Non-Surgical · Pricing by Area

Laser Hair Removal Cost by Area

Every field on the rate sheet, and how to read it before you book

Gangnam, Seoul | Board-certified plastic surgeon, Dr. Jonghwan Choi
KHIDI-registered for international patients · Apgujeong Rewind

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Price

Cost by area

What laser hair removal costs per area at Rewind in Seoul

The short answer

Laser hair removal at Rewind is priced one body area at a time. Each field on the clinic's rate sheet carries two figures, a single visit and a course of five sessions bought together, and women and men are listed in separate columns. The rates for each field sit in the pricing section further down this page, quoted before VAT. Whether that works out cheaper than at home depends on what your local quote covers; Rewind publishes no comparison with prices abroad, so the fair test is to line the two quotes up area by area, session by session, with tax on both.

Rates on this page come from the clinic's current fee schedule for its Clarity hair removal platform. They are list rates, and VAT is added at payment.

Area pricing has one practical consequence for a visitor: the figure you are quoted depends on the words you use when you book. An upper lip is a small, fixed field. A leg can mean a calf, a thigh, a knee or the whole limb, and each of those is its own line with its own rate. Before comparing anything, decide which fields you actually want treated and write them into the booking form.

Travel belongs in the arithmetic too. Hair grows in cycles, so a course is spread over months, and buying five sessions in Seoul only makes sense if you expect to come back for the later ones. For a single trip, the single-visit rate of each field is the unit worth comparing.

Consultation desk in a private room at Rewind Plastic Surgery, Apgujeong
Fig. 01 — A consultation room, where the fields and the plan are agreed before any laser work
Rules

How the sheet is built

Four rules behind every laser hair removal quote at Rewind

The rate sheet looks long, but it follows four rules. Once you know them you can estimate roughly where your own total will land before you ask.

rule 01
One field, two prices
Every area appears twice: one visit, and five visits bought together. On most rows the course of five costs the same as four single visits.
rule 02
Women and men in separate columns
The same field can carry a different rate depending on the column. The men's column runs higher for most shared fields and adds beard fields of its own.
rule 03
Halves or the whole limb
Arms are sold as upper arm, forearm or whole arm; legs as thigh, calf, knee or whole leg. In the women's column the whole leg costs less than its three parts bought separately.
rule 04
Named fields only
Nothing on the sheet is an unnamed bundle. Even the full-body line is defined by the fields inside it, and an area the sheet does not list is assessed and quoted at consultation.

The men's column lists fields that do not appear for women: the chin, the jawline beard, the sideburns, the top of the foot and the toes. The women's facial fields on the sheet are the upper lip and the hairline.

Logic

Why rows differ

Why laser hair removal prices follow the size and hair of each area

The sheet does not explain its own numbers, but the gaps between rows track the physical work involved. Four factors account for most of them.

01Surface

A larger field takes more pulses to cover

The handpiece treats one spot at a time, and the operator works across a field in overlapping passes. A whole leg asks for many more pulses than an underarm, and the rate steps up in the same direction. In the women's column, the underarm, the upper lip and the knee share the lowest rate on the sheet.

02Hair

Coarse, dense hair asks more of each session

Beard hair and the hair on a man's thigh are usually thicker and more tightly packed than hair on a woman's forearm. That is part of the reason the men's column is higher for many of the same fields. The device and the method are identical on both sides of the sheet.

03Setting

Skin tone changes the setting while the rate stays put

The Clarity platform carries two wavelengths, 755 nm and 1064 nm. Which one is used depends on your skin tone and the hair being treated, and the choice does not move your quote. The rate is attached to the field and the column.

04Cycle

Hair growth cycles are the reason courses exist

Only follicles in an active growth phase respond to the pulse, so each visit reaches part of the hair in a field. A 2022 systematic review found that the length of the growth cycle varies by site, around six months on the face, seven in the underarm and a year on the leg. The five-session course on the sheet exists for that reason.

Clinic interior at Rewind Plastic Surgery, Apgujeong
Fig. 02 — The clinic floor in Apgujeong
Rewind

Before you pay

Three habits Rewind keeps when quoting laser hair removal

Price questions about hair removal usually arrive before anyone has looked at the skin. The clinic answers them in the same order each time.

01Fields first

Fields are named before a figure is given

A quote is read off the sheet once you and the doctor have agreed which areas are being treated. Adding a field on the day means adding its own line from the same sheet, so ask for the revised total before the laser is switched on.

02Skin check

A suitability check comes before a sale

Recent sun, self-tanner and medication that raises light sensitivity all change what can safely be fired. When the skin is not ready, the field is postponed, and a course bought for skin that cannot yet be treated helps nobody.

03One device

A single hair removal platform means no upgrade tier

Rewind's rate sheet lists one platform for laser hair removal. The differences between rows come from area, hair and column, and none of them reflects a premium machine waiting in the next room.

