Which body zones are published separately at Dear Clinic?
Underarm, hands or feet, an upper or lower arm, and an upper or lower abdomen are the four fields set out on this page, each on a women’s line and a men’s line. Back, chest, thigh, calf with knee, bikini and Brazilian fields carry their own published lines as well.
How many sessions before an underarm looks different?
Change is cumulative because each visit only reaches the follicles growing that week. A block of five is the published unit because it spans enough waves for an underarm to read differently. Your own count depends on coarseness and density, and the director gives you a range for your field after the scan.
Do hands and feet answer as well as underarms?
Usually less well, and that is said before you buy. Hair on the fingers, the backs of the hands and the toes is often finer and sparser, so it holds less of the pigment the pulse needs. Coarse, dense fields such as an underarm are the ones that reward a block most reliably.
Why is an arm or an abdomen split into upper and lower halves?
Because each half is a full session of surface area, passes and cooling. Treating a whole arm or a whole abdomen means booking two published lines, and splitting them lets you treat only the half that bothers you instead of paying for skin you were never worried about.
Does an abdomen session hurt more than an underarm?
Sensation tracks hair density and skin thinness more than field size. Coarse underarm hair on thin skin registers sharply; a sparser abdomen often registers less. The cryogen burst fires at the surface with each pulse to blunt it, and the fluence can be brought down if a stretch is too much on the day.
Can two body zones be treated in one visit?
Yes, and most people do exactly that — an underarm with an arm half, or an abdomen half with hands. Each field is charged on its own published line, and total chair time is quoted before you commit to a date.
Will this stop ingrown hairs and razor bumps on my body?
Reducing how much hair grows in a field usually reduces the shaving that produces those bumps, which is a common reason people start with an underarm. Where the lumps or darkening turn out to be a skin condition instead, the assessment says so and points you at the pigment or acne platform.
I have a fresh tan on my arms. Can I still be treated?
Tanned skin holds extra pigment at the surface, which competes for the pulse and raises the risk of a burn or patchy lightening on that field. The scan reads it, and the answer is a lower starting fluence, a test patch or a later date for that zone. Other untanned fields can often go ahead.
Is body hair removal safe on deeper skin tones?
Deeper phototypes are routinely treated using the 1064 nm Nd:YAG, which is far less absorbed by pigment in the skin and reaches the follicle at depth — the reason a second wavelength is on the console. Settings stay conservative, a test patch is common, and individual response is still assessed field by field.
When can I go back to the gym, a pool or a sauna?
Give it a couple of days. Heat, sweat and chlorine on a field that is still pink turn a normal reaction into irritation, and gym clothing adds friction. Walking and ordinary daily activity are fine straight away.
Can a block of five fit into one trip to Seoul?
No, because the spacing between sessions is what makes a block work; compressing five visits into a fortnight wastes four of them on follicles that are not growing yet. Most visitors take one or two body fields per trip and continue on the next. The clinic runs 365 days a year, so the dates themselves are rarely the obstacle.
How do I get a plan for the body fields I care about?
Send the form below with the fields you want, your natural skin tone and any recent sun. We reply in English as soon as possible with each field priced as a single session and as a block of five, the likely spacing, and a note on anything that would postpone a date.
