Is Dermaplaning Right For You? Here’s What to Know
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Good-bye, cutting your bangs. Hello… dermaplaning?
This skincare ritual is another social media-driven beauty trend that’s exploding in popularity.
If you’ve never heard of it or are seeing photos for the first time, the pictures and captions may feel confusing. Some swear it’s the secret to having smooth, soft skin.
But there’s a razor involved.
Why? Because dermaplaning involves shaving your face.
“A lot of people are very confused by it for good reasons,” says Cassandra Bankson, a medical aesthetician. “Is it female face shaving? Is it exfoliating? It’s a little bit of both. You can remove facial hair by waxing and tweezing, but dermaplaning is a way to remove that and also exfoliate the skin at the same time.”
Still, it’s not exactly new. Icons like Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor reportedly used dermaplaning.
Bankson thinks the reason dermaplaning was somewhat under-the-radar until now is that, in part, people didn’t like talking about shaving their faces.
“Face shaving was a taboo topic that no one ever talked about until recently,” Bankson says. “A lot of women have been using razors or cheap brow trimmers behind closed doors to exfoliate or remove facial hair at home.”
Bankson says no one should feel ashamed about their facial hair or feel the need to remove it.
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