Dr. Jonghwan Choi discussing a treatment plan with a patient at Rewind Plastic Surgery
Fig. 03 — Fields and skin are assessed before a figure is given
Visit

On the day

Paying for laser hair removal at Rewind: the order of a first visit

Patient lounge at Rewind Plastic Surgery, Gangnam, Seoul

Fig. 04 — The lounge on the clinic floor, Gangnam

Reception desk at Rewind Plastic Surgery

Fig. 05 — Reception, where the agreed fields are settled with VAT

A first visit runs in a fixed order. You meet the doctor, the fields are agreed and the skin is checked, the rate for each field is read from the sheet, and treatment follows. Protective eyewear is worn by everyone in the room while the laser is in use, and VAT is added to the listed rates when you settle at reception. The clinic occupies the fourth and fifth floors of the Richro Building in Gangnam, Seoul, and sees patients by appointment on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 10:00 to 19:00 and on Saturday from 10:00 to 16:00.

Priced per field, never per minute
One visit or a course of five for each field
Separate women's and men's columns
Whole limbs sold alongside halves
List rates shown before VAT
Richro Building, 4F and 5F · by appointment

If you are comparing quotes for a single trip, ask for the one-visit rate of each field you want and keep any course price on a separate line. That keeps the comparison like for like, and it stops a five-session figure being judged against a single appointment.

Rates

Pricing

Laser hair removal cost by area: the rows visitors price first

The rows below are drawn from both columns of the sheet and stay with individual fields. The bikini, all-Brazilian and full-body lines are separate entries on the same sheet.

Upper lip, women · one visitThe smallest facial field in the women's column
₩50,000
Hairline, women · course of fiveListed as its own facial field
₩400,000
Underarm, women · course of fiveBoth underarms as one field
₩200,000
Forearm, women · one visitThe lower half of the arm
₩150,000
Whole leg, women · course of fiveThigh, knee and calf as a single field
₩1,000,000
Jawline beard, men · one visitThe beard field along the jaw
₩100,000
Underarm, men · course of fiveThe same field on the men's column
₩300,000
Whole arm, men · course of fiveUpper arm and forearm together
₩1,400,000

All figures are list rates before VAT, which is added at payment. On most rows five visits cost the same as four single visits. A few rows, such as the women's forearm and several small fields in the men's column, are set slightly differently, so read the course line itself when you plan.

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Fit

Worth paying for

When a laser hair removal course is worth the cost, and when to hold off

Money well spent

  • Dark hair in skin lighter than the hair, the contrast the laser relies on
  • A field you shave or wax often enough for the upkeep to cost time and irritation
  • Travel plans that allow more than one visit to Seoul across the months a course takes
  • Deeper skin tones, for which the longer 1064 nm wavelength has been studied in its own trials
  • Men treating a beard line who accept that facial hair has shown the smallest long-term reduction in published trials

Keep the money for now

  • Grey, white, red or fine blond hair, where there is little pigment for the laser to find
  • A fresh tan from the sun, a sunbed or self-tanner
  • Waxing, threading or plucking of the field in the weeks before the visit
  • Medication that increases sensitivity to light, raised at consultation
  • Broken, infected or inflamed skin anywhere in the field
  • Pregnancy, or a tattoo inside the area to be treated
After

Aftercare

Laser hair removal aftercare that adds nothing to the bill

Looking after a treated field needs sunscreen and a little restraint. Rewind's instructions after laser work come to four points: redness straight afterwards can happen, sauna, jjimjilbang and sweaty exercise are avoided, massage and strong friction stay off the area, and sunscreen goes on whenever you head outdoors.

Straight after
Redness may appear
The treated field can look pink and feel warm. It is an expected reaction to heat in the skin and usually settles by itself.
The same day
Heat and sweat on hold
Sauna, jjimjilbang and exercise that leaves you sweating are kept for another day, since heat and friction add to irritation in freshly treated skin.
Outdoors
Sunscreen every time
An exposed field is covered with sunscreen whenever you go out. A tan picked up between visits also changes what can be fired at the next session.
Before the next visit
Shave, do not wax
Plucking and waxing pull out the root the laser needs to find, while shaving leaves it in place. Tell the clinic if you have waxed since your last session.

The risks are the ones any laser carries. Redness and swelling are common. Blistering, crusting and superficial burns are less common and more likely on tanned skin or at high settings. Temporary darkening or lightening of the skin can follow, particularly in deeper skin tones. Folliculitis, a spotty irritation of the follicles, and paradoxical growth of finer hair near a treated edge are both documented. Report blistering or pain that increases after you leave to the clinic straight away.

Doctor

Professional

At Rewind, one board-certified plastic surgeon carries every case — from the first consultation to the final follow-up. Because a face is a story, and a story deserves a single author.

