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Laser Resurfacing

Laser resurfacing is the process that employs a CO2 laser or Erb:YAG to reduce wrinkles, skin texture, pore size, dyschromia and sun damage by vaporizing the epidermis and stimulating the dermis to produce collagen and rejuvenate the skin.
also see Fractional resurfacing



West Coast Laser recommends the following systems for laser resurfacing treatments:

SmartXide DOT™
DOT Therapy is the newest, state-of-the-art procedure for laser skin resurfacing.  Using the SmartXide DOT™ CO2 laser system will allow the treating physician to take the technology to a new level with standard and fractional delivery methods to customize each treatment area on every patient.  DOT Therapy can be used for fractional laser resurfacing on the face as well as non-facial areas like the neck, decollete and hands to effectively treat sun damage, dyschromia (pigmentation), rhytids (wrinkles), skin laxity and acne scarring.

Unlike other skin resurfacing CO2 lasers, the SmartXide DOT™ laser system is unique because the treating physician is able to selectively control the spacing or "pitch" of the DOTs.  This control allows you to "fractionate" the laser energy over a customized pattern of micron-sized DOTs to maximize or limit the thermal density on the treatment tissue.  The untreated tissue remaining after DOT Therapy promotes faster healing times that can be customized with each patient depending on their schedule.

More information about SmartXide DOT™