For some it’s an hour of Ashtanga, a sensorial 12-step skincare ritual, or even a full-on beat with high-definition contouring and a vivid cut crease therapeutic. To others, it could be aesthetic treatments that relieve them of all that time and effort to look their best. Self-care comes in all shapes and forms—especially in 2020.
Everyone’s latest go-to? Beauty tweakments. Micro-enhancements that help to accentuate the glow-up results you worked on in lockdown; boost your skin’s natural regeneration processes; or maybe, just maybe, help to sculpt and lift all kinds of curves to make up for the times we over-indulged and ate our feelings in isolation. Plus, it’s the perfect time to try a new treatment, because most of them deliver results that peak after a month or two (sometimes three)—just in time for the holidays. And hopefully by then, gathering restrictions would have eased and you can flaunt your fresh looks in real life.
Profhilo, the 10-jab rejuvenator
What is it
Essentially, it’s injectable moisturiser—the first of its kind that administers 100 percent pure hyaluronic acid subcutaneously, which bio-stimulates elastin, collagen and hydration in the three main layers of skin. This in turn reduces visible signs of ageing (fine lines, wrinkles, dullness, sagginess), and nurtures firmer, perkier and overall fresher-looking skin from the inside out.
How does it work
Profhilo manages to hydrate and rejuvenate the skin because it contains two types of hyaluronic acid (aka moisture magnets): L-HA and H-HA. This stabilised, highly concentrated hybrid of hyaluronic acid releases slowly and evenly under the skin, fueling the stimulation of four different types of collagen and elastin that’s responsible for skin laxity, structure, and hydration that contributes to that ever-covetable glow. It also helps repair scars and blemishes over time. Swiftly becoming the go-to treatment for facial rejuvenation, Profhilo is said to contact five times more hyaluronic acid than the average skinbooster, and doesn’t contain the additives commonly found in traditional fillers.
What to expect
Profhilo is done over two sessions, four weeks apart, with little-to-no downtime as it may leave little mosquito bite-like bumps on skin for under a day. Each treatment involves just 10 jabs (five on each side) across the face, from the upper cheekbone to the jawline and chin—these are tiny, low-pain level injections with the help of numbing cream.. This can also be done across the neck or hands if those are your areas of concern.
Where to do it
Dr Kevin Chua Medical & Aesthetics, 360 Orchard Road, #03-05 International Building, Singapore 238869. Tel: 6694 6700
Needleless Rejuran, the salmon DNA “injectable”
What is it
This is the friendlier, needle-free alternative to the Rejuran Healer, a well-known skinbooster treatment with a reputation of pretty intense pain levels, what with the need for over hundred micro-injections. This also taps on the healing, hydrating and nourishing prowess of salmon DNA, but instead delivers that deep into the skin dermis through breakthrough SEP, or Scalp Electroporation, technology to provide significant skin regeneration effects.
How it works
First up, salmon DNA—scientifically referred to as PDRN, or Poly Deoxy Ribo Nucleotide. This active compound is bio-compatible with humans—making them safe for long term use—and when delivered appropriately, has been proven to improve skin texture, firmness, radiance and natural-looking facial volume by effectively stimulating collagen production and cellular repair. This Needleless Rejuran treatment also uses second generation PDRN molecules called PN, which are the upgraded version of salmon DNA extracts with a higher concentration of stronger regenerative properties. All this goodness is administered through SEP, or Scalp Electroporation technology, an FDA-approved alternative to injections that allows the transdermal delivery of clinically approved substances. These electrical pulses deliver the PN/PDRN formula deep into the subcutaneous dermis layer, which is 17 times more than topical application.
What to expect
Needleless Rejuran is recommended to be done over four sessions at an interval of three to four weeks—followed by a maintenance session every six months for lasting, positive results. While it’s a great alternative for those with trypanophobia or afraid of pain, you will feel a slight, prickly sensation as the electric pulses work on the skin, however that’s completely tolerable with no numbing required.
Where to do it
Illumia Therapeutics, 501 Orchard Road, #05-12B Wheelock Place, Singapore 238880. Tel: 6464 6459
ReduStim, the fat-reducing bodysuit
What is it
Think of this as a highly comfortable, state-of-the-art body wrap that helps reduce fat—particularly dangerous abdominal and visceral fat, which is often related and responsible for certain cardio-vascular diseases. This combines BioMagnetictic field energy and Biostimology to promote fat reduction and reactivate lymphatic draining that together, target and eliminate some of the hardest-to-reach areas of fat organically.
How it works
Developed with multiple fat-related health hazards in mind, this treatment is better suited for those with excess weight around the stomach and midriff area, which is a combination of subcutaneous fat (what you can pinch) and visceral fat (deep abdominal and surrounding the organs). Once you’re in the suit—which covers you from your solar plexus to your toes—it emits low-frequency electromagnetic energy stimulates imperceptible muscle contractions that in turn stimulate fat lipolysis (fat melting), while the micro-pressure “massage” aids in lymphatic draining and the elimination of toxins and water retention from the body. The suit also comes with upper arm bands that help to tone as well.
What to expect
ReduStim is recommended to be done over 12 sessions of 30 to 45 minutes. This non-invasive treatment is a static one, where you slip into the suit (from abdomen down), lie down fully clothed and literally do nothing. You can reply to emails, watch a movie or even take a nap—it’s that warm and cosy. Results may vary according to the individual’s weight and fat content, but tests have shown an average loss of up to six centimetres off the waistline after 12 sessions.
Where to do it
Dr. Kevin Chua Medical & Aesthetics, 360 Orchard Road, #03-05 International Building, Singapore 238869. Tel: 6694 6700