Dr. Jonghwan Choi, board-certified plastic surgeonRewind,
Dr. Jonghwan Choi presenting at an academic session
Fig. 06 — Academic presentation

Rewind's Doctor

Dr. Jonghwan Choi Medical Director

One surgeon, from the first
consultation to the last follow-up.

A board-certified plastic surgeon devoted to anti-aging lifting — with the precision and restraint built through years of craniofacial practice.

Board-certified plastic surgeon (Plastic Surgery)
10 peer-reviewed publications
Medical Director, Rewind Plastic Surgery
Korean Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons
Former chief director, Apgujeong Y&T Plastic Surgery
Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
J Craniofac Surg · JKMS · Arch Craniofac Surg
Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
Ask

Questions

Laser hair removal cost: questions asked before booking in Seoul

What does laser hair removal cost per area at Rewind?
Each field has its own rate, shown in the pricing section of this page with separate figures for women and men. Small facial fields and the underarm sit at the lower end of the sheet; whole legs and whole arms sit near the top. VAT is added at payment, so ask for the total with tax included when you compare.
Is laser hair removal in Korea cheaper than back home?
Rewind publishes no comparison with prices abroad, and a single rate says little on its own. Compare area by area: the same field, the same number of sessions, VAT included on both, and the cost of the extra trips a course needs. Only that comparison shows which is lower for your own plan.
Do I pay per session or for the whole course?
Either. Every field is listed as one visit and as a course of five bought together, and on most rows the course is priced at four single visits. One visit suits a single trip. The course only pays off if you will be back in Seoul for the remaining sessions.
Why do men pay more for some of the same areas?
Male hair on the face, arms and legs is usually coarser and denser, and treating it takes more work per session. The men's column reflects that, and it adds beard fields such as the chin, the jawline and the sideburns. The device and the method are the same in both columns.
Is the whole leg cheaper than the thigh and calf booked separately?
In the women's column, yes: the whole-leg line costs less than the thigh, knee and calf added together. In the men's column the whole leg and the thigh plus calf come to the same figure, so the choice there is one of convenience. Check your own column in the pricing section.
Does darker skin cost more to treat?
No. The rate belongs to the field and the column. Skin tone changes which wavelength and settings the doctor chooses on the Clarity platform, and it may mean a test area first, but nothing on the sheet adds a charge for it.
Can areas that are not on the price list be treated?
The sheet names specific fields. Areas it does not list, such as the back or the abdomen, have no fixed rate there, so whether they can be treated and at what price is confirmed at consultation. Mention them in the booking form so the reply can address them.
Are the listed rates inclusive of VAT?
No. Every hair removal rate on the sheet is a list price before VAT, and tax is added when you settle at reception. When you set a Rewind quote beside a price at home, put tax on both sides first so the figures are comparable.
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What our patients say.

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Came to REWIND to get my facial treatment and i'm absolutely obsessed about it💞 the doctor is so kind and is an expert! Everyone must visit!

YunHee Hong2 weeks ago
★★★★★

There are just way too many cosmetic clinics in Korea and I'm so happy I found Rewind Clinic in Gangnam. Dr. Choi was so kind and patient while explaining the different face-lifting options, from threads to mini-lifts to deep-plane lifts…

J. S.5 months ago
★★★★★

I found Rewind clinic through a Korean chat forum and many local clients highly recommended it. The clinic is brand new, featuring large, clean rooms and many private waiting areas so it doesn't give off that "factory" clinic vibe. All the…

J. Siou5 months ago
★★★★★

Really nice environment. Doctor is easy to communicate and understands my visions. Waited two weeks to make a review and I confirm the results exceeded my expectations and I am super happy with it. Can't wait to come back!! :))

Kristie Chu5 months ago
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I received a thread lift at Rewind Plastic Surgery. The clinic was clean and the atmosphere was comfortable. The consultation was thorough, and I felt confident because they kindly explained everything tailored to my facial condition. They…

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Booking

Reservation

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Name the areas you want priced and say whether this is a single trip, and we will reply with the matching rows from the sheet.

Visit

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For international patients — interpreter-assisted, from your first message to your follow-up.

Location
Apgujeong, Gangnam
4F & 5F, Richro Building,
812 Nonhyeon-ro,
Gangnam-gu, Seoul
Hours
Mon·Tue·Wed·Fri 10:00–19:00
Sat 10:00–16:00
Closed Sundays & Thursdays
Lunch 12:00–13:00
Consultation
In your language
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Interpreter-assisted
consultations available
Registration
KHIDI Registered
Registered institution for
international patients
Reg. M-2025-01-08-09288

Scientific evidence

Laser hair removal cost and the research behind a course

A price sheet cannot say what a course achieves, so these three papers are cited for that question. One systematic review compares long-term reduction across devices and body sites, one randomised trial sets a long-pulsed Nd:YAG laser against intense pulsed light in darker skin, and one study follows a 1064 nm laser across all six skin types. None was carried out at Rewind or on its patients, and none predicts a personal result.