There are a lot of misconceptions about dermaplaning. From re-growing thicker facial hair to it being painful, everyone has heard some old wives tale in one form or another about what happens when a woman shaves her face. Dermaplaning is simply the manual exfoliation of dead skin cells and any superficial, vellus facial hair. Essentially, you're killing 2 birds with one stone. You're getting rid of both factors that make your skin appear dull, aged, and can even cause breakouts due to clogged pores and hair follicles. Which is why this type of manual exfoliation is essential to maintaining an even, healthy glow. It's a win win. Dermaplaning has absolutely no downtime and is completely safe for all skin types, all ages, and is even safe to do during your pregnancy. We recommend waiting 21 days between treatments so that you're not over exfoliating, which could cause some sensitivity. Besides the obvious pros of dermaplaning, by manually exfoliating you're actually speeding up your cell turnover rate which is what we all want! Our cell turnover rate slows down with age, which is why all babies have that perfect, smooth, glowing skin. As babies, our cell turnover rate or cell renewal factor (CRF) is incredibly fast and then naturally as we age, paired with environmental factors that we're exposed to (i.e.- sun, pollution, choosing tequila instead of water) our CRF dramatically decreases causing those dreaded little things we call wrinkles. Ever wonder why men always seem to show visible signs of age (unfairly) slower than us women? It's because they've been manually exfoliating, aka shaving, their face since they hit puberty, which in turn has increased their cell turnover rate.
