For tattoo studios
Modestic Pico, WonTech PICOCARE 450 and Candela PicoWay. The same architecture, the same pulse duration, prices from 297 to 550 thousand zł gross.
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The short answer
All three are Nd:YAG in a MOPA architecture, a 450 ps pulse at 1064 nm, a 2–10 mm spot. On black, red and their shades — the work these machines are built for — they perform the same.
Our instalment is 2,970 zł a month, PICOCARE 4,500 zł, PicoWay 5,500 zł — seven, ten and thirteen treatments respectively. The second difference is service: who turns up when the device stops. Ours is run by the importer, not an intermediary, and tattoo removal is all we do.
The starting point
All three are Nd:YAG in a MOPA architecture: a seed source sets the pulse, an amplifier adds the energy. At 1064 nm each delivers 450 ps, a 2–10 mm spot, and works at up to 10 Hz.
Energy differs by twenty percent either side of the middle. On a tattoo that difference cannot be felt: the result is decided by the pigment, the depth, and the energy density you set.
Specifications
Peak power is energy divided by pulse duration. 500 mJ over 0.45 ns comes to 1111 MW — 1.11 GW.
Since all three run at 450 ps, energy alone decides: PICOCARE 600 mJ, ours 500, PicoWay 400.
How to check this
If a peak-power figure on anyone’s datasheet, ours included, did not match the energy and pulse duration printed next to it, it would be worth asking the manufacturer why.
Green and blue
Each of these lasers has two wavelengths beyond 1064 and 532 nm, sold as the solution to green and blue. Dividing two numbers from the Candela datasheet is enough.
A quarter of the main wavelength’s energy — and on ours and on the PICOCARE it comes from a dye cell that wears out. These are supplementary handpieces, not a second machine hidden inside the first.
Green and blue are removed with a different class of device: 694 nm ruby and 755 nm alexandrite lasers, where that wavelength is the main one. None of these three is such a laser, ours included, and we do not sell one.
For black, red and their shades, these three machines do the same job.
Instalment
Most studios lease the laser, so what matters is the instalment, not the invoice total. Ours averages around 3,000 zł a month on a device of roughly 300,000 zł. That is one percent of the price per month, and we have applied the same factor to all three.
A real instalment depends on the term, the deposit and the residual, so yours will come out different. The proportions between the devices stay the same.
At 450 zł per treatment, the instalment is covered by:
Six more treatments a month, every month, for the whole term of the agreement. That is the difference the choice of device alone makes, with an identical result on the chair.
Revenue4 500 zł10 × 450 zł
We calculate the instalment as 1% of the laser’s value per month. It is an average. The real figure depends on the term, the deposit and the residual. Treat this as a preview, not an offer.
The arithmetic ignores running costs and assumes all three devices do the same amount of work. The 450 zł rate corresponds to a CD-case-sized tattoo from our recommended price list.
Price and financing
Monthly instalment, 1% of the price
Leasing from 12 to 60 months, deposit from zero. With a different term and residual the instalment comes out different.
Work out the instalment for your laser →Servicing and repairs
A breakdown costs more than the repair itself, because clients booked three weeks ahead do not reschedule themselves.
Our rates for inspections, calibrations and repairs are written out in the price list together with turnaround times. You can compare them with what you hear from the other two before you sign, not at the first breakdown.
Rates for free-standing lasers — the class this page is about. The full list, repairs included, is in the price list.
See the service price list →Documents
The choice
For a studio where tattoo removal is the job, not an add-on to the menu. The same class of device and the same result on black as the other two, at the lowest instalment of the three. Service is run by the importer, not an intermediary.
Specifications close to the Modestic Pico. It delivers very similar results, and the price is more than one and a half times higher.
For a cosmetic clinic that performs aesthetic-medicine treatments beyond tattoos: acne scars, skin rejuvenation, wrinkle reduction. The PicoWay is an aesthetic platform with fractional handpieces, not just a tattoo laser. Working on tattoos alone, you pay the highest instalment of the three for the lowest peak power at 1064 nm.
Table
| Parameter | Modestic Pico | WonTech PICOCARE 450 | Candela PicoWay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urządzenie |  |  |  |
| Gain medium | Nd:YAG | Nd:YAG | Nd:YAG+ Ti:sapphire |
| Architecture | MOPA | MOPA | MOPA |
| Main wavelengths | 1064 · 532 nm | 1064 · 532 nm | 1064 · 532 nm |
| Auxiliary wavelengths | 585 · 650 nmdye handpiece | 595 · 660 nmdye handpiece | 730 · 785 nmTi:sapphire crystal |
| Energy @ 1064 nm | 500 mJ | 600 mJ | 400 mJ |
| Pulse @ 1064 nm | 450 ps | 450 ps | 450 ps |
| Peak power @ 1064 nm | 1.11 GW | 1.33 GW | 0.89 GW |
| Energy @ 532 nm | 250 mJ | 300 mJ | 200 mJ |
| Pulse @ 532 nm | 350 ps | 450 ps | 375 ps |
| Peak power @ 532 nm | 0.71 GW | 0.8 GW | 0.53 GW |
| Spot size | 2–10 mm | 2–10 mm | 2–10 mm |
| Repetition rate | up to 10 Hz | up to 10 Hz | up to 10 Hz |
| Gross price | 297 000 zł | ≈ 450 000 zł | ≈ 550 000 zł |
We have tabulated only the parameters all three manufacturers publish. The PicoWay and PICOCARE prices come from listings and are rounded to 50,000 zł. The photographs of both come from Candela’s and WonTech’s press materials and remain their property.
Results
Ink does not vanish after one session. It shatters into fragments the body clears over weeks, and the pace depends on depth, the tattoo’s age, and how the skin responds between sessions.
That is why two things are needed at once: a device that genuinely delivers what it shows on screen, and someone who knows what to expect after each session. We sell and service the equipment ourselves, and new Modestic Pico operators are trained by our specialists.
Doubts
Method
PICOCARE is a trademark of WonTech Co., Ltd. PicoWay is a trademark of Candela Corporation. The comparative information is based on materials published by the manufacturers, reviewed in August 2026. Specifications may change. If any of these figures stops matching the manufacturer’s material, write to us and we will correct it.