Pico laser Korea price for a sun spot often comes down to one choice: a picosecond line at 755 or 532 nm, or a Q-switched nanosecond line using 1064/532 nm Nd:YAG. Both are charged per spot, per zone or per session before VAT, with 10% added at payment. A single session on either device often lightens a flat sun spot, so the useful question is what the picosecond line adds for your skin.
Clinics in Korea
5 clinics for Laser toning in Korea
| # | Clinic | Listed price | Devices & products | Area | Languages | Google rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Springday Clinic Sinchon | - | PicoSure · Revlite · Genesis · IPL | Sinchon-ro | - | 5.0 (48) |
| 2 | RE:BERRY Clinic Gangnam | ₩100,000 | Laser toning · Genesis · Rejuran Healer · Juvelook | Gangnam Station | English · 中文 · 日本語 · Español | 4.9 (1,155) |
| 3 | Kind Global Clinic | ₩89,000 | PicoSure · V-Laser · Rejuran Healer · Genesis | Euljiro-ipgu Station | English · 日本語 · 中文 · Español | 4.9 (359) |
| 4 | RE:BERRY Clinic Myeongdong | ₩100,000 | PicoSure · Revlite · Excel V · Rejuran Healer | Myeongdong Station | English · 中文 · 日本語 · Español | 4.9 (1,091) |
| 5 | ENTER Plastic Surgery | ₩200,000 | Pico toning · Clarity II · Rejuran Healer · Juvelook | Gangnam-daero | - | - |
11. Springday Clinic Sinchon
★ 5.048 Google reviewsSpringday Clinic Sinchon is a skin and aesthetic clinic in Sinchon-ro, rated 5.0 from 48 Google reviews. Its menu covers laser toning as well as RF lifting, skin boosters and HIFU lifting. International guests get visit guides and price lists in English, Japanese and Chinese.
Unhurried, physician-led skin care in Sinchon
- Physician-led care
- Transparent approach
- Calm two-floor clinic
- Its laser toning uses Revlite SI, a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser, with wavelength, output and session interval adjusted to pigment depth.
- Care is built on three principles: honest consultation, genuine products and proper dosage.
First-timers wanting unhurried consultations · Visitors staying near Sinchon or Hongdae
- Location
- Sinchon-ro
22. RE:BERRY Clinic Gangnam
★ 4.91,155 Google reviewsRE:BERRY Clinic Gangnam is a skin and aesthetic clinic a 2-minute walk from Gangnam Station Exit 10, rated 4.9 from 1,155 Google reviews. Its listed laser toning price starts from ₩100,000 + VAT. Laser toning is offered here together with HIFU lifting, RF lifting and Botox, and it consults in English, Chinese, Japanese and Spanish. The clinic's laser toning pairs a pico laser with Genesis 1064 nm Nd:YAG at low energy over repeated sessions.
Gangnam Station skin clinic built around five-language care
- Five-language desk
- Gallery-style interior
- Regenerative skin menu
- Board-certified dermatologists on staff
- Open every day, 10:00–20:00 including holidays, two minutes from Gangnam Station Exit 10.
- Offers 90 days of multilingual messenger follow-up after visitors return home.
Evening or holiday appointments · Non-English speakers wanting own language
- Location
- Gangnam Station (Line 2) Exit 10, 2 min walk
- Languages
- English · 中文 · 日本語 · Español
- Listed price
- From ₩100,000 + VAT
33. Kind Global Clinic
★ 4.9359 Google reviewsKind Global Clinic sits by Euljiro-ipgu Station Exit 6, a skin and aesthetic clinic that holds a 4.9 Google rating across 359 reviews. Its listed laser toning price starts from ₩89,000 + VAT. It offers laser toning alongside HIFU lifting, RF lifting and Botox; consultations are available in English, Japanese, Chinese and Spanish. Its laser toning uses PicoSure, a 755 nm picosecond laser in low-fluence mode, in sessions of 10 to 15 minutes.
Boutique Myeongdong clinic with co-director-led treatment
- Boutique clinic
- One private floor
- Director-performed care
- It opens weekdays 10:30 to 20:30, and weekends and holidays 10:00 to 17:00.
- The clinic is a 5-minute walk from Myeongdong Station Exit 6 on Line 4.
