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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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Katherine Rundell, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
Anything that punctures the dermal barrier and wounds either of the two layers of skin below the epidermis—known as the dermis and hypodermis—can cause scars.
—Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 23 July 2024
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For the last few decades, the consumer base for neuro-modulators like Botox and dermal fillers like Juvuderm has grown exponentially.
—Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
Stingray barbs are a kind of dermal denticle—like a tooth—on a tail that can be whipped around.
—Katharine Gammon, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024
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“Dermal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dermal. Accessed 22 Aug. 2024.
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