Straight answers.

Send a WhatsApp message to the location you prefer; the numbers are on the Contact page. My team or I reply within 48 hours with a time.

Yes. Every treatment starts with a consultation, even if you already know what you want. I use it to make sure the treatment will work for you, and to tell you if it won't.

Partially. Some treatments, tattoo removal especially, I can discuss over WhatsApp. If we agree that sharing a photograph would help, I can give you a preliminary price from it. The definitive plan and price are always set at the in-person consultation.

No one can answer that without seeing how your skin responds. Complete clearance depends on ink composition and depth, your skin type, the tattoo's age, and its location. Most tattoos take 4 to 6 sessions, spaced 6 to 8 weeks apart; a real estimate is only possible after the first one, when I can see how the ink clears.

No. Anyone who does is either not being honest or about to hurt you.

Complete clearance is never the laser alone. It depends on the ink: its quality, its composition, how deep and how skilfully it was put in. With the most advanced removal lasers, some tattoos never fully clear, even after 12 sessions.

I tell you that before we start. A promise of total removal usually means someone is ready to push the laser past what your skin can take, and trade your tattoo for a scar.

Often the smarter goal is a deep fade. I bring the old ink down far enough that a small cover-up can sit cleanly over what's left, and many patients go that way. The original disappears under the new piece.

Yes. Eyebrows, eyeliner, and lip tattoo all respond to laser, like any other ink.

Eyeliner sits millimetres from the eye, so here I work as an ophthalmologist first. I place a protective metallic corneal shield under the lid, every time, no exceptions. It is what stands between the beam and the eye, and I will not do the treatment without it.

Cosmetic pigments move through a sequence I know well: they often darken first, then turn red, then fade. I tell you to expect that, so the early stages don't worry you.

Most of my treatments are uncomfortable. Most lasers feel like a rubber band snap, repeated; ablative CO₂ is stronger: heat, with proper numbing first. Injectables have a short, sharp sting. Microneedling is pressure and vibration. None of it is unbearable. I tell patients to expect discomfort rather than pain, and most agree afterwards.

From 30 minutes in the room (a small laser zone) to 90 minutes (a combined protocol); numbing cream, where used, adds 20 to 30 minutes of waiting. I'll tell you the exact timing when we plan your treatment.

Yes. The lasers click, and there is nothing I can do about that; it is how the technology works today. Some patients find the clicking harder to sit with than anything they feel on their skin. The light is bright too, because I need to see what I am doing. If it gets to you, tell me, and I will say what is coming before each pass.

Depends on the treatment. For most lasers: 1 to 3 days of mild redness or small scabs. For ablative resurfacing: 7 to 10 days while the skin is visibly healing, then redness that can take 2 to 3 weeks to settle fully. For most injectables: you can return to work the same day.

Send a WhatsApp message to the same clinic number you used to arrange your visit. The number, and the signs to watch for, are printed on the aftercare sheet you are given after every session. Do not wait for the usual 48-hour reply; my team reads these the same day. If something is getting worse rather than better (spreading redness, increasing pain, swelling, or fever), go to the nearest emergency department first and message us afterwards. I would always rather see a problem early than late.

Strict about the sunscreen, not about the calendar. These lasers are used year-round in parts of the world where the sun is far stronger than it is here, and with SPF 50+ used properly I can treat you year-round.

What I ask for is SPF 50+ every morning on treated skin, without skipping days. The one exception is a sunny holiday where you cannot guarantee the sunscreen: keep the two weeks before it and the two weeks after it free of laser. Sun on freshly treated skin is still the most common cause of pigment problems; the sunscreen is what makes the rest of the year possible.

This comes up more often than any other question, and most often in Zurich. I would far rather you argued with me about it than quietly skipped the sunscreen.

No. It is the sun that causes skin cancer; sunscreen is what keeps the UV off your skin. On skin I have just treated with a laser, it is also the difference between healing clean and healing with a permanent brown stain.

Olive oil is not a sunscreen. It is a very good salad dressing. Cold-pressed, organic, single-estate — none of it means anything to a photon. Keep the rest of your routine as natural as you like; I have no quarrel with it, as long as the SPF 50+ goes on first every morning.

For collagen-building treatments, yes: high-dose vitamin C, for up to 30 days after the procedure, at a dose I set at the consultation. It has a direct role in collagen synthesis and supports the regeneration the treatment started. By mouth, to be clear; topical vitamin C stays off freshly treated skin until it has settled.

Check with me first. Kidney problems, a tendency to kidney stones, an iron-metabolism disorder, pregnancy, breastfeeding, or any significant condition: the supplementation is cleared with your doctor before you start.

Pregnancy and breastfeeding are two different answers. During pregnancy: no injectables, and most lasers wait. Some gentle protocols are possible after consultation.

After birth we can start again from six weeks. Breastfeeding narrows the list rather than closing it: past those six weeks most laser work is possible while you are still feeding, and injectables wait until you have weaned. If you are trying to conceive, tell me; it changes what I recommend.

No. I use only materials I source myself, directly from official distributors I have verified. Authenticity, cold chain, traceability: I do not compromise on any of them.

Per-session rates are on the Pricing page. Area and technique set the price; anything with a range is confirmed before treatment. I do not negotiate. At consultation I will plan the most effective combination within your budget.

6,000 RSD, about €50. If we go ahead with a treatment, the consultation is included in that treatment's price, so you do not pay it separately. If it ends with me telling you that you need nothing, the consultation is all you have paid.

I do not give discounts. When I treat children, it is for vascular abnormalities, scars, and similar medical indications, and I generally do it at no cost. The family still comes in for a proper consultation and we agree on the plan.

Yes. I am a trainer and key opinion leader for the manufacturers whose platforms I use, among them Candela, Sinclair (Lanluma®), Préime, and InMode, the maker of Morpheus8. I teach other doctors on those devices and send real clinical experience back to the makers.

It isn't advertising. I put my name to a tool only after it has earned its place in my own hands.

Write to the press address on the Contact page and my team will route it. I'm glad to talk to journalists and to teach; posing interests me less. Editorial and lecture requests are welcome; product placement dressed up as press, I decline.