Have you been following me closely on my journey with Sozo Aesthetic Clinic? I do get queries on my pigmentation issues from readers about my treatment so if you read my blog entries, you'll be able to get some answers as to how effective the treatment really is for pigmentation issues, how soon you'll see the results and around how many sessions you'll require.

During my previous session at the clinic in June, Dr Justin noticed that there were some signs of aging showing on my face. That scared me for a while. While it isn't that dramatic or serious, I can't just sit around and pretend nothing is happening. Hence, he proposed a non surgical way to help me. 

We are so blessed nowadays to have so many types of treatments which we can do to help us age gracefully. 




Issues that were showing on my face:
1. Double chin
2. Cheek Fat
3. Smile lines

His solution to all the above issues ➼ HIFU.

What is this HIFU treatment about?

➼HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound) treatment offers an effective non-invasive facelift and skin tightening without the need to cut and disrupt your skin's surface.

➼HIFU works like Thermage using radiofrequency to deliver energy into deep layers of your skin to stimulate collagen and elastin production. The treatment makes use of ultrasound energy.

➼HIFU can treat chin, jawline, eyelids, neck and other face regions that are experiencing wrinkles or sagging. It also helps in natural skin tightening, lifting and rejuvenation over time.

➼Sozo Aesthetic Clinic offers HIFU Singapore treatments using one of the preferred and most effective HIFU Treatment- the Ultraformer 3 HIFU.


Benefits of HIFU treatment


➼ Non invasive face-lift
➼ Tightens and lifts specific and targeted areas of your face
➼ Reduce the appearance of wrinkles
➼ Stimulates collagen and elastin production
➼ No downtime
➼ No damage to skin surface
➼Long lasting effects (Up to a year or more, various from person to person)


My Experience

My lower face area was cleansed and numbing cream was applied before I was ushered into the treatment room for Dr Justin to perform the treatment.


*Selfie of my bare face with patches of numbing cream on lower face while waiting for it to take effect.

I was quite cautious about the level of pain that I would be experiencing, but Dr Justin assured me that it was going to be minimal. I did not experience much heat during the process, only a slight aching sensation at my jaw area, but no pain at all.

This aching sensation lasted for a few hours on the day my treatment was done. I then continued to experience the aching sensation whenever I had to wash my face for the subsequent few days but it wasn't affecting me in anyway. I was also told that some people may experience the aching sensation for up to a month but thankfully I didn't feel much.

I did not experience any unusual syndromes after the treatment or any breakouts and major issues. There were no changes experienced, and I was advised that I need not specially care for my face. I am closely monitoring my face for the next few months and hoping for a better complexion and will keep all of you updated.

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August 2019 Visit:


*Selfie of my bare face while waiting for my turn in Sozo Aesthetic.

As there were new acne marks on my chin area due to a hormonal break out, Dr Justin had decided to continue with the pico lazer treatment for me during my follow up session. Can you see how obvious they are? Even my darkest concealers were defeated.

It's been about a month past my Hifu treatment and I am starting to see visible results. Somehow my face became clearer, more radiant and I also spot a slightly sharper chin. I have been going out these few days wearing very light make-up as I feel good bare faced.




Spotting a faster recovery after Pico Lazer, with no peeling, no adverse effects and a more radiant skin this month. I hope my skin will continue to be kept in this tip-top condition.

Thank you Dr Justin and Sozo Aesthetic Clinic for always bringing out the best on me.
See you soon!


