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April 26, 2026
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Aesthetic treatments and cosmetic surgeries should focus on self-improvement rather than vanity. Dr Ivan Puah, of Amaris B. Clinic in Singapore, recommends various procedures to enhance appearance and confidence.
Among these are the Pico Fractional Laser for treating acne scars and promoting skin healing, and Ultherapy Prime, which stimulates collagen and elastin with minimal downtime. For body sculpting, Vaser Liposuction liquefies fat while preserving surrounding tissues for natural results. ADR-C Breast Enhancement addresses breast volume loss after weight changes or childbirth.
The overall focus is on enhancing individual beauty safely and effectively.
One of the biggest misconceptions people have about aesthetic treatments is that there is a standard template that aesthetic doctors use and that patients have to follow, simply because society dictates that beautiful people must look a certain way.
While we encourage everyone to seek their own kind of beauty, it does not mean we cannot improve ourselves with occasional self-care routines, facials, or aesthetic treatments.
These are not treatments that drastically change how you look; instead, they help you perfect desired areas, much like erasing pencil lines to create an artwork that pleases your eyes.
Think of it as self-improvement, rather than plain vanity.
Dr Ivan Puah, medical director of Amaris B. Clinic and Chairman of the Lipo Peer Review Committee Singapore, shares his top recommended treatments to enhance your beauty and help you feel confident in looking like your best self every day.
Pico Fractional Laser To Restore Your Skin’s Natural Health
Environmental stress, sun exposure, hormones, and getting older can take a toll on your skin. Over time, you might start noticing dullness, uneven texture, stubborn pigmentation, or scars that just won't fade.
That’s where the Pico Fractional Laser comes in.
Unlike older lasers that rely on heat to burn away damaged layers, this technology uses ultra-short pulses of energy, measured in picoseconds (trillionths of a second), to shatter pigmentation and create microscopic injuries in the skin.
This triggers your body’s natural repair process, replacing damaged tissue with fresher, healthier skin.
What can Pico Fractional Laser treat?
At Amaris B. Clinic, patients who sought this skin aesthetics treatment has a wide range of concerns:
- Acne scars: Rolling, boxcar, shallow ice-pick scars
- Hyperpigmentation: Melasma, sunspots, post-inflammatory marks
- Rosacea and redness: Calms persistent facial redness and visible capillaries
- Dull, tired-looking skin: Restores natural radiance and even tone
- Fine lines and early ageing: Stimulates collagen without the prolonged downtime of older CO2 lasers
One of the key advantages is that it works preventively too.
By stimulating collagen production beneath the surface, Pico Fractional Laser helps delay visible signs of ageing before they fully set in.
A critical note on safety
Laser treatments are not one-size-fits-all.
In Singapore, only a medical doctor who is formally trained and qualified to operate a laser machine should perform these procedures.
This is not a beauty salon service.
What to expect: Downtime, sessions
Most patients require a series of sessions depending on the condition being treated.
Downtime is minimal, typically a few days of mild redness or pinpoint crusting that resolves quickly on its own.
Vaser Liposuction To Shape Up Naturally
You've been putting in the work: eating right, staying active, and being consistent. Yet somehow, certain areas just won't budge.
Here's what often happens: When you lose weight, your upper body typically responds first. The lower body, such as the hips, buttocks, thighs, and even the lower abdomen, tends to hold onto fat much longer. This creates an uneven distribution.
Vaser Liposuction is an ultrasonic-assisted liposuction procedure you may consider if you would like to achieve a more natural, beautiful shape.
This treatment uses ultrasonic sound waves to liquefy selected unwanted fat cells without disturbing or damaging surrounding vital connective tissues.
It's particularly effective for:
- Flanks (love handles)
- Belly fat
- Inner and outer thighs
- Hips and buttock contours
- Male chest fat
- Armpit fat, flabby arms and back
It's not just about removing fat
In Singapore, liposuction is a medical procedure that must be performed by a doctor who holds accreditation in liposuction from the Ministry of Health, Singapore.