Weekend or holiday appointments · Planning treatment before flying in
- Location
- Euljiro-ipgu Station (Line 2) Exit 6 / Myeongdong Station (Line 4) Exit 8
- Languages
- English · 日本語 · 中文 · Español
- Listed price
- From ₩89,000 + VAT
44. RE:BERRY Clinic Myeongdong
★ 4.91,091 Google reviewsRE:BERRY Clinic Myeongdong runs a skin and aesthetic clinic near Myeongdong Station; its Google rating is 4.9 from 1,091 reviews. Listed laser toning prices start at ₩100,000 + VAT. Its menu covers laser toning as well as HIFU lifting, RF lifting and Botox, and it consults in English, Chinese, Japanese and Spanish. It welcomes patients every day, 10:30 to 20:00 on weekdays and 10:30 to 19:00 on weekends.
Myeongdong flagship for lifting, glass skin and stem cell
- Flagship space
- Open every day
- Six languages
- In-house medical interpreters assist in English, Japanese, Spanish, Thai and both Simplified and Traditional Chinese.
- Lifting choices include Ultherapy Prime, Thermage FLX, Sofwave and Titanium Lifting, all performed by licensed physicians.
Sunday appointments · Glass skin booster programs
- Location
- Myeongdong Station (Line 4) / Euljiro-ipgu Station (Line 2)
- Languages
- English · 中文 · 日本語 · Español
- Listed price
- From ₩100,000 + VAT
55. ENTER Plastic Surgery
ENTER Plastic Surgery is a plastic surgery clinic in Gangnam-daero. Its listed laser toning price starts from ₩200,000 + VAT. Laser toning is offered here together with thread lifts, plastic surgery and facelift surgery. Its laser toning uses the Lutronic Clarity laser in low-energy passes across the face, with sessions spaced two to four weeks apart.
Gangnam skin and lifting clinic with a facelift surgeon
- Skin plus surgery
- English & Japanese staff
- Station-front
- Board-certified plastic surgeons on staff
- English- and Japanese-speaking staff, with WhatsApp booking before you travel.
- One minute from Nonhyeon Station Exit 4 on the Sinbundang Line, on Gangnam-daero.
Japanese-speaking visitors · Botox with a surgical option nearby
- Location
- Gangnam-daero
- Listed price
- From ₩200,000 + VAT
Prices
Laser toning cost in Korea
Prices below come from the listed clinics' own price lists, before VAT. 10% VAT is added at payment.
Laser toning · 1 sessions
Range across 2 listed clinics · approx. $73–$145₩100,000–₩200,000 + VATCompare clinicsLaser toning · 3 cc
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $545₩750,000 + VATCompare clinicsLaser toning · 5 sessions
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $284–$618₩390,000–₩850,000 + VATCompare clinicsGuide
Why one sun spot can appear on two laser lines
Many Korean clinics keep both laser generations. Nanosecond Q-switched devices, such as the 1064/532 nm Revlite SI, have treated brown spots for years. Picosecond devices, such as the 755 nm PicoSure from Cynosure, fire far shorter pulses that shatter pigment with more pressure and less heat.
The machines differ in running cost, so clinics often list them separately, with the picosecond line frequently higher. A search for a pico laser price in Korea may show a picosecond toning rate, while the same clinic would quote its nanosecond device for one small, flat spot.
Guide
What a 2018 split-lesion trial says about value
Vachiramon and colleagues, writing in Lasers in Medical Science in 2018, treated paired solar lentigines on the same Thai patients. One lesion received a single session with a 532 nm Q-switched nanosecond laser and its partner a 532 nm picosecond laser. A blinded physician graded clearance.
Both lesions lightened significantly, and clearance did not differ between the devices. Pain and adverse events were alike, though satisfaction was higher on the picosecond side. On cost-effectiveness grounds, the authors kept the nanosecond laser as the main option for these spots and named the picosecond laser as an alternative. One trial on limb spots settles little alone, but it justifies asking for both quotes.
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Matching the laser line to the job
The billing unit follows the job more than the device; treat this table as a starting point, since the doctor's reading of your marks comes first.
| Job | Usual billing unit | Case for a picosecond line | Case for a nanosecond line |
|---|---|---|---|
| A few distinct sun spots | Per spot or by spot size | Preference or fewer planned visits | Similar clearance in the 2018 trial |
| Scattered freckles across the cheeks | Per zone or per face | Dense, clustered spots | Sparse spots on fair skin |
| Full-face toning series | Per session or per course | The clinic's standard toning device | Clinics toning on Nd:YAG |
| Tattoo fading | By design size and ink colors | Multicolor ink | Dark ink, longer course |
| Texture work with a lens array | Per session for a set area | PicoSure FOCUS lens passes | Usually not offered |
Guide
Time costs that sit beside the session line
Spot removal usually leaves small dark crusts that lift over several days to about a week. Clinics generally clear visitors to fly home the same day, yet holiday photos that week deserve a thought.