For more information about SOZO Aesthetic Clinic: 

Location:
1 Raffles Place, #05-12/13
One Raffles Place (Shopping Mall)
Singapore 048616


Tel:
6935 1811


Hours:
Mon - Fri : 10AM - 8PM
Sat: 10-3PM
Sun & PH: Closed

Do check out their Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/sozo.aesthetic/
Follow them on their Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sozo.aesthetic/
Read more about them and their treatments available on their website: https://sozoclinic.sg/
Find out more about HIFU Treatment in Sozo Aesthetic Clinc: https://sozoclinic.sg/hifu-singapore-ultraformer/

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Disclaimer:

1)Thank you Dr Justin Boey & your team for the session as always.
2)This review is 100% honest and based on personal experience.
3)All photographs on this site belongs to the property of Pearlywerkz unless otherwise credited.
4)Please do not take my photos and use them as your own.
5)Do ask for permission if you wish to utilize any of my photographs.
6)Please also refrain from plagiarism as it is not ethical.

It feels so good to be back at Sozo Aesthetics Clinic! Almost like returning home to a familiar place.

Last month, I had to miss my Pico Lazer session due to an allergy outbreak from using an unsuitable product. Despite testing the product on my skin and using it for once (safely), I wasn't quite expecting my skin to be reacting to it this way.

This is the hard truth for us beauty bloggers. We often get to try out new products, yet are often unsure how safe they would be when applied on our skin. To begin with, I already have a sensitive skin. But, what is a beauty blogger without her sharing of beauty products and services? Sharing is caring! :)

Despite experiencing flare ups, I still feel happy whenever I find right products or treatments that works for my skin (hopefully on yours too) As I've always advocate this, if the product is gentle enough for use on my ultra sensitive eczema skin, it should work for you too. As I watch the signs of my skin react to certain product ingredients, I now became more aware of what will most likely cause an allergy reaction and start to eliminate these products from my stash.


Please note that you shouldn't be going for any Pico Lazer, chemical peel or similar procedures, even a "seemingly harmless" facial should be avoided when your skin encounters an allergy breakout. Your skin needs time to heal, so going for a facial more frequent then necessary may be a bad idea too. Unless your skin doctor advise you that it is okay or necessary to do so. Eg. - Follow up after a treatment.



After I had my face cleansed, I got Dr Justin to look at my skin. He immediately noticed the pimples on my face. This round I was told I need not have the numbing cream as Dr Justin will only be removing the remaining of the superficial pigmentation marks on my face. As usual, it only took him about 10 minutes and I was all done, ready to go. It is no wonder the perfect lunch time facial!


Photograph taken at day 0 after Lutronic Pico Lazer was done for the 9th time

The recovery was a very fast process, zero down time, no redness, no peeling, no charred skin as well. I went for my lunch date immediately after it, without my make up and I was feeling alright. The next day, my face was feeling great. I did not experience anything unusual as well.


Ever since I've embarked on the Lutronic Pico Lazer with Dr Justin, I had gotten used to my bare face. I sometimes go to work or head out without my make-up (but with my skin care, especially sunblock) on. You can now hardly see any dark pigmentation marks on my face, compared to before my Lutronic Pico Lazer. You can take a look at my whole Lutronic Pico Lazer journey by reading my previous post on the blog. My skin really looked so different now.

Since my pigmentation issues are getting much better now, Dr Justin suggested solving the other obvious issue on my face. We will be doing something else to make me a better me. Stay tuned to my social channels to watch out for what I'll be doing next.
For more information about SOZO Aesthetic Clinic:

Location:

1 Raffles Place, #05-12/13
One Raffles Place (Shopping Mall)
Singapore 048616


Tel:
6935 1811


Hours:

Mon - Fri : 10AM - 8PM
Sat: 10-3PM
Sun & PH: Closed


Do check out their Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/sozo.aesthetic/
Follow them on their Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sozo.aesthetic/
Read more about them and their treatments available on their website: https://sozoclinic.sg/

For more snippets of me, beauty, fashion, lifestyle, food and product reviews do follow me on my social channels:

Pearlywerkz FB | Pearlywerkz IG | Pearlywerkz WWW


For collaboration, feedback, media coverage, and sponsorship opportunities,
please email me at: pearlywerkz@outlook.com


Disclaimer:

1)Thank you Dr Justin Boey for the session and advise.
2)This review is 100% honest and based on personal experience.
3)All photographs on this site belongs to the property of Pearlywerkz unless otherwise credited.
4)Please do not take my photos and use them as your own.
5)Do ask for permission if you wish to utilize any of my photographs.
6)Please also refrain from plagiarism as it is not ethical.

