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PLASTIC AND COSMETIC SURGERY GLOSSARY

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Dermabrasion
Dermabrasion is a procedure that removes fine wrinkles and/or minimizes scars on the skin; involves the surgeon utilizing a high?speed rotating brush to remove the top layer of skin. The size and depth of the scars, as well as the degree of wrinkling, determine the appropriate level of skin that will be surgically sloughed.

Dermaplaning
Dermaplaning is a plastic surgery technique used to treat deep acne scars with a hand?held instrument called a dermatome.

Dermatome
A dermatome is an instrument that resembles an electric razor and has an oscillating blade that moves back and forth to evenly "skim" off the surface layers of skin that surround the craters or other facial defects.

Dermis
Dermis is the skin.

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