dermabrasionn.
/ˌdəːməˈbreɪʒən/ Surgery.
The removal of superficial layers of the skin with a rapidly revolving abrasive tool.
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dermabrasion1954
1954 Blau & Rein in Archives of Dermatology Dec. 758 The abrasion..should remove similar numbers of pits and pilosebaceous units... This method we have called dermabrasion.
1958 Times 28 Mar. 7/6 Dermabrasion—a method recently introduced for the removal of certain blemishes and lesions of the skin..consists of removing the superficial layers of the skin by ‘planing’ the skin with a rapidly revolving wire brush.
1967 New Scientist 5 Oct. 41/1 No completely satisfactory way yet exists of getting rid of unwanted tattoos... Techniques such as excision and dermabrasion at best only obscure the pattern.
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