What should you know about Picoway laser pigmentation removal?

The device delivers concentrated light in brief pulses. Pigment absorbs the energy and fragments into smaller particles; the skin then removes them over time. This may be considered for defined dark spots, some sun spots, and selected pigment left after inflammation. Melasma needs particular care because heat or irritation can sometimes make discoloration more noticeable. A clinician should examine a changing or uncertain mark before treating it.

Temporary redness, swelling, tenderness, crusting, or lightening or darkening of the treated skin can occur. The response varies with pigment colour, depth, recent tanning, medicines, and the settings used.

Arrange an assessment with a qualified skin clinician and share your history of pigmentation, recent sun exposure, previous procedures, cold sores, and all medicines or creams. Avoid tanning and follow the clinic's instructions before treatment. Afterward, keep the area clean, avoid picking flakes or crusts, use the recommended gentle care, and protect the skin from sunlight with clothing and broad-spectrum sunscreen. Wait until the skin has recovered before adding irritating exfoliants or active products.

Contact the treating clinic if pain is worsening, swelling spreads, blisters are extensive, discharge develops, or the area becomes increasingly warm and red. Seek urgent medical help for facial swelling with trouble breathing, a severe allergic reaction, or eye pain or vision change after treatment. A new, bleeding, rapidly changing, or irregular pigmented mark needs medical assessment rather than cosmetic laser treatment.

Ask what type of pigmentation is being treated, whether it could be melasma or post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, which wavelength and settings are appropriate for your skin, what aftercare is required, and how treatment will be paused if irritation develops.