Jacksonville Dermabrasion doctors

You'll see a lot of variation with answers to questions like this. Most people will either not recommend dermabrasion or add an additional type of treatment to the dermabrasion. 

This is largely in part to the fact that dermabrasion is no longer a regular part of training for many specialties, including dermatology, facial plastic surgery, and plastic surgery; having been replaced by chemical peels and laser resurfacing. 

The reason for this is that dermabrasion is difficult to do correctly, either staying too superficial and not getting the result you want, or going too deep and making the scar worse. 

Personally, I believe dermabrasion remains an excellent option for focal acne scarring. 

Ask your physician about their background with dermabrasion and comfort level with it. Chemical peels and laser resurfacing remain excellent options for fine lines and wrinkles, but are not as effective for focal scarring compared to dermabrasion. 

I have used dermabrasion as a second line therapy for tattoo removal when laser tattoo removal hasn't been effective. Green and white pigments are especially difficult to remove with a laser. Dermabrasion removes the top layers of skin down to the cells containing the tattoo ink. This will result in a near complete removal of the pigment. Exceptions to this are "homemade" tattoos created at variable depths in the skin. Sometimes they are too deep for dermabrasion and must be surgically removed.

A friend of mine once told me the most common phrase spoken right before a bad idea was acted upon is: "Hey, watch this!"

Dermabrasion, while an effective technique for skin resurfacing for scars and fine wrinkles, is PAINFUL!!! 

Plus, it is not difficult to go TOO DEEP if you are not trained in the technique. Too deep means full thickness destruction of skin that would then require surgery to correct, resulting in a scar worse than the one you tried to correct...