PicoWay® Pico Laser

Yes. Like a rubber band snapping against the skin, repeatedly. Most patients tolerate it without anaesthetic; if you can't, anaesthetic cream is offered. None of it is unbearable, and twenty minutes from now you'll be home.

Wait until any small dark scabs have lifted on their own — usually 5 to 7 days. Mineral, fragrance-free formulas first. If the area still looks angry by day 10, message me.

SPF 50 every morning, no exceptions, for at least 6 weeks after each session. No direct sunbathing for 4 weeks. The pigment we just lifted will come back twice as strong if you bake the skin.

Almost never. Sun spots clear in 2 to 4 sessions. Tattoos take 6 to 12, depending on depth and colour. Melasma is a longer game still. I'll tell you the realistic range after the first session, when I can see how your skin actually responds.

Very rarely. The picosecond pulse breaks pigment via a photoacoustic effect, so almost no heat reaches the dermis — the scarring risk that older Q-switched lasers used to carry is largely gone. Two honest exceptions: if the original tattoo was applied over a pre-existing scar, that scar stays visible once the ink clears, and on rare predisposed skin types you can see patchy pigment loss. We dial settings conservatively for both cases.