When a spot needs a second pass, several weeks between sessions is common, so a short trip may fit only one visit. Ask whether a partly faded mark gets an included check or a repeat at the standard rate. Listed rates are before VAT, and 10% VAT is added at payment.
Guide
Questions that make two quotes comparable
A pico laser seoul price and a nanosecond quote from the same clinic can only be weighed when they describe the same work. Ask for each of these points in writing before the first pulse.
- Which device and wavelength will treat each spot
- How spots are counted, and where a zone begins and ends
- How many sessions the doctor expects, and the gap between them
- Whether patches, numbing and a follow-up check sit inside the line
- What a repeat pass costs if a spot fades only partly
Evidence
Research behind this page
- Q-switched double frequency Nd:YAG 532-nm nanosecond laser vs. double frequency Nd:YAG 532-nm picosecond laser for the treatment of solar lentigines in AsiansLasers in Medical Science · 2018 · doi:10.1007/s10103-018-2560-3
Single-session nanosecond and picosecond 532 nm lasers gave similar clearance of solar lentigines in Asian skin; satisfaction favored picosecond, but nanosecond stayed the main option on cost-effectiveness.
FAQ
Questions about Laser toning in Korea
Which clinics offer Laser toning in Korea?
Clinics offering Laser toning in Korea include Springday Clinic Sinchon (Sinchon-ro), RE:BERRY Clinic Gangnam (Gangnam Station), Kind Global Clinic (Euljiro-ipgu Station), RE:BERRY Clinic Myeongdong (Myeongdong Station) and ENTER Plastic Surgery (Gangnam-daero). Each lists Laser toning on its own menu; message the clinic directly to confirm the doctor, product and current price.
Is a picosecond session always priced above a Q-switched one?
Not always, though picosecond lines are often listed higher because the devices cost more to buy and maintain. Some clinics price toning on both machines alike; others bundle a picosecond toning course so the figure per visit drops. The clearest comparison is to ask for both device options for the same spots and area, written side by side, then compare what each line covers rather than the headline rate.
Will one session clear a sun spot, or should I budget for a repeat?
One session is often enough to lighten a flat sun spot, though some marks need a second pass weeks later. In the 2018 Vachiramon trial in Lasers in Medical Science, a single treatment with either 532 nm laser produced measurable lightening over the following three months. Raised or very dark marks may respond differently, and results vary from person to person. Plan for the chance of one repeat and ask how the clinic prices it.
Can I have the picosecond laser on some spots and a nanosecond laser on others?
Yes, many clinics with both devices will mix them when the doctor sees different kinds of marks in one visit. A cluster of small, light spots might go to one device while a darker isolated spot goes to the other. Mixing usually means two quote lines. Ask the doctor why each spot went to which device, so the split reflects your skin.
Does a darker skin tone change which laser line a clinic quotes?
It can, because darker skin carries a higher chance of temporary darkening after pigment lasers. Vachiramon and colleagues noted that this post-inflammatory darkening is common after Q-switched treatment in darker skin, although adverse events in their study did not differ between the nanosecond and picosecond lasers. Doctors may lower energy or suggest a test spot. Those adjustments can change the session count, so they belong in the written quote.
Is the patch placed after spot removal part of the session fee?
Often it is, but clinics differ, so check the quote line by line. After spot work, a thin hydrocolloid patch or a soothing cream is commonly applied to protect the crust while it lifts over several days. Some clinics include a few patches and sunscreen in the session, while others list aftercare products separately as optional items. Asking first avoids surprise extras at payment.
How is VAT shown on a spot-removal quote?
Listed laser rates in Korea are before VAT, and 10% VAT is added when you pay. A quote for spots may therefore show a subtotal per spot or zone, then the tax as its own line, then the total. Ask for the final payable amount in writing, so that two quotes from different clinics are compared on the same basis, including VAT.
Can I fly home the day after spot removal?
Generally yes; pigment laser work does not usually stop you from flying the same day or the next. The practical issue is the dark crusts that form on treated spots and take several days to about a week to lift. Leave the crusts alone and use sunscreen on arrival. If the trip includes important photos, book the session early so the crusts have time to clear.