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Possible Dot Therapy Hazards?

I'm considering SmartXide Dot Therapy which sounds like a Fractional Laser from what from what I've picked up from this site. What are the possible hazards of undergoing this procedure? Will one treatment be sufficient? I'm a lot more hesitant after reading about all the problems people have had.

Asked 31 months ago by contemplative in island Lake, IL
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SmartXide therapy

There are many different forms of fractional CO2 lasers. SmartXide is one of the brands, but there is also Active/Deep FX, Fraxel, etc. They all pretty much work the same way (but there are difference between each machine). They all fractionate the CO2 beam into smaller beams. By doing so, only a certain percentage of skin gets treated. There are less side effects and complication associated with the fractional co2 than the traditional fully ablative one. The most common side effects are... more
Ben Behnam, MD
Santa Monica Dermatologic Surgeon
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