Key takeaways
- We found no confirmed national dermaplaning price; ASPS does not report dermaplaning fees.
- ASPS's $1,829 skin resurfacing average is a plastic-surgeon fee for a broad category, not a dermaplaning benchmark.
- The same treatment can be priced as a standalone session, a facial add-on or a package, so compare totals and what each includes.
- Hair removal is temporary and no source we read sets a repeat interval, so budget for the year, not the session.
- Purely cosmetic skin treatments are generally not deductible and generally not HSA or FSA eligible (IRS Publication 502, 2025 returns).
What does one dermaplaning session cost?
When we researched this page in October 2026, we found no tier-1 or tier-2 national dermaplaning price figure: the American Society of Plastic Surgeons does not report dermaplaning fees in its statistics, and RealSelf, a consumer price-review site, blocked our access.
Treat any single "national average" you see quoted for dermaplaning with that in mind.
One figure that looks relevant but is not: ASPS's chemical peel and dermabrasion cost pages state an average cost of skin resurfacing procedures of $1,829, according to the latest statistics.
That is a plastic-surgeon fee for a broad resurfacing category — chemical peels and dermabrasion — not a med spa dermaplaning price, and not a benchmark for a dermaplaning quote.
What a session price buys is the treatment Cleveland Clinic describes: a blade that shaves away the skin's uppermost layers, used for dull skin, fine lines, mild acne scars and peach fuzz.
Appointment length varies too — Cleveland Clinic puts it at a few minutes to 90 minutes depending on the size of the area treated — so the same line item can describe very different amounts of chair time.
Ask how long the visit is booked for.
We publish prices we can source. No national dermaplaning figure survived our research, so the useful numbers are the ones a practice puts in writing: a written quote for one standalone session, the add-on price, and a package total with its session count.
Dermaplaning as an add-on vs a standalone session
On a med spa menu, the same blade treatment can appear in two places: as its own line item with its own appointment, or priced as part of a longer facial.
The label tells you the structure; it does not tell you what the price covers.
Ask what sits inside each total before you compare them.
An add-on price buys the blade step inside a longer appointment.
A standalone price buys dermaplaning as the whole appointment.
Neither is the more honest number — they are quotes for different visits.
Compare the total you would pay for the visit you want, and what each total includes.
Add-on price
- Buys the blade step inside a longer appointment
- Priced as part of a facial
- Ask what the facial total includes
Standalone price
- Buys dermaplaning as the whole appointment
- Its own line item and its own appointment
- Ask how long the visit is booked for
"Dermaplaning facial" is a menu name, and it can mean either thing: the blade step folded into a facial, or a standalone exfoliation session.
A dermaplaning-facial price therefore cannot be compared across spas without asking what is included.
How med spas build and price facial menus — and their add-ons — is its own topic: our med spa facial cost guide covers it.
Cleveland Clinic's published dermaplaning recovery timeline — a scab at 2 weeks, a return to sports at 4 to 6 weeks, sun avoidance for 6 to 12 months — describes a deeper, dermatome-based resurfacing procedure, not the light blade-exfoliation treatment med spas market as a dermaplaning facial. If a quote arrives with a weeks-long recovery plan attached, ask which procedure it is quoting.
Dermaplaning packages, and how to price a year of it
The third structure is the package: a set of sessions bought up front, or a membership that covers treatments through the year.
The repeat purchase rests on one fact Cleveland Clinic states plainly — any hair dermaplaning removes is temporary, because the hair grows back.
How many sessions a year should include is the part research does not answer: no tier-1 or tier-2 source we read states how often dermaplaning should be repeated, or how long peach fuzz takes to regrow after a session.
The interval inside any package is that provider's own protocol.
It is fair to ask why they recommend the count they do — remembering they are also selling it.
The budgeting number is the year, not the session: take the single-session price, multiply it by the schedule the provider proposes, and compare that annual total with the package total for the same sessions.
Then ask the question you would of any prepaid bundle — what happens to sessions you do not use.
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Dermaplaning prices near you
The quotes that matter for your budget are local ones, collected practice by practice, because no national figure we could verify transfers to them.
Quotes are only comparable if each one names the same things, so put the same list to every practice you are considering:
- Whether the price is for a standalone session, an add-on, or a package — and what the total includes
- Who performs the treatment, and what license that person holds in your state
- How long the appointment is scheduled to run
- What recovery the practice itself describes for the service it is quoting
- What happens to unused sessions in a package
The license question has a verified answer only where it has been checked.
In North Carolina, the Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners reversed its 2020 ruling — which had put dermaplaning outside cosmetologists' and estheticians' scope — and, effective July 25, 2022, allows both to perform dermaplaning (and microneedling with a device no deeper than 1 mm).
That is one state's rule, not a template: we verified no other state's dermaplaning rule for this page, and North Carolina's own reversal shows the rules change.
Ask who holds the blade, then confirm the license with your state board.
Two money notes.
Taxes: IRS Publication 502, for 2025 returns, excludes procedures directed at improving appearance that do not meaningfully promote body function or prevent or treat illness from medical expenses, so purely cosmetic skin treatments are generally not deductible and generally not HSA or FSA eligible.
Payments: if you are weighing how to pay for a package, our med spa financing guide covers the common options and their terms.
For what the treatment is, what the evidence shows, the risks and who can perform it, start with our dermaplaning guide.
Frequently asked questions
How much does dermaplaning cost?
We could not confirm a national price.
We found no tier-1 or tier-2 national dermaplaning price figure: the American Society of Plastic Surgeons does not report dermaplaning fees, and RealSelf, a consumer price-review site, blocked our access.
Prices are set practice by practice, so collect quotes and ask whether each is for a standalone session, a facial add-on or a package — and what the total includes.
How much is a dermaplaning facial?
The name is a menu label, and it can mean either thing: a blade-exfoliation session on its own, or the dermaplaning step folded into a longer facial.
Because the same name can describe different visits, a dermaplaning-facial price only means something alongside its contents.
Ask what the appointment includes, then compare totals for the same set of steps.
Is dermaplaning covered by insurance or an HSA/FSA?
We could not confirm insurance rules for dermaplaning itself; ask your plan.
On taxes, IRS Publication 502, for 2025 returns, excludes procedures directed at improving appearance that do not meaningfully promote body function or prevent or treat illness from medical expenses.
Purely cosmetic skin treatments fall under that exclusion, so they are generally not deductible and generally not HSA or FSA eligible.
Will my hair grow back thicker after dermaplaning?
No, per Cleveland Clinic: peach fuzz (vellus hair) does not grow back thicker after removal.
Regrowing hairs can seem thicker because the blunt tip pushes through the skin surface, but they feel softer as they grow.
What is true is that the removal is temporary — the hair grows back — which is a budgeting fact for repeat sessions, not a thickening one.
Are dermaplaning packages worth it?
We cannot say: we found no national price for either structure, so the math is local.
Price a package only against your own quotes — the single-session price, the package total with the number of sessions it includes, and the schedule the provider proposes.
Because we found no tested repeat interval for dermaplaning in the sources we read, ask why they recommend the count they do.
Sources
Every number on this page comes from one of these sources and was checked against it.
- Dermaplaning: What It Is, Benefits & Side Effects · Cleveland Clinic
- Vellus Hair (Peach Fuzz): What It Is, Function & Removal · Cleveland Clinic
- nccosmeticarts.com · nccosmeticarts.com
- Publication 502 (2025), Medical and Dental Expenses · irs.gov
- Chemical Peel Cost · American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Medical disclaimer. MedSpaStandard is for education only and is not medical advice. Talk to a licensed provider about your own health, and check any provider's license with your state board.