One of the best facials I’ve ever had involved a scalpel. That sounds like the beginning of a Stephen King novel, but it was a delight. The aesthetician scraped the blade over my cheeks, chin, and jawline in short strokes, removing a layer of dead skin and peach fuzz I was previously unaware of. I felt nearly reborn. This, I learned later, was “dermaplaning,” a treatment that requires a medical scalpel and a licensed aesthetician, and is sometimes performed by a nurse or doctor. You know how people say they glow after a facial? They really do after dermaplaning. When you remove that upper layer of debris, light bounces brightly off the skin.
I would’ve happily signed up for monthly dermaplaning sessions, but I moved on, forgot, didn’t have the time—the usual. I tried one of those tiny Japanese razors sold for a few dollars on Amazon, but found it nerve-racking to take a blade to my own face and neck. Then I discovered the Dermaflash Luxe+.
