Hand held dermaplaning device and dermaplaning process

A blade assembly comprising:

• a blade holder having an enlarged nose portion only at one end thereof and an upper shelf surface extending rearward of the nose portion, the blade holder having a first blade holder side and a second blade holder side;
• a single blade carried by said blade holder and disposed at a lower portion of the blade holder, the blade extending along a centerline of said blade holder and rearward of the nose portion, the blade located between the first blade holder side and the second blade holder side, the blade having a cutting edge, a first blade side and a second blade side, the first and second blade sides being disposed adjacent the cutting edge;
• a first safety cage fixed over the first blade side and a second safety cage fixed over the second blade side, the first and second safety cages constructed and arranged to limit the amount of penetration of the blade into facial skin;
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• a pair of parallel aligned slots including a first slot and a second slot, the first slot disposed along a length of the first blade holder side and below the upper shelf surface, the second slot disposed along a length of the second blade holder side, each slot constructed and arranged to slidingly receive a complementary rail of a hand-held dermaplaning device for mounting the blade assembly thereto.