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!

While you are working at your goals for year 2019, do also focus on taking great care of yourself, because nobody should matter more than yourself. Love yourself more this year, that is exactly what I am going to do.

Since Mid of 2018, most of you have noticed that I have been actively publishing update on my pigmentation removal as I embarked on a long journey with Sozo Aesthetics Clinic, and had Dr Justin Boey personally seeing me through each of my Lutronic Pico Lazer session.


True to Dr Justin's words, he had always been the one doing the Lutronic Pico Lazer for me. Not his nurse nor his interns. You can be reassured that your face is being handled by a qualified professional. He did also mentioned to me that the Lutronic Pico Lazer procedure is not a one-off affair, so it is likely to take quite a few sessions or even more (depending on your pigmentation/freckles severity) to see its effect.

For my case, the real effects sink in the most obvious after my 4th session! Right now, I have just booked my 6th session with him. If you have darker freckles or your situation is worse off than mine, you will probably need more sessions than me too. My issue is considered very mild by Dr Justin.


I managed to take some photographs for updates these 2 weeks so that I can see my progression!



At Day 0: The pigmentation markings tend to get darker due to the pico lazer procedure.






At Day 8: Take a closer look at my pigmentation on my face. You can still spot them if you zoom in but compared to previous days, they became much lighter and dispersed.





Aftercare Day 0 - Lutronic Pico Lazer 
1) Do not wash your face immediately after your Pico Lazer Session. You should let the skin soothing cream sit in your skin to calm down your inflamed face.

2) Wash your face normally at the end of the day (remove your make-up) if you have, but do not use any skin peeling or skin exfoliating product.

3) Skip your skincare products for the very night.

Aftercare Day 1 onwards -
1) Always apply a thicker layer of sunblock (or 2 layers), and re-apply after 2-3 hours, with at least SPF 50 before heading outdoors. Refrain from prolonged outdoor activities if you can, as your skin will start to peel during this period.

2) Use skincare products that has vitamin C as they are antioxidants and protect your skin from harmful UV damage. Vitamin C also speeds up skin recovery and healing.

3) Moisturize your skin more, spam your moisturizers. Keep your face hydrated and take plenty of water. Water helps to detox your body and keep your skin cool.

I hope this article had been useful to you and given you an idea on what to expect if you were to do Pico Lazer. Feel free to reach out to me if you have any queries.


For more information on the Lutronic PicoPlus Laser, do check out:
https://sozoclinic.sg/skin/pigmentation/lutronic-picoplus/

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 continual collaborating in 2019.
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.