The founder of Ensoul Medical Aesthetic Clinic, Thean focuses on skin health and “disease-aesthetics”, offering long-term solutions for severe acne and pigmentation problems. He does not offer cosmetic treatments like thread lifts and fillers but will administer Botox to address a medical issue. He is also a master of lasers, with over 50 medical-grade laser machines in his practice.
The bulk of sun damage occurs before age 18, warns aesthetic practitioner Dr Kenneth Thean. Depending on your genes, hormones and lifestyle, the dark, patchy spots on the face, also known as melasma, could appear sooner than later and never go away. But that does not mean you have to walk around with a bag over your head. Some treatments can mitigate the symptoms.
“Melasma is a chronic skin disease. We can clear it and control it, but we cannot cure it,” he says. “Think of it like weeds. In normal skin, the body produces pigmentation and removes it at the same rate. But due to various factors like age and sun exposure, the melanocytes go into overdrive and produce pigmentation faster than the body can dispel them. So, you need medical intervention to remove them at a higher rate.”
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