* Prices exclude VAT and may be adjusted after consultation depending on the tattoo’s color, density, and location.

About 10 sessions are typically needed. Tattoos that have been retouched repeatedly, have dense pigment, or are cover-ups mixed with color may require more. Sessions are usually 4–6 weeks apart, and at Beautystone Clinic in Hongdae the director personally evaluates your progress each session and updates the remaining plan.

Laser tattoo removal is designed to minimize skin damage, so scarring is uncommon, but results vary from person to person. Scars that formed when the tattoo was made (raised or indented skin) can become visible once the pigment fades, and dark tattoos may leave a faint mark for a while. Beautystone Clinic in Hongdae keeps laser energy within your skin's threshold and combines stage-by-stage regenerative care to reduce residual marks.

Anesthesia can greatly reduce the pain. Beautystone Clinic applies numbing cream and cooling anesthesia as standard, and depending on the area and extent you can choose among five levels, up to injection, nerve-block, and sleep anesthesia. Numbing cream works best after 20 minutes, and cooling anesthesia is effective against the momentary pain right before treatment. For larger areas like the upper or lower arm, region-level nerve-block anesthesia is available.

Black-ink tattoos usually take 6 months to a year; color and cover-up tattoos often take over a year. Sessions are spaced 4–6 weeks apart because immune cells need that time to clear the pigment shattered by the laser and the skin needs it to recover. The total duration varies with color, density, and location, and Beautystone Clinic in Hongdae reviews your progress each session and updates the remaining schedule.

Yes. Each color responds to a different wavelength: red and yellow tones to 532nm, hard-to-remove green and blue to 730/785nm, and black or deep dermal pigment to 1064nm. Beautystone Clinic uses a PicoWay equipped with all three wavelengths. However, response varies with the color-dye combination and depth, so the number of sessions differs from person to person.

At the same number of sessions, pico lasers break down pigment more efficiently than older nanosecond lasers, so the total number of sessions may be reduced. PicoWay fires in picoseconds, shattering pigment into finer particles that are easier to clear, while less heat reaches surrounding tissue — lowering the risk of scarring and pigmentation. Beautystone Clinic in Hongdae uses a PicoWay with all three wavelengths (532/730·785/1064nm), applied by color. Results still vary with tattoo depth and ink type.

Temporary blisters can occur, but they are a manageable reaction. They can appear as a normal response to laser energy, and larger blisters are treated directly by our medical staff. Temporary whitening (hypopigmentation) also usually fades gradually during recovery. Beautystone Clinic keeps energy below the skin's threshold, provides a dedicated dressing kit, and applies anti-inflammatory care during the inflammation phase and cell-regeneration care during recovery to prevent pigmentation and scarring.

It's best to avoid showering and exercise on the day of treatment. From the next day, daily activities are fine, but activities that soak the treated area or cause heavy sweating — saunas, swimming — should be avoided until the scabs fall off. Recovery speed varies by skin condition, and Beautystone Clinic in Hongdae provides individual aftercare guidance.

No — it cannot be done in one session. Tattoo pigment sits in multiple layers of the dermis, so the cycle of shattering it with the laser and letting immune cells clear it must be repeated. Beautystone Clinic spaces sessions 4–6 weeks apart and evaluates the response each time, adjusting the wavelength and energy of the next session. The number of sessions varies with color, density, location, and skin condition.