dermabrase

See also: dermabrasé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French dermabraser, from derme (“skin”), + abraser (“to abrade”).

Verb

dermabrase (third-person singular simple present dermabrases, present participle dermabrasing, simple past and past participle dermabrased)

1. (dermatology) To perform dermabrasion.
   • 1976, Clara Pierre -, Looking Good: The Liberation of Fashion, page 106:

     Cosmeticians abroad are known as aestheticians. They understand the superficialities of dermatology. They know how to work an unbelievable variety of little machines that peel, exfoliate, dermabrase, and claim to dewrinkle and smooth facial skin

   • 1982, Irma Shorell, Julie Davis, A Lifetime of Skin Beauty: The Irma Shorell Program, page 92:

     Also prevalanet are actinic karatoses, small, scaly, whitish patches. Do not dermabrase any suspect areas.

   • 2003, Maureen Dunn O'Keefe, A Rhyme for All Reasons, page 47:

     When your face is full of wrinkles — and a million little puckers He'll flatten out those lines-and dermabrase those little suckers!

Noun

dermabrase (plural dermabrases)

1. A substance that exfoliates through abrasion.
   • 1975, Eve's Weekly - Volume 29, page 42:

     The bone-powder acts as a natural dermabrase, wearing away epithelial cells and helping in ironing out lines.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: dermabrasent, dermabrases

Verb

dermabrase

1. inflection of dermabraser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative