Saltzer Medical Dermatologists are now using Smoothbeam (laser) technology, an “inside out” approach to healthier looking skin. With skin symptoms such as wrinkles, lip lines, sun-damaged skin and acne scars, the Smoothbeam has the ability to heal and renew your skin.

What is Acne?

Acne is an inflammatory skin condition affecting the sebaceous follicles - follicles containing oil-producing sebaceous glands. Each follicle contains a small, vellus hair and a sebaceous gland. Acne is most common on the face, neck, shoulders, upper back, and chest where there is a high concentration of sebaceous follicles.

Symptoms of acne include blackheads, whiteheads, red spots, nodules, and cysts. Acne affects 80% of the human population with almost no person passing through adolescence without experiencing some form of a blemish or pimple

What causes Acne?

Acne is clearly linked to natural hormonal increases, especially during puberty. These hormonal increases are believed to cause an increase in the size and sebum output of the sebaceous glands in the follicles. As the skin sheds dead cells, a process called keratinization occurs, blocking the opening of the follicle. As oil production increases, the pore becomes plugged. Bacteria (Propionibacterium acnes - P.acnes) thrive on the sebum in the plugged follicle and multiply. This condition makes itself manifest in the formation of a small pimple. If the pore stays open, it leads to the formation of a blackhead. If the pore closes, a whitehead forms. As the p.acnes multiply, the follicle can rupture, leading to severe inflammation and the formation of deep cysts.

Smoothbeam Laser

Thanks to the Candela Laser Corporation, the world’s most trusted name in aesthetic laser technology, the Smoothbeam laser system represents the new treatment of choice for many age-old skin problems including wrinkles, crows’ feet, lip lines, sun-damaged  skin and acne scars.

Smoothbeam's Laser Assisted Skin Renewal is an “inside out” approach to healthier looking skin. The patented LASR process represents advanced technology for remodeling the body’s natural collagen using no dangerous chemicals, needles, anesthesia, and requires no aftercare or down time - just healthier, better looking skin. 

Before now, collagen obtained from cows was used to plump up wrinkles, lip lines, crows’ feet, smile lines and acne scars. While this procedure provides excellent results, the body detects cow collagen as a foreign substance and eliminates it slowly within 3 to 6 months requiring you to repeat the process again and again. The expense involved in a lifetime of repeated treatments can be substantial. 

Smoothbeam's Laser Assisted Skin Renewal features a unique wavelength of laser light that selectively heats the upper layer of skin, causing a mild thermal injury. The body’s natural healing response begins to initiate its own collagen which remodels in the treated area. The entire procedure is performed quickly, safely, and has no patient down time because the treatment is non-invasive. You can now go about your daily activities without anyone knowing you had a skin renewal treatment

Smoothbeam Treatment Renews Skin While Protecting It . . . An integral part of the LASR process incorporates the use of a (DCD) Dynamic Cooling Device. DCD protects the skin by automating the delivery of a cool, cryogen spray to protect the treated area of skin. As it cools, it protects the skin making our Smoothbeam treatment comfortable.