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Laser · Seomyeon, Busan
Pore treatment in Busan Seomyeon
Pores shrink when the wall around them is tightened and the oil inside them is controlled, which is why the plan is RF microneedling plus toning rather than a single device: Kaiser 300 from ₩165,000, FloraCell, Sylfirm X, Potenza ₩440,000, with skin Botox for oil. VAT included, by the doctor at Boom Dermatology, a skin clinic one minute from Seomyeon Station.
₩88,000 from
Kaiser 300; FloraCell ₩220,000, Sylfirm X ₩330,000, Potenza ₩440,000
20–40 min
Twenty to forty minutes by device
None–3 daysNone for toning; one to three days for RF and fractional
Months; maintained with oil controlThree to five sessions four weeks apart; maintenance every three to six months
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Start here — direct answer
Why are pores enlarged, and can they really shrink in Busan?
A pore
is the opening of an oil gland, and it looks large for three reasons that are treated differently: the gland underneath is active and stretches it (oily skin, the T-zone, the twenties and thirties); the collagen around the opening has thinned so the wall slumps open (sun, age, the forties on); or the pore is plugged and the plug holds it wide (blackheads, the nose). Facials and "pore-minimising" products act on the plug and the surface for a day; they cannot tighten the wall or calm the gland, which is why nothing from a bottle has ever changed your cheeks. What does: energy delivered into the dermis around the pore so the collagen there contracts and rebuilds, and the gland is quietened.
At Boom Dermatology the pore plan is tiered by depth and by cause. Kaiser 300
₩165,000 and FloraCell
₩220,000 are the entry and mid texture passes that tighten the surface; Sylfirm X
₩330,000 and Potenza
₩440,000 are RF microneedling that tighten the pore wall from inside the dermis, the step that changes the mirror; a toning
course refines the surface and calms oil between sessions; and skin Botox
quietens the glands for an oily T-zone. Pores are a structure, not a lesion, so "shrink for good" means a course plus maintenance; the doctor says that before you buy a session.
What Busan patients ask before Pore treatment
Why are my pores enlarged, and does the cause change the treatment?
Can pores really shrink, or is 'pore minimising' marketing?
RF microneedling for pores: what does it do that facials cannot?
How many sessions until my cheeks and nose actually look different?
What keeps results, and what undoes them?
All of these come up most weeks at our Seomyeon skin clinic. The page answers them in order.
02
Who it suits
Who pore treatment suits, and who should wait
Good candidates
Enlarged pores on cheeks and nose that skincare has not changed
Oily, shiny skin with open pores in the T-zone
Pores that have opened with age and sun
Rough, orange-peel texture on the cheeks
Patients who can return every four weeks for a course
We will suggest something else
Active acne with inflamed pores; the acne programme
first
Blackheads alone, which want extraction and the routine before any device
Isotretinoin in the last six months for RF work
Tanned skin; pregnancy
Patients expecting a one-session change; pores are a course
03
The visit
What happens at a pore consultation in Seomyeon?
This is how a pore visit runs at Boom Dermatology, a skin clinic in Seomyeon, Busan, from the first message to the review.
1
Message first
A daylight photo without make-up and what bothers you. The doctor replies with the plan, the device, the session count and the VAT-included price.
2
Consultation
The problem is read, not assumed: type, depth, skin type, history. The plan and settings go on your record.
3
Cleanse and cool
Make-up off, eye shields on; cooling gel or numbing cream by device.
4
Test pulses, then treatment
A few test pulses where the response can be read, then the session by the doctor.
5
Out the door
Sunscreen before you leave; aftercare by device, written on WhatsApp.
6
Review and rhythm
A photo at two to six weeks sets the interval; a mid-course review decides continue, stop or switch.
How does Boom Dermatology plan a pore course?
Three readings decide the plan, written on your record with a photo at each visit.
Which cause, which depth
Active glands want oil control; slumped walls want RF at depth; rough surface wants a fractional pass.
Two devices, alternated
RF one visit, toning or a texture pass the next, four weeks apart; three to five rounds.
Maintenance is the result
A session every three to six months and an oil-control routine; without them the wall slumps back over a year.
