At-home and salon dermaplaning both remove dead skin and peach fuzz, but they differ in depth, safety, and cost. Choosing between them is mostly a question of how often you want smooth skin and how much you are willing to spend to get it.
The cost difference
A salon session typically runs $90–$150 (more at a med spa), and providers suggest going every 3–6 weeks, so a year of visits easily passes $1,000. How fast those visits stack up depends on cadence, which we break down in how often you should dermaplane and what it costs. An at-home device is about $199 up front plus roughly $29 per refill, which usually works out to a few hundred dollars a year for regular use.
Pros and cons
At home you get convenience and a far lower running cost, but a gentler, more surface-level result. The salon offers a deeper treatment, a trained hand on areas you cannot see, and the option to combine dermaplaning with extractions or other facials, at a much higher price and with appointments to schedule.
Which makes sense for you
If you want smooth skin weekly and like the savings, an at-home device pays off fast. If you dermaplane only occasionally or want a professional pairing it with other treatments, paying per salon visit can be the better value. Plug your own numbers into the dermaplaning cost calculator to see which way your usage tips. This is cost guidance, not medical advice. Skip at-home dermaplaning with active acne, rosacea, or eczema.
Two-year running cost, side by side
The gap widens the longer you keep it up, because the salon charges every visit while the home device is mostly a one-time buy:
- Salon, every 4 weeks: about 13 visits a year at $90–$150, so roughly $1,200–$2,000 a year, or $2,400–$4,000 over two years.
- At-home: the ~$199 device once, plus ~$29 refills every few weeks. Even at a refill a month that is only a few hundred dollars a year, well under $700 across two years.
On those numbers the device pays for itself inside the first two or three salon visits you skip.