Hello all,
my name is jessica and i'm 24 years old, have had moderate but pesky acne since I was 11. I bought a package of smoothbeam treatments clear light for 650$ from the vein clinic in jacksonville, fl. I was told that I was getting a "great deal" since I was getting the treatments for half price, with the individual sessions costing me 150$ per smoothbeam treatment (there were 6 of them in all, normally 300$ apiece is what I was told.) there were two clearlight treatments included in the package.
After 6 months of smoothbeam treatments, I did not see any results. I was unhappy, and had to speak to the manager to get anywhere, since the esthetician was very rude and told me that it was probably because of my hormones that I didn't get any results from the treatments, not because the treatmtents didn't work. I had been promised initially that I would have a good percentage of my skin clear up after the treatments.
The manager offered me three additional smoothbeam treatments for free, saying that I should see additional results with three more treatments. I accepted, and then had the 3 add'l treatments. Still saw no results. The smoothbeam treatments are unbelievably painful, by the way. I had to take a xanax that I got from a friend before I could go, because the pain was intolerable otherwise. It's like being stung by a bee repeatedly all over your face for 15 minutes.
All in all, I wasted a lot of money and a good amount of time trying to get results from this new treatment. I've tried about every prescription medicine from the dermatologist, and tried to talk him into prescribing me accutane, but was told that it's only temporarily effective in female adults. I've been trying to do research on this but can't find much information. I was told that it would work for a few months, then stop as soon as I stopped taking the medicine.
My dermatologist told me that some people just don't get any results from the smoothbeam. I didn't see any reduction in my acne, or any smoothing of my skin. I would personally advise people to save their money because the treatments didn't do anything for me. The clinic I went to, the vein clinic in jacksonville, is also not a good place to get treatment for your skin. To be fair, I don't know if other people besides me would get results from this treatment, since I don't know anyone else who has tried it. I do know that the vein clinic doesn't have any before and after photos of successful patients who used the therapy, just a generic pamphlet featuring 15 year old kids who have never had a pimple in their life (like the clearasil commercials.) Thanks for reading this.
Jess
