A Cork woman has described her experience of dermaplaning as a ‘horror story’ after the technique left her with darker and coarser hair on her face.
Dermaplaning is a method of exfoliating and removing facial hair with a tool that has a surgical scalpel, and has caused plenty of debates in the world of beauty in recent years.
Some praise the technique for giving their face a brighter and smoother complexion, while others have complained that dermaplaning has caused the hair on their face to grow back thicker and more noticeable.
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This was the case for Cork woman Amy, who says her experience has been nothing short of a “horror story”.
She tells RSVP Live: “I had peach fuzz on my face, it was nothing major and the only way you would notice was if the sunlight hit it.
“But I decided to jump on the dermaplaning bandwagon as it is such a big beauty trend and since then I’ve noticed the hair on my face grows back darker. I have a coarser texture on my upper lip, my chin and along the sides of my face.”
Now that Amy has started dermaplaning, she has to keep doing it to keep her skin smooth.
But she wouldn’t recommend it and wishes she tried out another method to remove her peach fuzz.
She continues: “They say it doesn’t make your hair grow back stronger or faster but it genuinely does in my case. I think the hair is way more obvious as well.
“I would recommend doing electrolysis or permanent laser hair removal, but I would not recommend dermaplaning.”
Aside from the hair regrowth, Amy has also noticed she is starting to get spots as a result of the treatment.
“Oil gets trapped in the hair follicles and then during the regrowth stage it basically clogs the pores and causes breakouts,” she adds.
“Girls are breaking out left, right and centre all along their neck, jaw and chin because of dermaplaning.”
This comes after Love Island star Molly-Mae Hague shared her regret over starting the treatment, saying she “basically has a full beard” ever since she started doing it.
“I need to speak to you guys about my battle with dermaplaning - and I wish I never got dermaplaning,” she told her millions of followers on YouTube.
“I basically have a full beard now. I got into the habit of having a dermaplaning facial and my peach fuzz just grows back at rapid levels now.
“It was meant to sort of prevent it from growing back and mean that it would grow back less or something, but with any hair removal, like when you shave your legs, it means you have to start shaving them more, when you start shaving your armpits like when you're a younger girl, early teens, it means you have to always shave them."
“So yeah, you could say I wish I never started dermaplaning because I’m not the sort of person who keeps up regularly with my beauty treatments.”
That being said, many people love dermaplaning as it has made their skin much brighter and smoother, can soften fine lines and wrinkles and can even treat deep acne scars.
How well the technique works ultimately depends on your skin type, tone and medical history so if you’re thinking of trying it out for yourself make sure to get advice from an expert.
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