SmartXIDE DOT CO2 Laser Skin Resurfacing End of Day 4 nightActual Patient Live Video Journal Rea...

END OF DAY 4

It’s the evening of day four, and I just wanted to hop on here because I did take a second shower before bed and looks like I can honestly say that if it weren't for not being able to wear makeup and having to wear the ankle for that, I would feel comfortable going out tomorrow if I were able to kind of put some concealer on to cover up the red. Now, clearly, I won't be because I can't wear makeup yet and I do have to continue to aquifer.

But you can see that when I took my shower, the rest of the dry skin did slip off of my face, and a good portion of the dry skin on my neck began to slip off as well. So I just wanted to give an update on the evening of day four, since there was, you know, some significant improvement between the morning as well as my shower this evening.

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. The SmartXide laser is considered “micro-ablative”; it creates thousands of microscopic perforations, in a dot pattern. There’s no damage to the surrounding skin, so the area heals faster. It also stimulates collagen production more quickly.

Cincinnati facial plastic surgeon Dr. Jon Mendelson says, “The SmartXide laser has been one of the best skin resurfacing devices I’ve ever used. It basically treats most skin conditions, including sunspots, fine lines, lip lines, crow’s feet, hyperpigmentation, acne scars, rhinophyma, and other aging skin conditions very well. The only thing it doesn’t help with is broken blood vessels. For this we use intense pulsed light [IPL].”

Because SmartXide doesn’t go as deep as traditional CO2 lasers, the treatment requires only topical anesthesia and isn’t considered painful—although you might feel some minor discomfort, often described as a stinging sensation. You’ll also receive protective eyewear. The treatment should take about an hour.

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