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[music] Hello, I’m Dr. Neal Schultz
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and welcome to DermTV.
Today, we’re going to try something new. We’re going to answer a YouTube
video question and today’s question comes from YouTube make-up maven, Gina
Beena Weena 99, and she asks, “what’s the story on dermarollers, are they
for real, are they here to stay?” Anybody who knows me knows how passionate
I am about exfoliation and I think everybody should exfoliate every day,
whether it’s chemical exfoliants like glycolic or physical exfoliation like
at home micro-derm abrasion or physical exfoliation like a dermaroller.
This is just a model of the roller of a dermaroller but actually with a
real dermaroller there are little pins that come out from the roller and as
you roll in back and forth across your skin there’s a little pressure from
the roller and the little pins penetrate into the upper layers of the skin.
All exfoliants work in generally the same way. They either cause a removal
of the dead cells on the upper layer of the skin and that sends a message
to the other layers make more good healthy skin, or else they cause a small
injury to the upper layer of the skin which excites a repair reaction which
again makes more good normal skin. Now, I happen to prefer chemical
exfoliant to physical exfoliants and the reason I do that is because with
chemical exfoliants you get a regular and predictable result. An 8%
glycolic will do just that. It will give you and 8% glycolic penetration.
But with physical exfoliants the outcome is often proportional to how hard
or how much effort you put into it. So with micro-derm abrasion by rubbing
harder you get more exfoliation. With a dermaroller, by rolling harder
those pins will go in deeper. I’ve actually seen people with physical
exfoliation abrade away half of their skin or come in bleeding. The bottom
line is, exfoliation is very good for your skin, whether it’s chemical or
whether it’s physical. In increases the luster of the skin, the brightness,
it helps take away age spots, it helps take away precancerous cells, it
helps to prevent acne breakouts and even helps to cure acne. But whether
you’re doing your daily exfoliation with a chemical or with a physical
exfoliant, just do it every day and I believe that dermarollers are here to
stay as another form of at home physical exfoliation.