Dermabrasion is a dermatologic procedure that exerts its therapeutic effect by removing the epidermis and superficial dermis, allowing re-epithelialization from the underlying skin to occur. With dermabrasion, a specialized hand held instrument is used to "sand" the skin, removing the epidermal surface in order to improve contour. Therefore, the technique is best used for superficial lesions of the face.

Standard dermabrasion uses a wire brush or diamond fraise (a stainless steel wheel on which diamond chips have been bonded) abraders to plane the skin whereas laser dermabrasion involves use of the argon laser, ultrapulse carbon dioxide (CO2) laser, or flashlamp-pumped pulsed dye laser to resurface the entire face, and has been used as an alternative to standard dermabrasion in treating patients with wrinkles, blotchiness and acne scars.

Dermabrasion is physical removal of outer layer of skin using aluminium oxide crystals or diamond brush. This resurfacing procedure sometimes is selected for the acne scars treatment and often is performed on the cheeks or the entire face. Some machines have facility of vacuum suction along with dermabrasion. Negative pressure sucks away dead skin cells removed during dermabrasion.

Dermabrasion

Dermabrasion

Dermabrasion