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SmartXide DOT Laser Therapy

Yay! I'm soo happy for you! Docs give best case scenarios but that's not what happens in many cases. Then we freak out when we're not healed by the third day. Smartxide was far more invasive than I thought and my doctor did not prep my skin a few weeks before like the second doctor told me he should have. I thought I had done my homework on this, but guess not. Lesson learned! Let me know what happens--you've got me hooked now! :~)

Seeing your doctor is best. I didn't mention it but I was left with long thin somewhat faint scars on my cheeks. I ended up going to a second doctor since I was not happy with the first doctor's response. I now live in sunscreen to prevent the pigmentation from returning. I'm in Texas too so you know how the sun is. Please let me know what happens. I'm rooting for you!

Suzi--I have had DOT twice and the last time was bad. It took almost 2 months to fully heal and then I had to deal with hyperpigmentation that I treated for about a year with chem. peels and hydroquinine. Having said that, everyone heals very differently and you may be fine. Read all of the posts regarding DOT & you'll see some are back to normal in a few days and others take much longer. Also doctors are stretching the truth when they say your skin will be back to normal within a week. I don't believe that is true for many people. But check with your doctor for peace of mind. And definitely keep your skin moisturized and don't scratch no matter what.

from what I have read, my situation was atypical. My redness lasted for several months but was actually the beginning of hyperpigmentation. I had this treated by another M.D. with hydroquinine products and chemical peels and after about a year, it was under control and the darker blotches are gone. But I now live in hi-spf sunscreen. Not sure about your question regarding the dots. After treatment, my dots dried up, turned to scabs and fell off. But they did did leave very tiny indentations in my skin that remain to this day. They are hard to see with the naked eye but they are visible if you point them out--so they are there. I hope this doesn't scare you--it seems like my experience was atypical from what I have read. Smartxide and the inexperienced doctor I chose were all wrong for me!

Do go see your doc asap. The same thing happened to me but I also had scarring. I went to a different doc since I no longer trusted mine. He gave me a hydroquinine cream which helped tremendously with the hyperpigmentation. Use it religiously. It was only with that doc that I found out i should have been pretreating my skin with such a cream to prevent the hyperpig that some people get post procedure. I still live with the scarring unfortunately. Good luck