Category: Acne

Written by Dr Bernard Ong. Medically reviewed by Dr Gerard Ee. Dr Gerard Ee (MBBS, MRCS, Diploma in Practical Dermatology, Cardiff) is the Founder and Medical Director of The Clifford Clinic, with more than 14 years of experience treating acne, and among the first doctors in Singapore to use AGNES and AviClear. This article reflects the […]

Written by Dr Bernard Ong. Medically reviewed by Dr Gerard Ee. Dr Gerard Ee (MBBS, MRCS, Diploma in Practical Dermatology, Cardiff) is the Founder and Medical Director of The Clifford Clinic, with more than 14 years of experience treating acne, and among the first doctors in Singapore to use AGNES and AviClear. This article reflects the clinical […]

Written by Dr Bernard Ong. Medically reviewed by Dr Gerard Ee. Dr Gerard Ee (MBBS, MRCS, Diploma in Practical Dermatology, Cardiff) is the Founder and Medical Director of The Clifford Clinic, with more than 14 years of experience treating acne, and among the first doctors in Singapore to use AGNES and AviClear. This article reflects the clinical […]

Written by Dr Bernard Ong. Medically reviewed by Dr Gerard Ee Pico laser can improve some acne scars, particularly shallow textural change, and it treats the brown marks that often accompany scarring. Deeper indented scars respond better to fractional resurfacing such as fractional CO2 or radiofrequency microneedling, which rebuild collagen more aggressively. Most patients present […]

Written by Dr Bernard Ong. Medically reviewed by Dr Gerard Ee Acne can leave three distinct types of residual change, and each responds to a different treatment. Brown flat marks are post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH), an excess of melanin that Pico laser clears effectively. Red flat marks are post-inflammatory erythema (PIE), dilated capillaries that respond to […]

Acne may clear in your teens or twenties, but the scars it leaves behind can last for decades. A true acne scar is a structural change in the deeper layer of the skin, not a surface stain. it needs clinical treatment to improve. Encouragingly, in my many years of treating acne scars in Singapore, the […]