Can you take a screen shot or post a render ?
it's hard to determine the problem,
what mode are you working in now?
subd's - what surface level are you editing - it might be best to edit all the 1 values then try smooth out small areas with the level 2 verts.
polys- do you just have to many verts/faces in the mesh making it too hard to control the entire structure?
hope that can help a little
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