Watch How Patrick Dempsey’s Wife Jillian Prepped His Skin and Famous Hair for His Sexiest Man Alive Cover!

In a behind-the-scenes clip, Jillian revealed exactly which products she used to help Patrick shine for his PEOPLE cover shoot

Patrick Dempsey prepped for his PEOPLE’s 2023 Sexiest Man Alive cover with the one beauty expert who knows him best — his wife Jillian Dempsey!

The longtime couple gave PEOPLE a behind-the-scenes look at how the Ferrari star, 57, got ready ahead of his beachy cover shoot, with Jillian, a makeup artist who has an eponymous line of clean beauty products, walking us through the glam process.

Jillian first focused her attention on Patrick’s skin, applying a pair of eye masks infused with a hydrating prebiotic serum.

She then rubbed a moisturizer into his neck and ears before amping up his complexion with her brand's 24K vibrating Gold Bar tool, the name itself earning a mischievous grin and side eye from Patrick, to which Jillian teasingly shut down.

According to the pro, the tool is essentially “a gua sha on steroids” that helps sculpt and firm the skin.

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Next up: styling Patrick’s dreamy hair.

“I’ve been working on Patrick’s hair for decades,” Jillian said in the clip before forecasting the state of his locks. “Today we’re gonna have a good hair day. I just know when his hair is happy and today his hair is happy,” she added. Patrick agreed, “So happy!”

To control her husband’s luscious hair, which she revealed “has a life of its own,” Jillian expertly applied her Roadie pomade throughout.

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The Dempseys first met in 1994, when Patrick was a client at Jillian's then-hair salon, but they did not start dating until three years later.

“I went in where she was working, and I looked across the room at her and was blown away,” he told PEOPLE. The two wed on July 31, 1999.

The Grey’s Anatomy alum said it was a fateful trip from Maine to New York that made him realize he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her.

“She was pretty game for the road trip so I thought that was good,” he recalled. “I love the cold and rain and she loves the sun and beach. We’re complete opposites and I have to say, she’ll make me do s--- I never want to do and nine times out of 10, she’s absolutely correct. So she puts up with me.”

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But the pair — who share daughter Talula, 21, and 16-year-old twins Sullivan and Darby — do have some important things in common. They share “a good sense of humor, and she’s really hardworking,” Patrick said. “She’s always inspired me."

Jillian, in turn, is also proud of her husband’s many achievements, including his new PEOPLE title. Patrick revealed that she was quite “shocked” over the appointment, but she’s gushed over his new milestone nonetheless.

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“Well, the cat’s out of the bag for 2023 @people’s #SexiestManAlive and my hubz is on the cover! Loved being a part of this insanely fun ride with you @patrickdempsey. What a title! You truly are my sexiest man alive,” Jillian wrote on Instagram along with a clip of Patrick’s reveal on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

And she’s even making merchandise to commemorate the news. “We may torture you a bit around the house about this one — already making t-shirts. Congrats!” Jillian wrote alongside Patrick’s cover photos.

For more on 2023's Sexiest Man Alive, pick up this week's issue of People, on newsstands Friday.

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