Skin Tone

For issues with skin pigmentation the treatment will depend on the cause. For lightening of the overall skin or where there are patches of pigmentation such as dark circles, lasers and skin whitening injections are available. Oxygen therapy and vitamin therapy can achieve this too. Fillers can be useful to treat dark circles that are caused by the area under the eye being hollow so having a dark shadow.

Concern	Cause	Solution
Dark Circle	Lifestyle - this includes bad diets, poor sleep, alcohol	To correct whatever lifestyle pattern is causing the issue.
	Genetical - the structure of the face causes shadows due to hollowness under the eye or there being more fat around the eye which appear as dark circles or the skin around the eye is naturally dark	If the genetics is related to the structure of the face then it can be treated by fillers if the issue is hollowness or fat removal if the issue is excess fat. If the issue is darkening or discolouration under the skin due to genetics this can be treated by lasers or skin whitening but since the cause is genetic it cannot be guranteed that the dark circles will not appear again
	Hormones - imbalance in hormones caused by conditions like issues related to Thyroid or PCOS	For this it is better to seek medical help as these conditons can be long term and cosmetic treatments can treat the dark circles but they will return as the hormone imbalance is still there
Pigmentation	Skin trauma - pigmentation in areas where there was an injury or infection	Can be treated with lasers, skin boosters and skin whitening innjections
	Genetical - Patches of skin that have been dark naturally	This can be treated by lasers or skin whitening injections but since the cause is genetic it cannot be guranteed that the pigmentation will not appear again
	Hormones - imbalance in hormones caused by conditions like issues related to Thyroid or PCOS	For this it is better to seek medical help as these conditons can be long term and cosmetic treatments can treat the pigmentation but they will return as the hormone imbalance is still there
Darker skintone	Genetically darker skin	Can be treated with lasers, skin boosters and skin whitening innjections

Procedure Type	Brands	Effects	Price Range	Available Clinics
Skin Boosters	Rejuran	Overall Better Skin Textures	528,000 ~ 550,000 KRW	Ppeum, Bioface
	PRP		500,000 KRW	Bioface
	Filorga		495,000 KRW	Bioface
	Exosome Skin Care		750,000 KRW	Chang Clinic
Lasers	Excel V	For pico (Picosecond Nd:YAG /1064mn, 785mn, 532mn) overall skin whitening	128,000 KRW	Ppeum
	Thulium BB laser		238,000 KRW	Ppeum
	Picoway			Chang Clinic
	CICA LASER (Ppeum)		366,000 KRW	Ppeum
	Fraxel xena (ppeum)		340,000 KRW	Ppeum
MTS			Not available yet
Skin whitening injections		Skin whitening	80,000 ~ 100,000 KRW	Ppeum, Bioface