DR. HEW YIN KEAT
THE M · A · C · C L I NIC
BAZAAR Spa Awards 2016 Best Skin Perfecting Programme DOUBLO Understand your skin. Brightening the skin involves making the skin healthier in various aspects—not just whitening. In order to make the skin a healthy and even colour, there must be good hydration and no brown or red discolouration. Grey matter. Brown spots come from pigmentation which can be treated with lasers and lightening products, while red areas come from skin sensitivity due to the ageing process, disruption in barrier function, genetic factors, or various skin disorders. The glow. The future of skin brightening is still a complex area because of the factors involved, but we should get better at it as more tools and products which are safer, more effective, and have longer-lasting results become available. What’s next. The latest lasers to become available in the market boast an extremely short picosecond burst of exposure time. This can potentially make them safer and more effective at removing tattoos and other benign pigmented lesions in the skin. Lasers and lightbased devices have always been useful in the modulating the production of pigmentation in the skin. In the future, we are definitely going to see more advanced versions of these devices. Dr at . Hew Yin Ke