What each guru said
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Doctorly
~Depends
“microdermabrasion is relatively gentle and it's a tough balance because I do think you need to know your skin like what else you have going on”
Dr Dray
~Depends
“Dermabrasion is a more intensive procedure that exfoliates the skin mechanically. It can be effective for deeply textured or scarred areas. There can be significant downtime with this, and it's not the best option for richly melanated skin types that are inclined to hyperpigmentation.”
Cassandra Bankson
~Depends
“if you want to talk about Advanced Aesthetics left your books know re-watch this video and take notes because if you understand these things then you wear intellectual and you can exfoliate like a pro”
208SkinDoc
~Depends
“this is dermaplaning and it's a really satisfying treatment to perform and to undergo it removes some of that baby soft hair off of the face and gently exfoliates the upper layer of skin it can really be part of a good skincare routine that gives you an amazing glow”
Dr. Shereene Idriss
✕Skip it
“This is one that I personally will never recommend.”
Mixed Makeup
✓Worth it
“I still love a cleansing brush specifically the PMD clean I use the face one less than I use the body one the body one to me is just really convenient because it helps you reach your back”
Dr. Vanita Rattan
✕Skip it
“Yet this same density means that physical scrubs or microdermabrasion often cause micro tears rather than even exfoliation.”
Gothamista
✓Worth it
“this gives me possibly the gentlest exfoliation I've ever experienced”
Dr. Somji Skin
~Depends
“you don't want to be doing things like demor brasion either and scrubbing your skin at home these are all really bad things that you you don't want to be doing”
Susan Yara
✓Worth it
“this is like why you come to see vanessa like i've got tears it's not because it's i'm actually in pain it like triggers that in me where i get watery eyes this is why i come to see vanessa the things that like skincare can't handle like this is the big guns like vanessa gets it all out”
Dr. Jenny Liu
✓Worth it
“we actually do Derma planing in my office with a real scalpel it can be done alone if you want the instant gratification of soft smooth feeling skin however it's often best when paired with other cosmetic treatments like most commonly in my practice it's done before a chemical peel”
Dr. Mamina
✓Worth it
“other cosmetic procedures in my office that we do are micro needling a variety of different lasers chemical peels microderm abrasion and radio frequency”
Caroline Hirons
✕Skip it
“I did really yeah I never like that either I never liked it but I but I but I but I did it way back when when there was nothing on”
Guest · Nicolas Travis
The Style and Beauty Doctor
✓Worth it
“So that dermiplaning So basically what it is it's it's physical exfoliation but you're not only getting rid of dead skin cells but you're also able to get rid of peach fuzz”
Tea with MD
~Depends
“to be honest with you I didn't see a huge difference with the IPL treatments but that was just me I would personally prefer to go for laser treatments which are more selective more targeted and more intense and more powerful”
No BS Beauty
~Depends
“don't recommend those uh don't use those um because it uses suction action and then this gets very close to your skin and I've heard more people get their skin damaged by these than it's helped”
Darnell Cox | 50+ Healthy Aging Expert
✓Worth it
“I love this by the Joules for my age spots Mara said love my jokes from My AG plus not just on the face but hands arms and legs I literally Mara I'm in that red light therapy Al Cove over there with my jok's device”
Beyond50Skin
✓Worth it
“I dermaplane about every eight weeks but I did have some vellous hair on the sides of my face that I really wanted to get rid of so that my makeup would sit better”
C5
Channel 51845
✓Worth it
“We did microdermmaabbrasion. We did freaking Oh, it's like little... That was so good.”
Live data. Verdicts and quotes for Microdermabrasion are extracted from our roster's transcripts by the procedure-enrichment pipeline (
job_procedures → build_procedures). 19 gurus gave a gradeable verdict; quotes are verbatim and each "Watch" link deep-links to the moment in the video.