and some wild hairs. I don’t notice any different in terms of wrinkles, however I’ll be interested to see any longer term effects from that and the collage claims.
What are your thoughts on dermaplaning? Have you tried it? I love that the concept is super easy! Would you want to see a tutorial on how I use it? Once I’ve tried it for a little longer, I can do an update on my thoughts & a how-to if you’d like!
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