Laser Pigmentation Treatment

Laser pigmentation treatment targeting sun spots, freckles, solar lentigines, age spots, and uneven skin tone. Laser or IPL energy is selectively absorbed by melanin in pigmented lesions, fragmenting the pigment for natural clearance. Suitable for the face, neck, chest, and hands. Number of sessions depends on lesion type and depth. Available at Contour Clinics Sydney across six locations in New South Wales.

Laser pigmentation treatment at Contour Clinics Sydney uses targeted laser or IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) energy to selectively address melanin-rich pigmented lesions on the skin, including sun spots (solar lentigines), freckles (ephelides), age spots, flat seborrhoeic keratoses, and areas of uneven skin tone resulting from photoageing or post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation. The principle of selective photothermolysis underlies all laser pigmentation treatments: wavelengths preferentially absorbed by melanin are selected, causing the laser energy to be concentrated within melanin-dense lesions while leaving the surrounding lighter skin relatively unaffected. Within the pigmented lesion, absorbed light converts to heat, causing fragmentation of melanin granules and thermal damage to the pigment-containing cells (melanocytes and keratinocytes in the lesion). The fragmented melanin is cleared progressively by the immune system — darkening initially before sloughing off or fading over two to four weeks. Contour Clinics Sydney treats pigmented lesions most commonly on the face, neck, décolletage, and backs of the hands — areas in Australia most heavily affected by cumulative ultraviolet exposure from Sydney's high solar UV index. Australia has one of the highest rates of skin photoageing in the developed world, and pigmentation correction is consistently one of the highest-demand skin treatments in the Sydney cosmetic clinic market. The clinic's team selects the appropriate energy device — whether a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser, picosecond laser, or IPL — based on the lesion type, depth, and the patient's skin tone (Fitzpatrick classification), with darker skin types (Fitzpatrick IV–V) requiring devices and parameters that minimise the risk of post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation from thermal damage to the surrounding melanocyte-rich skin. The Newtown flagship and all five other Contour Clinics Sydney locations accept consultation bookings with the $75 refundable deposit.