Skin problems that SmartXide treat?

I am 40 years old with severe sun damage, crow's feet, and wrinkles on my nose, top of the lips, and on the sides of my mouth. My skin also has a rough texture with enlarged pores. Is SmartXide best for treating these skin problems?

2 answers to “Skin problems that SmartXide treat?”

A: Smartxide-dot laser treatment of sundamaged skin.

Walter D. Gracia, MD

Laser resurfacing of the face is very effective for sundamaged skin and the Smartxide laser is a very good one to choose. The sun spots, fine wrinkles and lip lines should markedly improve depending on how aggressive the doctor was able to be. Several lasers are effective in treating these problems but... more

A: yes but with certain caveats...

Andrew J.L. Gear, MD

The DOT or SmartXide laser is a powerful but safe skin resurfacing tool.  It shrinks enlarged pores, erases sun damage, and smooths out texture problems.  It also can erase fine lines or what are called "static wrinkles."  Crows feet and other dynamic lines are typically the result of... more

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