What is a chemical peel?
A chemical peel is a body treatment technique used to improve and smooth the texture of the facial skin using a chemical solution that causes the skin to blister and eventually peel off. The regenerated skin is usually smoother and less wrinkled than the old skin.
What is dermaplaning and how is it performed?
Dermaplaning removes the outer most layers of dead skin cells leaving the skin immediately smooth, supple and vibrant. Dermaplaning is a non-traumatic method of skin rejuvenation. It is safely performed by using a #10 blade. The blade is held against the skin at a 45 degree angle and stroked along the skin, just like shaving. The practioner is doing the stroking while holding the area of skin taut. There is no more risk to the skin than when a man shaves his face, the treatment is very easy and quick.
Won't the hairs on the face grow back thicker?
No. It is physiologically impossible for your vellous hairs (peach fuzz) to grow back thicker. True, once the hair is cut, it has a blunt edge but this edge does not mean that the hair structure itself has been physiologically altered. There are two types of hair - vellous or peach fuzz and terminal thicker hair that grows under the arms, public area, eye brows, mustache and beard, legs. Both types of hair grow back exactly the same way.
How often can this procedure be performed and what areas can be treated?
Blading the skin is performed on the face only. We do not blade the nose, eye lids, neck or chest. Blading can be performed every 3 -4 weeks. Blading the skin removes about 2 - 3 weeks worth of dead skin cells. We want the skin to complete its normal skin cycle of approximately 30 days. I do not recommend treating the skin more often than that.
What types of skin can be treated?
All skin types can benefit from dermaplaning, however I don't recommend this treatment for those suffering acne