Hi Everyone! Its me again. I've been updating you regularly on my progress after the Lutronic Pico Lazer procedures done at Sozo Aesthetics Clinic. Are you feeling bored now? I hope not. I am feeling curious, have anyone of you tried it after reading my blog? Do leave me a comment in this blog post if you've tried and let me know how it went for you.


I've pretty much treat this place as my monthly facial must-visit place, but there are lesser obvious changes compared to my first few sessions so you'll be expecting lesser photograph updates from me.

What's left now is to even out my skin tone, rather than to remove the pigmentations. Even with the procedures, I am no longer getting the numbing cream applied as the skin evening process is quite superficial. My face pigmentation have also improved so much over time, as the progress goes along I also realise that the downtime and recovery time had been cut to zero. There are no more peeling anymore now, no charred skin, no burning and no need to be specially cautious when I planned for any events or activities right after.

Despite feeling good about Pico Lazer, I now realise that I have more frequent acne outbreaks. On my recent trip to Sozo Aesthetics Clinic, I had a ginormous hormonal pimple at my chin area which did not go away even in 2 weeks. Everyone kept asking about it and I am feeling so insecure. I am not quite sure if it is due to the change in weather thou. I just really hope that it'll go away soon!

I've also recently updated my skincare products to include products that contains Tea Tree oil, as they are great to combat acne and reduce oil secretion on my skin. Since I do not have any new progress photographs, let us do a throwback to see how my skin had improved since my first session of Lutronic Pico Lazer done at Sozo Aesthetics Clinic.


My face looks so much better without those ugly dark pigmentation in the 7th session compared to my 1st session of Lutronic Pico Laser (minus the pimple, especially the one on my chin.) That's all the updates for now. Remember to always take good care of your skin, use the right skincare products and always have your sunblock on before you head outdoors.

Wow! February is gone in a flash. It had been an extremely busy month as we celebrate both the Lunar New Year as well as Valentine's Day. I also managed to attend one beauty event so it had been great. It is also an extremely short month as there are only 28 days. I hope your year had been great so far as we "March into March". I'm starting to feel very much that time flies.



My regular updates for my Sozo Aesthetic Clinic trips by now would be quite short and sweet as I give you insights to what's new and happening with my Lutronic Pico Lazer procedures. Go back to read my previous few entries if you are new to my blog, and if you would like find out more about this procedure and my progress.

After the recent trip, its already my 6th time on the Lutronic Pico Lazer procedure, so I can close my eyes and I'll know exactly what would happen now. Dr Justin advised that most of my stubborn pigmentation marks are already gone by now except "that few", so he'll concentrate on evening out my skin tones from this session on, of course the numbing cream is still a must for me, regardless how "painless" the procedure is going to be. I have very low tolerance to pain. I also noticed that it was less prickly when the lazer beam touched my skin. Dr Justin advised that this is due to lesser pigmentation which is a good sign.

This also means that I will not see much changes except a very glowy skin and evened out skin tone which I did saw. What I noticed is that this round, my face recovery also took a much shorter time. I went on to attend an event a day after my Pico Lazer procedure and I was quite happy that even though I had very light make-up on, it didn't really showed much. They were very easily concealed under my make-up.

Instead of the usual 4-5 days, the recovery was very fast, my skin was healing very quickly and my skin was smooth and clear. See from the photograph below, a photograph taken just one day post Pico Lazer with very minimal make-up.



I've been busy packing my crib these days and working so I may be slow in my replies. I'll try to update more frequently on my Instagram instead so do follow me there if you haven't. It's also becoming too hot to bare lately so people, do drink up! Drinking more water is great for your skin and helps you to detox.


Till my next entry.... take care!