This page is supervised and written by specialist physicians at IC Clinic Shibuya, a 3-minute walk from JR Shibuya Station.
💡 “I want to fade my pigmented spots — but where should I go for treatment?”
📍 Over-the-counter products alone cannot eliminate existing pigmented spots!
✨ Specialist treatment at a medical institution can help address pigmented spots effectively
👨⚕️ Board-certified plastic surgeons provide accurate diagnosis of your pigmented spots
💰 Rooted in insurance-covered medicine — straightforward and reassuring pricing
- 📌 Do Any of These Concerns Apply to You?
- 🏆 Why Patients Choose Our Pigmented Spot Treatments
- ⚠️ Important: Choosing the Right Clinic Is Up to You
- 🔍 Causes of Pigmented Spots and How to Address Them
- 📊 Types of Pigmented Spots
- 💉 Treatment Options for Pigmented Spots
- 🔬 Skin Analysis Device for Accurate Diagnosis
- ✨ Features of IC Clinic’s Pigmented Spot Treatments
- 📋 Our Treatment Process
- 💰 Treatment Pricing
📌 Do Any of These Concerns Apply to You?
- 😔 More pigmented spots and dullness appearing across the face
- 😟 Freckles becoming more pronounced
- 😰 Brownish spots or uneven skin tone developing
- 😢 Brown discoloration spreading around and below the eyes
- 😫 Concerned about darkened or clogged pores
🏆 Why Patients Choose Our Pigmented Spot Treatments
👨⚕️ Results-Focused Care by Specialist Physicians
Our board-certified plastic surgeons and senior instructors are committed to delivering results-focused treatment while minimizing the burden on each patient.
💰 Honest and Transparent Pricing
Rooted in a practice that began with insurance-covered medicine, we are committed to straightforward and easy-to-understand pricing.
🎯 A Range of Treatment Plans Tailored to Your Symptoms and Goals
To provide comprehensive specialist care for pigmented spots and melasma, our clinic offers a variety of treatment approaches — including laser toning, Photofacial (IPL), iontophoresis, and chemical peeling — to help address each patient's concerns. We offer treatment plans that can be tailored to your individual needs.
🏥 A Welcoming Environment for All Ages and Genders
We have created a clinic environment where patients of all ages and backgrounds feel comfortable walking in and discussing their concerns.
🚉 Conveniently Located Just a Short Walk from the Station
Our clinic is within easy walking distance of the nearest station, making it accessible not only from Tokyo but also from Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, and surrounding areas.
⚠️ Important: Choosing the Right Clinic Is Up to You
These treatments are an important step toward resolving your concerns, so we encourage you to consider multiple clinics without any regrets, and make a calm and informed decision — choosing a physician and clinic you feel truly confident in.
🚨 Watch Out for These Red Flags!
- ❌ The clinic pressures you into same-day treatment or signing a contract on your very first visit.
- ❌ During the consultation, risks such as swelling or discomfort are not adequately explained.
- ❌ Due to claimed treatment limitations, you are pushed toward multi-session packages at non-standard pricing instead of a single treatment.
- ❌ You visit expecting affordable prices, only to be steered during the consultation toward a range of plans and high-cost procedures — and what you thought would cost tens of thousands of yen turns into hundreds of thousands.
🔍 Causes of Pigmented Spots and How to Address Them
- ☀️ Pigmented spots form when melanin accumulates in the skin — but what causes this?
Melanin is a pigment produced when the skin is exposed to external stimuli such as UV radiation, and it is widely considered to be the primary cause of pigmented spots. Melanin is naturally generated by melanocytes — the skin’s defense mechanism — in response to damage, and it plays a protective role by absorbing UV rays before they penetrate deeper layers of the skin. Under normal circumstances, melanin is gradually expelled through the skin’s natural turnover (cell renewal cycle). However, as we age, this turnover slows down, causing melanin to be expelled more slowly. Over time, the accumulated melanin that is not shed leads to the formation of pigmented spots.
- 💊 Over-the-counter products alone cannot fade existing pigmented spots — so what can you do?
While the active ingredients in over-the-counter products can help suppress new melanin production, they are unable to eliminate the melanin already present in the skin that causes existing spots — meaning they have limited effect on pigmented spots that have already formed.
✨ Existing pigmented spots can be effectively treated at a medical institution, where they can be addressed with relative ease and precision.
By directing laser energy at pigmented spots, it is possible to break down and disperse the melanin pigment responsible for them. The fragmented melanin forms a scab that naturally flakes away, resulting in a clearer appearance.
📊 Types of Pigmented Spots
💉 Treatment Options for Pigmented Spots
Pigmented spots come in many different forms, and selecting an inappropriate treatment can sometimes worsen the condition. For this reason, an accurate diagnosis by a specialist physician and the selection of an appropriate treatment approach are essential. The following treatment options are commonly considered for pigmented spot treatment.
🔬 Skin Analysis Device for Accurate Diagnosis
Before beginning treatment for pigmented spots, it is important to first assess the condition of your skin. VISIA EVOLUTION is a skin analysis device used by research institutions and medical facilities around the world. By combining advanced camera technology, analytical capabilities, and AI, it is able to analyse and simulate a range of skin concerns, including pigmented spots, skin texture, wrinkles, pores, redness, porphyrins (metabolic by-products of acne-causing bacteria), and estimated skin age.
✨ Features of IC Clinic’s Pigmented Spot Treatments
① Quantitative Skin Assessment Using the Latest Skin Analysis Device
At our clinic, your consultation begins with a quantitative assessment of your skin condition using VISIA EVOLUTION, one of the latest skin analysis devices available. Based on these results, our specialist physicians will assess your skin condition quantitatively and propose a treatment plan tailored to your skin type and individual concerns.
② Specialist Treatment Using the Latest Laser and Light-Based Devices
Pigmented spots vary widely in type, and treating them without a proper specialist diagnosis can often lead to worsening of the condition. Our clinic has introduced the latest laser toning and Photofacial (IPL) technologies, allowing us to address a broad range of pigmented spot types with precision.
③ Comprehensive Treatment Combining Medical-Grade Home Care Cosmetics and High-Concentration Growth Factor Iontophoresis — Available Only at Medical Institutions
Addressing overall skin quality as part of pigmented spot treatment can help prepare the skin against future spots through comprehensive skin quality improvement. In addition to standard laser toning and Photofacial (IPL), our clinic incorporates medical-grade home care cosmetics and iontophoresis with high-concentration growth factors — products and techniques available exclusively at medical institutions — to deliver comprehensive and specialist-level care for pigmented spots and melasma.
📋 Our Treatment Process
💰 Treatment Pricing
Pricing for our Pigmented Spots & Melasma treatments varies depending on the number of sessions and areas treated. We offer a range of plans at different price points — please refer to the Pigmented Spots & Melasma Price List for full pricing details.
📸 Case Studies at Our Clinic
[Case Study] Female patient in her 50s: Q-switched YAG laser treatment for pigmented spots on the back (Updated 3 August 2025)
This patient is a woman in her 50s who visited IC Clinic Shibuya with long-standing concerns about extensive pigmented spots (solar lentigines) and post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation spread across the back. Following examination, the condition was diagnosed as benign pigmented lesions caused by UV exposure, and pigmented spot removal treatment using a Q-switched YAG laser was carried out. Each session was completed in a short time, and with repeated treatments the pigmentation gradually faded. The patient’s skin has since improved to show a more even overall skin tone with a noticeably cleaner appearance. The patient shared that she no longer feels self-conscious about showing her back.
