Can you give me a number before I fly to Seoul?
We give you a range in the reply to your consultation form, flagged as provisional, and a firmer one at the scan. Photographs taken in side light at close range help, because a depression shows in raking light and disappears in flat light. The firm version waits for the 3D scan, since scar depth and skin thickness cannot be measured from an image.
Do you sell a course of ten sessions?
No package is sold for scar work. Each visit is charged at its own published line, so stopping after the second one leaves nothing owed and no unused balance sitting with us. That structure exists because a scar plan is revised between visits, and a pre-paid block quietly removes the option of revising it downward.
How far apart should acne scar sessions sit?
Several weeks, with the exact interval set by which step you had and how your skin looked at review. The work that shows happens between visits as collagen rebuilds, so a shorter gap mostly shortens recovery time and adds little to the result. Your director sets the next date after seeing the field, not before it.
Why is the ablative work charged per lesion instead of per session?
Because the target is a single spot and the endpoint is judged spot by spot. A lesion is taken down in controlled passes until it sits level with the skin around it, so the unit of work being billed is one lesion at ₩10,000 (≈ $5). A short list is inexpensive, and you can do the arithmetic before you arrive.
Is full-face fractional resurfacing available here?
Full-face ablative resurfacing is not a published line at Dear Clinic. Where an entire field needs work, the plan is normally built from needle-delivered radiofrequency at ₩250,000 (≈ $180) a visit, with a spaced fractional laser step programmed inside D-ARC Solution for texture. Individual pits are still handled one at a time alongside that.
Does subcision change how many laser visits I need?
Often it lowers them. A depression held down by fibrous strands keeps returning to its old level whatever is done above it, so releasing the anchor first at ₩500,000 (≈ $355) means later visits are spent refining instead of re-fighting. Which zones are tethered is a finding from the scan and not something you can feel reliably yourself.
What do the published studies say about a single treatment?
One randomised split-face trial compared fractional carbon dioxide against needle-delivered radiofrequency for acne scars after a single treatment, and a separate real-world retrospective series followed 75 patients treated with fractional microneedle radiofrequency. A meta-analysis pools fractional radiofrequency results across acne and acne scarring. All are listed below with resolvable DOIs; none of them predicts an individual outcome.
Will a deeper skin tone mean more visits?
Usually a slower course of gentler visits, which can mean more of them. Energy absorbed by melanin needs lowering as pigment rises, and intervals lengthen to protect against a patch of altered colour. Needle-delivered radiofrequency is comparatively indifferent to melanin, which is one reason it carries much of the field work in deeper tones here.
How many lesions can be treated in one appointment?
That is decided by where they sit and how much of the face is being asked to heal at once. A scattered handful across two zones is comfortable in a single visit; a dense cluster is usually split, because a face recovering everywhere at the same time is a face out of action for longer than it needs to be. Your list is grouped at the scan.
Can I start the plan on my consultation day?
Frequently yes, when the skin is calm and the plan is straightforward. The scan, the reading and the discussion come first, and a first step can follow on the same visit. Booking early in a trip is the sensible move, since a release step leaves a bruise whose duration varies from person to person, and each treated lesion carries a scab for several days.
What if the improvement stalls halfway through?
You are told. Progress is read against the previous visit rather than against an expectation written on day one, and where a scar pattern has stopped moving we say so and put the question of continuing back to you. That conversation is easier here precisely because nothing was pre-paid.
Do visitors pay a different rate per session?
No. Every line is published and applies to everyone, settled in KRW with the USD figure alongside shown as a reference that moves with the exchange rate. Your receipt names the step you were treated on, which matters when a plan mixes per-lesion work with field visits inside the same month.