“Here's something many people don't realise. Removing fat is the easy part. The real skill lies in knowing how much to remove and where to leave fat behind to create a shape that looks natural on your frame,” explains Dr Puah, an accredited liposuction doctor with over 20 years of body contouring and lipo experience.
That requires two things: sound medical knowledge and a trained eye for body aesthetics.
A skilled and good liposuction doctor doesn't just vacuum out fat. They sculpt while considering your bone structure, muscle tone, skin elasticity, personal goals working with your body's natural lines.
What to expect
Most Vaser liposuction procedures are performed as day surgeries under local anaesthesia or sedation.
Recovery is typically faster than traditional liposuction, with most patients returning to desk work within several days.
Wear medical-grade compression garments to support healing, and final results become fully visible over the next three to six months as tissue swelling subsides.
ADR-C Breast Enhancement to regain volume loss
Let's talk about something many women don't say out loud.
You look in the mirror. You've lost weight, had kids, or just watched your body change over time.
Your breasts are not what they used to be. Maybe one is smaller than the other. Maybe they've lost that upper fullness. Maybe you just don't feel proportioned anymore.
Here's the thing. You're not alone.
Research shows that nearly 70% of women are unhappy with their breasts, whether it's size, shape, or asymmetry [1].
And the reasons are real: weight fluctuations, pregnancy, breastfeeding, or simply genetics.
So what can you do about it? Enter ADR-C Breast Enhancement
How ADR-C Breast Enhancement works
Step one: We remove fat from somewhere you have extra.
Step two: That fat gets processed and purified.
Step three: We carefully and strategically reinject purified fat into your breasts, layer by layer, to enhance natural shape, fullness, and symmetry.
Because it's your tissue, your body won't reject it. Scarring is minimal, with just tiny entry points of less than 5mm for the liposuction cannula and injection needles.
ADR-C Breast Enhancement (Breast Fat Grafting) is a clinically proven method to increase breast volume, enhance breast shape and achieve subtle lifting naturally.
Ultherapy To Life and Tighten Skin Without Downtime
You look in the mirror one day and notice it. Your jawline isn't as sharp, and there's a little bit of looseness under your chin. You can't exercise your way out of sagging skin, and you're not ready for a full facelift.
Ultherapy Prime is a non-invasive, FDA-approved skin lifting device that actually works!
It uses focused ultrasound, the same technology used in medical imaging, but here's the difference.
“Ultherapy Prime delivers energy deep beneath your skin to the exact layer where a surgeon would pull and tighten during a facelift. That energy triggers your body's own repair mechanism, boosting collagen and elastin production.
Over the following weeks and months, your skin begins to lift and tighten from the inside out, “ explains Dr Puah.
No cutting or foreign materials are involved during the process.
Most commonly treated areas include:
- Sagging brow and drooping eyelids
- Loose skin under the chin and along the jawline
- Crepey skin on the neck and décolletage
- Fine lines and mild skin laxity on the chest
So what makes Ultherapy Prime different from other skin-tightening devices?
Most skin tightening devices work on the surface. They heat the top layer of your skin, hoping the effect trickles down.
Ultherapy Prime, on the other hand, bypasses the surface entirely and delivers energy exactly where it needs to go without damaging the skin above.
That means zero downtime. Some patients pop in during their lunch break for a quick pampering session, then head back to the office without anyone noticing.
A word of caution, and this matters
Ultherapy Prime is only as good as the device used and the hands operating it.
There are counterfeit devices out there that may cause burns, scarring, and pain rather than the natural lifting you were hoping for. At Amaris B. Clinic Singapore, we use only genuine Ultherapy Prime equipment.
Our doctor is experienced in delivering the treatment safely and precisely because getting it right means getting the energy to the right depth, at the right temperature, in the right spot.
What to expect
You might feel some warmth or tingling during the procedure; that's the ultrasound energy doing its job.
Results appear progressively over 2 to 3 months as new collagen forms.
They can last a year or longer, depending on your skin and how well you care for it.
If you want tighter, lifted skin without surgery, without downtime, Ultherapy Prime is worth considering.
Ensure you're getting the real thing and with someone who knows what they're doing.
