It is performed under intravenous sedation in our accredited office based operating suite.
Dot co2 laser therapy recovery.
Being a newbie in relation to skin refining laser treatments such as dot therapy and fraxel i wasn t quite sure what to expect.
Smartxide is a fractional co2 laser treatment that uses dermal optical thermolysis aka dot therapy to treat skin conditions like wrinkles and fine lines hyperpigmentation enlarged pores loss of elasticity and acne scars traditional co2 lasers are ablative which means they remove the skin s surface layer.
They can be painful and require a week or more of downtime.
What is dot therapy.
Plus no matter who you ask there s only one real way to know how a treatment feels and what the results will be for yourself and that s to go through the experience yourself.
Invented in 1964 co2 lasers have a long history of use and plenty of evidence to attest to their effectiveness and safety particularly on light skin tones.
The co2 laser has the longest wavelength of all the lasers on the market and can be used safely on darker skin types with appropriate adjustments in the settings.
There are several co2 lasers on the market and your provider will recommend the device percentage of skin targeted depth of treatment and.
What to expect for dot therapy skin laser treatments.
Dot therapy is ideal for the treatment of sun damage brown spots fine lines wrinkles skin laxity texture and acne scars.
Dot therapy with the smartxide dot co2 laser offers the ultimate in skin rejuvenation in just under an hour for most treatments.