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Almost everyone experiences some degree of acne during their teenage years, due to the hormonal changes of going through puberty.
Acne comes in different forms, ranging from small comedones (blackheads/whiteheads), to medium papules/pustules and large nodules/cysts.
Other than your face, acne can appear on many different parts of the body. Most common body areas are the chest and back.
Acne occurs when there is clogging in the pores found on our skin. These clogs are caused by dead skin cells. When skin cells die and rise to the surface of the skin, the body generally sheds those dead cells automatically.
However, if the body makes a lot of sebum, the dead skin cells can stick together inside the pore. This makes those cells trapped within the pore, causing a hotbed for bacteria to grow and multiply. This causes the pore to become very inflamed and thus acne is caused.
There are misconceptions that acne is a teenage problem. In fact, acne affects people of all ages and sexes. For some, this problem worsens in their adulthood. In fact, recent studies have shown increase prevalence of adult acne, with up to 80% of acne cases persistent beyond puberty (1). The majority of those affected are ladies (82.1% in this study) but there could be a selection bias because ladies generally try to take better care of their own skin.
Acne not just results in painful and irritating bumps. It causes long term effects in terms of pigmentation (coloured marks) and scarring (depressed scars). It has even been shown that up to 52% of patients are affected with psychological stress.
If you are one of them, fret not. We have helped many patients walk through their journey in curing acne and maintaining acne free skin. Our acne treatments show results quickly, and can save all the time and effort from having to deal with the post-inflammatory scars!
AGNES is a permanent solution for all types of acne. AGNES treatment targets the root cause of acne, by selectively treating problematic pores (also known as selective sebaceous gland destruction). This is done without injury to the surface skin and provides a permanent solution to recurring acne by targeting the root of the problem.
The BLEND laser protocol is a combination laser session that can control sebum production, kill acne causing bacteria as well as fade acne scars.
Inflammatory acne can be controlled using other rejuvenation and resurfacing lasers.
The HydroPeel facial can clear comedonal acne, clogged pores and coloured scars, without any downtime, with the added benefit of hydrating the skin simultaneously.
Oral and topical medicines are sometimes still needed to control acne. Consult our doctors to make sure you are using the right type of medications (there are many types!) and using them correctly.
Dr Chua Cheng Yu
Dr Lena Fan
Address
13 Stamford Rd,
#B2-35 Capitol Singapore,
Singapore 178905
Hours
Mon to Fri: 11am - 8pm
Sat: 11am - 6pm
PH: By appointment only.