Dermaplaning Advice: Is It Shaving? Should You Do It? At-Home Treatment

Eyebrow razors to dermaplane with, yay or nay?

In my opinion, nay.

Dermaplaning was very popular, but it seems to have phased out given that everyone can do it at home with an eyebrow razor.

Dermaplaning is essentially shaving your face. This has been argued back and forth for a long time whether it’s the same thing or not, and it is. You use a surgical blade, which is different than a razor, but the end goal is the same; remove vellus hair (peach fuzz) and the stratum corneum.

It’s said to help products penetrate better yielding better results. In theory, removing any layer of the skin gives products the ability to enter a bit better.

Do your products need to penetrate more to work better? NO! This concept is primarily marketing, and there isn’t much data that shows dermaplaning provided better results with skincare.

I think this all stems from the fact that your skin works as a barrier to keep things out (and it does a good job at it), and chemists work very hard at formulating products to get them into the skin.

But, irritation is the most common thing seen! Whether professionally done or not, products can irritate the skin more since they can in theory get into the skin easier. Additionally, doing it too frequently can also result in irritation.

If you find you have great results and no irritation, crack on. If you’re have FOMO thinking that dermaplaning is going to transform everything, it wont.

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[stephieshappymadness]

I just don't like peach fuzz but I'm always very gentle. It does make makeup look better.

[kris_jenner_is_a_cryptid_]

Her face skin looks ANGRY and irritated

[noicer]

I use it cause I have pcos and my facial hair grows dark and thick
I would like have a beard if I didn’t shave for a couple of days
I want to do laser hair removal but I haven’t found the motivation so it’s easier to just shave

Overall if my facial hair grew invisible I wouldn’t care

[leahreiss]

If I were here I'd probably wait to be incorrect and passive aggressive until the lower half of my face stops looking so red & irritated 😳

[DDA-jo]

I do it because my makeup looks better and I like the feeling of softer skin

[portable.adorable]

yup learned that dermaplaning made my skin more sensitive righttt away 😬 happy for anyone it works for tho

[scoobydoo]

I love it for getting rid of the peach fuzz! I clean my face before and after and use aloe gel when done. Ive found it pretty helpful. Any recommendations for other methods of peach fuzz removal? Waxing makes me look like i was in a school fight..and not winning 😂

[mariaalicedesouza]

I am fine with people doing whatever they want to their faces, but I don't like face shaving at all. All of my friends doing it are 1. suuuuper self aware of their "beards" now (which sometimes gets super awkward when that friend who ACTUALLY has a beard has to hear people without hormonal issues complaining about having a normal simian amount of hair on their face) 2. getting hella acne and then throwing 371 different products on their face to fix it and falling on a cycle of overcorrection and hypersensitive. I know it's anecdotal but I've seem this so much I've became a hater 😭

[katies_s]

The only time I’ve ever use those eyebrow things is because I hate plucking my eyebrows, so I just shave it instead

[taresabriles]

I just dont like peach fuzz, but I use a Gillette 5 blade instead of these.

[mooselove]

Bold of her to assume we can afford an aesthetician

[unholierthanthou]

Honestly in my experience it hasn't changed my skin much, but i'm also very careful and do it like once or twice a month. I have sensory issues and skin picking problems, so removing the hair stops me from stimming by touching my face because of the feeling of the hair. I definitely could stop, but it's not giving me any problems and ot's helping me prevent myself from causong more acne so why would i lol

[LeairaHurst-uiui]

I use those electric shaving things are those bad too?

[lauralanthalasa]

I will never trust anybody with face full of fillers on what to do with my face.

[HillbillyYEEHAA]

They're not sharp...or you get unfinished ones. There's no in-between

[Maddog-mqmb]

I’m insecure about my little mustache (in a girl) and I want to shave it before school starts but I don’t want to damage my skin or have it end up growing thicker/darker

[haven_from_me]

Dont do it ladies! I was tempted to try it and i damaged my skin barrier and flared up my rosacea! It was so awful. And embarrasing.
It took a month to get back to normal and i had to postpone a chemical peel ...

[jee]

you know what's the difference with doing at home and office? its the technique and I beg to disagree also the tools used. Women these days are overly simulated online that we create problems that we shouldn't be worrying. Peach puzz are totally normal but you do you.

[jazwhoaskedforthis]

Mm i don't think I'm gonna listen to am aesthetician that looks like a tomato about what's gonna irritate my skin, sorry babe