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The word dermal often comes up nowadays in connection with cosmetic treatments. Dermal therapy usually means restoring moisture to dry, cracked skin. Dermal fillers such as collagen can be injected to fill in acne scars or reduce wrinkles. These have now been joined by treatments like Botox, which paralyzes facial dermal muscles, again in order to reduce wrinkles (since those dermal muscles are used to form expressions). A synonym for dermal is cutaneous.
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Tarassova represents a young mother who was injected with dermal filler under her eye at an Orlando med spa by a physician assistant who failed to warn her of the potential for vision loss.
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Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
Even so, patients are following in the footsteps of pioneers like Victoria Beckham (who had her breast implants removed) and Kylie Jenner and Courteney Cox (both of whom have spoken openly about having dermal filler dissolved).
—Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
Also known as microdermal piercings or single-point piercings, dermal piercings lie flat against the skin and don't have a separate entry and exit point, per Byrdie.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
For one, dermal piercings aren’t as inherently dangerous as West’s critics would like to believe.
—Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 14 Jan. 2026
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Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
Even so, patients are following in the footsteps of pioneers like Victoria Beckham (who had her breast implants removed) and Kylie Jenner and Courteney Cox (both of whom have spoken openly about having dermal filler dissolved).
—Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
Also known as microdermal piercings or single-point piercings, dermal piercings lie flat against the skin and don't have a separate entry and exit point, per Byrdie.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
For one, dermal piercings aren’t as inherently dangerous as West’s critics would like to believe.
—Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 14 Jan. 2026
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“Dermal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dermal. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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