04
Prices — VAT included
How much does pore treatment cost in Busan?
Pore sessions at Boom Dermatology run from ₩88,000 for toning to ₩440,000 for Potenza, VAT included with numbing and the doctor's time, the same for every patient; skin Botox is priced on its own page. A course is three to five sessions, bought one at a time.
Pore treatmentBrighton toning, full face₩88,000VAT included
Pore treatmentKaiser 300, full face₩165,000VAT included
Pore treatmentFloraCell, full face₩220,000VAT included
Pore treatmentSylfirm X, full face₩330,000VAT included
Pore treatmentPotenza, 1 session₩440,000VAT included
Pore causes, and the device for each
The reading the doctor makes at the consultation; most faces combine two.
Every option in the table is available at Boom Dermatology in Busan Seomyeon, performed by the doctor, with the VAT-included price shown.
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Downtime
Downtime after pore treatment, and flying home
None for toning and skin Botox. One to three days of redness and pinpoint marks for RF microneedling; one to three days of a fine grid for the fractional passes. Make-up from the next morning; fly after 24 hours. Pores read tighter in fixed-light photos from the second session.
Redness · pinpoint marks
Fly home
Remodelling
Six-week review
Next session
Day 0Day 3Week 2Month 1Month 3–6
treatment / peak result
tenderness or redness
milestone
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Questions, answered properly
Why are my pores enlarged, and does the cause change the treatment?
Yes, completely. Active oil glands stretch the pore from inside and want oil control (skin Botox, toning); a wall that has lost collagen slumps open and wants RF microneedling to rebuild it; a plug holds the pore wide and wants extraction and a routine. Most cheeks at Boom Dermatology are the second cause, most noses the first and third, and the plan pairs devices accordingly.
Can pores really shrink, or is pore minimising marketing?
Products minimise the look for a day; a pore cannot be closed, but its wall can be tightened and its gland calmed, which makes it visibly smaller in a photograph and stays that way for months. That is a measurable change, not marketing, and it comes from energy in the dermis, not from anything applied to the surface.
RF microneedling for pores: what does it do that facials cannot?
Reaches the wall. Facials clean the plug and the surface; RF needles deliver heat into the dermis around each pore, so the collagen there contracts and rebuilds over weeks and the opening tightens. Potenza is the stronger version, Sylfirm X the gentler for reactive skin; both are at our Seomyeon skin clinic and both are a course.
How many sessions until my cheeks and nose look different?
Smoother from the second week after the first session; pores reading smaller in fixed-light photos from the second or third; the full course three to five, four weeks apart. The nose, with the most active glands, needs oil control alongside or it reopens.
What keeps results, and what undoes them?
A maintenance session every three to six months and an oil-control routine keep them; sun, which thins the collagen around the pore, and heavy occlusive products, which plug it, undo them. Patients at Boom Dermatology in Busan who keep the routine keep the result; the ones who stop find the wall slumping back within a year.
Good to know
Pore treatment questions patients ask our Busan skin clinic first
1
How much does pore treatment cost in Busan?
From ₩88,000 for toning to ₩440,000 for Potenza per session at Boom Dermatology in Seomyeon, VAT included.
2
Can pores be shrunk?
The wall can be tightened and the gland calmed, which makes them visibly smaller for months; they cannot be closed.
3
Which device is best for pores?
RF microneedling (Potenza, Sylfirm X) for the wall; skin Botox and toning for oil.
4
How many sessions?
Three to five, four weeks apart, then maintenance every three to six months.
5
Is there downtime?
None for toning; one to three days for RF.
6
Who operates the laser at Boom Dermatology?
The doctor, with wavelength, energy and passes written on your record in English.
7
Do foreign patients pay more?
No. One price for everyone, VAT included, no consultation fee if you proceed.
8
Is it safe on Asian skin?
Yes with test pulses and conservative settings; 1064 nm is the default on Korean and other East Asian skin, and every setting is designed to avoid post-inflammatory darkening.
Send a daylight photo of your cheeks and nose; the doctor names the cause, the device pair, the session count and the VAT-included price before you book a flight to Busan.