What is pico laser toning in practice?
Repeated low-energy passes of a picosecond laser across a pigmented field, done as a course. Rewind runs it on the Pico K, described by the clinic as a 300-picosecond pulse at 2.9 W. The aim is to fragment pigment gradually while keeping the surrounding skin intact.
Does a course end melasma for good?
No. Long-term work following low-fluence toning for melasma treats relapse as the expected pattern, and sun exposure is the usual driver. The realistic framing is management: lighten the field, then hold it with daily sun protection and occasional maintenance visits.
How many visits before anything is visible?
Rewind publishes no session count, so no number appears here. Toning is designed as a sequence at low energy, which means change accumulates across visits instead of arriving at once. The doctor sets the plan after identifying the pigment and revises it against what the earlier visits produced.
How is pico toning different from Q-switched laser toning?
Pulse duration. A picosecond pulse delivers its energy far faster than a nanosecond one, shifting the effect toward mechanical fragmentation of pigment. The toning protocol itself, low fluence and repeated sessions, came out of the Q-switched literature cited at the foot of this page.
What is pico fraxel, and when is it used instead?
It is the fractional mode on the same platform, aimed at surface texture, acne scarring and pore appearance instead of flat pigment. It carries its own rate on the price sheet and its own recovery pattern, and the choice between the two is made at the examination.
Do freckles respond differently from melasma?
Generally yes. Discrete sun-driven marks sit more superficially and tend to clear in fewer visits, while melasma is deeper, hormonally influenced and prone to return. A face carrying both is treated as a mixed case and is the usual reason a course is planned in stages.
Is toning safe on darker skin tones?
It is used across a wide range of skin types precisely because it runs at low energy, but deeper skin tones carry a higher risk of darkening afterward and of patchy lightening from overtreatment. That risk is handled by conservative settings and longer intervals, and it is discussed before you commit.
What does one session cost?
Per-visit rates for toning and for the fractional mode are both published in the pricing section above, with VAT charged separately on top. Numbing preparation is counted inside the rate. A total for a course only follows the examination, because the visit count is what moves it.
What is the downtime, and can I wear makeup afterwards?
The clinic's laser instruction sheet warns of redness immediately afterward, rules out sauna and sweaty exercise, asks that the area is not massaged or strongly stimulated, and requires sun protection outdoors. Most people return to normal activity the same day with those limits in place.
Can I finish a course inside one trip to Korea?
Rarely, since toning is spaced across weeks by design. A practical plan is to start here, then continue under a clinician at home, or to schedule visits around return trips. Interpreter-assisted consultation is arranged for international patients and the clinic is KHIDI-registered for them.
What can go wrong?
Redness and short-lived tenderness are ordinary. Skin prone to it can darken after treatment instead of clearing. Mottled hypopigmentation following repeated low-fluence toning is documented in the case literature and in work examining the melanocyte changes involved, and overtreatment is the recognised route to it.
Is tattoo removal the same treatment?
No. Ink removal uses this class of laser at different settings, over different intervals, and is priced by the size of the area on a separate line of the sheet. Raised moles are also handled separately; see
mole removal for that route.
