Dr. Tan’s Blog

A: Various techniques can be used to treat facial scars. It ranges from surgical excision to resurfacing. Fractional CO2 laser resurfacing is particularly good in treating atrophic (sunken) and acne scars. It is straight forward, simple, low risk (as compare to...

A: This is a straight forward case of viral wart (human papillomavirus) causing a cutaneous horn. It can happen in any age group. Small cutaneous horn can be easily removed by cutting it out using CO2 laser, as in this case. Bigger horn will need cryotherapy to freeze...

A: After HIFU treatment, some degree of immediate lift will be noticeable.This is contributed by immediate contraction of the facial layers under the skin due to high temperature. The second part of it which is the long term stimulation of our body’s own new collagen...

A: Some simple description about the healing progress: Day 1: Skin will appear red. It stings when in contact with water on the first day. Keeping the skin dry is the rule of thumb. Avoid washing your hair too. Just splash your face with tap water (without rubbing or...

A: A lot of patients seem to be very worried of the downtime. They always like to know whether they need to take time off from work for the laser. So, I would like to take this opportunity to clarify more on these. Typically, the downtime ranges from 5 days to 1 week....

A: Mesolipo or mesolipolysis is a non invasive fat dissolve procedure using a series of fat melting injections targeting at hard to reduce pockets of fat in the body or face. Some areas of fat deposits are extremely resistant to exercise and diet. Mesolipo can be...