Dermabrasion is a simple procedure, but one that requires
a skilled touch to achieve the designated goal. At Suncoast Skin Solutions, we most often use dermabrasion as a modality to
improve either post surgical scars or rhinophyma, a result of
rosacea. The use of dermabrasion for full face rejuvenation has
fallen out of favor due to problems with pigmentary change and scarring, and due to the rise of alternate methods of rejuvenation,
such as Whisper, chemical peels, and carbon dioxide laser
resurfacing, which offer comparable results with less downtime.

Noticeable scars suffer from various characteristics that enable
their presence to be easily detected by the human eye. Some of
these qualities can be corrected by scar revision.

Many patients fear a long scar, but in reality the length of a
properly oriented scar is rarely problematic, rather it is often the contour, the height discrepancy that catches light and creates
shadows that allow the scar to be visible. Dermabrasion attempts
to correct that by decreasing the vertical distance between the
scar and normal skin, in essence, ‘blending’ it in to normal native
skin. Manual pressure is applied to remove the most superficial
layer of skin. As with any procedure, there are risks, the most
common being change in pigmentation, but this is a relatively uncommon complication.