When you are choosing a clinic, what you really want to know is probably not the list of devices but "how does this doctor think about the work?" I have written plenty about treatments on this blog, yet rarely about myself, so today I would like to write honestly about the spirit in which I have run Skinique Clinic.
Laser Omakase: a laser course matched to the skin of the day
If I had to introduce myself in one sentence, I am a doctor who takes lasers seriously. Holding on to the subject for long enough earned me the nickname "the laser magician", and it also produced a name for how I practise: laser omakase, shortened to "lemakase". Just as a Japanese chef builds a course around the best ingredients that arrived that day, I look at the condition and concerns of the skin in front of me on that visit and put together the laser combination myself.
The reason I do not mechanically repeat a package decided in advance is simple. Skin problems are composite states in which pigment, vessels, pores and firmness are all entangled, so adjusting the combination to the condition at each session makes far more sense than repeating a single laser ten times over. I believe this is the most honest way to treat.
Change that does not announce itself: natural elegance
The direction I aim for in aesthetics is natural elegance. Rather than a face that visibly reads as treated, I aim for the kind of change that has people saying "you look well these days". Not overdone, not unnatural, helping someone age gracefully. That is the standard by which I decide the intensity and extent of a treatment.
I fired the laser on my own arm first
Laser treatment is, honestly, hard work for the doctor. You hold a heavy handpiece in one hand and keep moving all day without a break. I once delivered laser treatment to one patient for two and a half hours, because I wanted to see for myself how far you have to go for the result to be maximised. I have also fired lasers on my own arm at varying intensities to observe how the skin responded, and ended up with a burn. People around me told me to stop going that far, but data earned that way is what supports my judgement in the treatment room.
Of course I know there is an easier road. It would be possible to keep things short and comfortable. But because I know that changes the result, doing less while knowing better is not something my temperament allows. Using my own body for the sake of the result is how I have worked so far, and it is a principle I intend to keep.
Study alongside practice, and why I learn and share at the society
Lasers are not a field where the device alone produces the result. With the same device, the outcome differs greatly depending on the principle applied, the output used and the order in which it is used. That is why I spend as much time on academic work as on seeing patients. Serving as an officer of the society, I learn the latest knowledge in aesthetic dermatology and share it through lectures, and I believe this study feeds back into safer and more effective treatment.
The years spent in the middle of Gangnam Station
This is my thirteenth year in aesthetic dermatology. I began as a salaried physician and learned across three clinics, then in 2017 opened Skinique Clinic at Gangnam Station, said to be the most competitive area of all. At first I worried about whether I would survive, but thanks to people who recognised the sincerity and kept coming back, I have held this place, and last year we expanded and relocated to a larger space.
When I take out photographs from the early days, my face is full of excitement and ambition. I have more lines now and the corners of my eyes have dropped, but a new laser still gives me that flutter, and the joy of finding a good combination is unchanged. I intend to remain a doctor who thinks about lasers with the same spirit as at the beginning, or rather with even more intensity than back then.
Wrapping Up
Lemakase, combining lasers to suit the skin of the day; the standard of natural change that does not announce itself; and study verified on my own body. These three are the pillars that hold up Skinique Clinic. If you have not yet found a direction for your skin concerns, feel free to start the conversation through a chat consultation about your skin.
This article was written by Dr. Park Tae-hyung. He is the clinic director of Skinique Clinic and serves as an academic director of the Korean Society for Laser Dermatology and Trichology. First published March 11, 2026 - Last reviewed August 23, 2026
This article is general medical information. Skin condition and response to treatment vary between individuals. Please decide on treatment and methods through a consultation.