Beauty Blogs: Non-Surgical Aesthetic Treatments in Singapore

What is a stretch mark? Stretch marks are a type of permanent scar that develops when the skin undergoes extreme stretching during times of rapid weight gain, pregnancy, or growth.  Stretch marks often appear as long, narrow streaks or lines that develop on the surface of the skin, particularly on the arms, tummy, thighs, hips, breasts, and lower back.  When stretch marks first appear, they tend to take on a reddish or purplish hue, depending on your skin color. During the early stages of its formation, stretch marks may be raised or feel itchy.  Over an extended period of time, the color fades and the bands subside to form a depression on the skin. These marks are permanent and they usually appear lighter in appearance as compared to the surrounding skin. Why do we get stretch marks? Such scarring is usually permanent, and the skin cannot resume to the way it was before because the collagen and elastin fibers are ruptured. Some creams and lotions or even m

Aging often starts from around the eyes. Your eyes often reveals how old you actually are.  If you are someone who dismisses the use of eye cream because you think it is redundant, you might want to think again. At some point in our lives, it might have crossed our minds if our regular face moisturiser can double up as an eye cream. Don't worry - you are not alone.  Thousands of us struggle to find the importance of using a separate product for the eye area. We decide to speak to a renowned aesthetic doctor in Singapore, Dr. Siew Tuck Wah, to tell us how to take care of our eyes and if eye creams are a necessity.  Why do I need an eye cream? The skin around the eyes are extremely delicate - it is about ten times thinner than the skin on other parts of the face. This also means that the collagen levels are much lower around the eyes. With lower levels of collagen, the eyes are often the first area to show signs of aging such as wrinkles and fine lines. In more obvio