FORT WORTH, Texas -- Many people want smooth, flawless skin, but acne can provide a big roadblock. Now a new treatment called Vibraderm is clearing the way to spotless skin.
Kristie Smith received the treatment after growing frustrated with her skin's condition.
"From a distance, I can look at myself from far away and OK, I'm pretty -- and then you get close up and you see all the marks on the face," she said.
Smith suffered from adult acne breakouts. Where she once had clear skin with very little effort, now she fights with a pimple a day, she said.
"And when they go away they leave a mark," Smith said.
Dermatologists explained as people age, skin doesn't shed as it should. That's where the different sized exfoliating paddles of Vibraderm go to work, said Dermatologist Forrest Brown.
"The whole thing is to get rid of the bumps of the skin and the dead cells that have been collected," Brown said. "It cleans out the pore."
The sandpaper-like texture on the applicator helps smooth out the skin. Patients said with the vibrating motion, it feels like a massage machine.
Smith said she could feel and see the changes.
"You can tell it's working."
Four 12-minute treatments have made all the difference to Smith.
"My skin is glowing," she said. "I love it."
Smith said her daily acne outbreak is history and so is her self-consciousness about her skin .
"It's like she's found my face."
The Vibraderm treatment is not recommended for people with fragile skin. The cost is about $75 per session and $50 for the paddles.
