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• Posted to New skin resurfacing technology: ActiveFX laser on 11 Feb 2008

  If your talking about facial wrinkles then the CO2 laser is the best answer. Then if you want even more tightening, I would follow it up with Thermage. I know the reviews on Thermage are not great, but if you read closely, most of the people were consulted wrong. In actuality over 80% of people get results right after a Thermage treatment and over 90% after 6 months. But back to the original questions. I would go with a brand new technology called SmartXide Dot. It's a CO2 laser that has been fractionated. An earlier post mentioned Fraxel coming out with a new laser in '08. That is correct. Head to Head against SmartXide Dot, I think SmartXide will be the winner. SmartXide gives more flexibility to the doctor for customizing the treatment for each client. Fraxel you only have two options. Fraxel, you do it in 1 treatment with downtime. SmartXide you can do it in 1 treatment, but when you do it in 4, there is zero downtime. Fraxel also has a governor so that the doctor cannot go into full ablative...SmartXide allows it in case the clients would need it.(even though the new technology makes full ablative not necessary). You can see about 20% skin tightening while the treatment is being done. There have been amazing results on crow's feet and laugh lines due to the collagen remodeling aspects. SmartXide Dot Therapy should be out on the market already to a limited amount of doctors. I hope this helps you make a better decision.

• Posted to Anyone had a series of fractional laser resurfacing treatments? on 11 Feb 2008

  You would be better off going with a new technology called SmartXide Dot Therapy. It gives the doctor more flexibility to customize a procedure for each client. The other benefit is that there is no downtime...like you would see with other fractional lasers or CO2's. It's brand new so google it.

• Posted to Fig.com Dissolves on 2 Jan 2008

  As far as I know from seeing a FIG contract, the fine print says that you must maintain your body weight and that it is Fig's discretion on whether or not you got results. If they were still open, that translates to "you're not going to get your refund." It sounds bad, but unless it's a fluke, a client will never get a refund on aesthetics procedures, especially after services have been rendered from Fig or any other doctor. Who is the one that says there are results? The doc or the client? That's why refunds or guarantees in the aesthetic sector are just ridiculous.

• Posted to Hated the Experience on 2 Jan 2008

  Thermage actually is the best skin tightening device on the market right now. There was a huge study about just how good the treatment was, and it came back with: >80% of people get instant results, and after 6 months >90% saw results. There is that small percentage <(10%) that didn't see the result. I would like to know what your consultant told you. Most of the bad posts on here are due to bad consulting and false expectations (in my opinion).

• Posted to Not Worth It for Me. on 2 Jan 2008

  A good Thermage treatment will take about 2.5 hours. What worries me is that she said that she didn't feel anything. This means the energy levels were nowhere near where they should be to do any results. You should feel intense heat (without medication). Also, it seems as though she was misconsulted because Thermage is on the light spectrum, but is not a laser. It's radio frequency that heats the water next to the collagen, and that causes the collagen to tighten and rebuild.