YVL Medical Aesthetics is a well-established clinic specializing in medical aesthetic services for over a decade. Established in 2013 at Parklane Shopping Mall, we have grown significantly, relocating to The Central, Clarke Quay (2018 – 2023), and now proudly serving clients from Camden Medical Centre.
Our expertise lies in facial injectables, including botulinum toxin A, hyaluronic acid dermal fillers, and biostimulators. These treatments are designed to enhance facial features, such as achieving a taller nose, slimmer face, and sharper chin, while also promoting a youthful appearance.
To book an appointment at YVL Medical Aesthetics, please contact us via email (contact@yvl.asia) or phone (+65) 9430 1037), and let’s start your journey to a radiant you!
At YVL Medical Aesthetics, we are committed to providing honest and ethical opinions and treatments for all our patients. We emphasize gradual, natural-looking enhancements to help you achieve your facial or body aesthetic goals.
Our pricing is always transparent and fixed, ensuring you know exactly what to expect. We believe that proper medical practices are essential for long-term sustainability and patient trust.
Specializing in aesthetic injectables, we prioritize pain control and safety during every procedure to ensure a comfortable and secure experience for our clients.
At YVL Medical Aesthetics, we prioritize honesty and ethics in all our medical aesthetic treatments. We believe that medical aesthetic procedures are entirely elective and a personal choice. If you’re satisfied with your appearance, there’s no need to pursue treatments.
For those interested in enhancing certain aspects of their looks, we provide honest opinions on available options, expected outcomes (e.g., mild improvement), and associated risks. If a suitable treatment is beyond our offerings (e.g., plastic surgery, lasers), we will refer you to independent providers without any financial ties.
We advocate a gradual, step-wise approach to facial augmentation and rejuvenation. For first-time clients, we start with simpler, less invasive procedures, using dermal fillers conservatively (1 to 2 syringes at a time) to achieve natural, aesthetically pleasing results.
We encourage patients with an existing aesthetic doctor or clinic to continue with their current provider, as they have the experience and history of treating you. Effective two-way communication with your doctor can optimize treatment outcomes, rather than switching providers based on recommendations alone.
Our pricing is transparent and fixed. All billing matters are managed by our clinic staff, ensuring clarity and fairness. Our doctor focuses solely on providing the best medical care and is not involved in financial discussions.
At YVL Medical Aesthetics, we prioritize minimizing discomfort during injection procedures. Our pain control measures include:
While we cannot completely eliminate the pain of injections, we are dedicated to making the process as comfortable as possible for our patients.
Medical aesthetic procedures carry inherent risks that should be considered:
Dermal fillers pose a rare but serious risk of unintentional injection into an artery, potentially leading to complications such as skin necrosis, permanent blindness, strokes, or even death. Utilizing advanced techniques like the blunt tipped microcannula, a long and flexible needle designed to minimize skin penetration, can help mitigate these risks. We exclusively use the blunt tipped microcannula for all dermal filler injections.
Infections are another possible complication of dermal filler injections. Our clinic strictly adheres to infection control protocols, including the use of gloves, single-use disposable dressing sets, chlorhexidine (non-alcohol based) disinfectant, and thorough cleansing of the treatment area.
Bruising is the most common complaint following injections. We employ a comprehensive bruising risk management approach, beginning with a thorough skin assessment for signs like flushing or telangiectasia (extra blood vessels). Patients with a history of bruising may receive additional measures such as brimonidine to constrict blood vessels and oral tranexamic acid to minimize bruising. For Botulinum Toxin A injections, we utilize 34G hypodermic needles known for reducing the likelihood of bruising compared to thicker needles.
Hi there! I’m Dr Tan Say Lock, a locally trained general practitioner doing medical aesthetics. As of 2023, I’m 46 years of age, and I’ve been a doctor for 22 years.
I’ve reviewed multiple other aesthetic doctor write-ups and websites, many talk about their academic excellence, professional accomplishments, the fact that they are Key Opinion Leaders (i.e. experts) for various areas or how they are training regionally for internationally established pharmaceutical companies.
Honestly, I have no idea how so many of my colleagues have seemingly perfect resumes and profiles.
Regrettably, I’m just an average doctor with little (if any) accomplishment to boast about. Humble pie’s been on the dessert menu daily for the greater part of my life.
I’ve organized my “About Me” into multiple collapsible sections for ease of reading, or skipping if it gets too bland to read on due to a lack of accolades and accomplishments.
I was born into a typical HDB heart lander family, my mum worked as a middle income civil servant for her whole life as the sole breadwinner.
I did my O levels at a boy’s school in Bishan, and subsequently my A Levels at a junior college in Mt Sinai (which no longer exists).
For the poor boys and girls who couldn’t afford overseas education back then (in 1996), the only option was subsidized medical education at NUS, the only medical school back then.
I was an average student in med school who got through with mainly Cs and Ds, and gave tuition part time to make ends meet.
As with the majority of doctors in Singapore, we serve one year as a house officer and then a five year bond as a medical officer (including National Service for some of the boys).
I left for private practice sometime in 2006 and spent the first 6 years as an administrator in Healthway Medical Group.
I don’t like to say that I “teach” or “train” other aesthetic doctors. I believe that we are all equals, being trained and qualified medical professionals.
When I facilitate a training session its really about the open sharing and exchange of medical aesthetic knowledge, techniques and experiences.
I do enjoy interacting with my industry peers, especially younger doctors as they are the future of the fraternity. A lot of mistakes can be prevented with the appropriate guidance.
Through the process of sharing, I frequently also learn new things as well from the participants, which helps to make me a better doctor as well.
Much remains to be done in terms of putting in place structured training programs and systems for medical aesthetics, and I am merely contributing my 2-cents worth to making the world a better place for the medical aesthetic doctors and patients alike.
It’s just a pity I’ve yet to convince any other doctor to adopt my personal Zen based approach towards injectables.
Sometime back in January 2013, I obtained my COCs for performing Botulinum Toxin Injection and Filler Injection, and I was concurrently operating a small general practice group which was floundering due to poor management (by me) and over-expansion.
I’ll be honest – I got into medical aesthetics thinking that it would be easy money and a good way to pay off debt.
10 years passed by in a flicker, and what’s my report card like?
Today, the small GP group which I used to operate has shut down. I’ve got more liabilities than ever, and I’m still putting in long hours. The overheads are high for a medical aesthetic practice, and there’s definitely no easy money. And I’ve given up trying to make money, and focus on doing good aesthetic injectables.
The only saving grace is that I had the opportunity to serve some 20,000 to 30,000 patient visits in the last 10 years, mainly for aesthetic injectables. At least that makes me modestly experienced in the field of aesthetic injectables.
After 10 years of practicing medical aesthetics, I must admit that my energy levels have waned. I no longer look at expanding my practice, and I choose to balance my clinical hours with teaching and contributing to the Society of Aesthetic Medicine (SAM).
My focus is on aesthetic injectables, in particular HA dermal fillers, and in recent years biostimulators.
I liken my practice of injections to the practice of Zen. In the pursuit of better results and outcomes, I have found that the following are necessary:
Physical Discipline
A good injector has to be fit, strong and have a pair of stable hands to be able to consistently deliver good results. There’s no scope for being hung-over, sleep deprived or feeling unwell when trying to perform consistently high standard good quality injections.
To better enable myself physically, I have embarked on the following measures over the last four years:
It is akin to being a professional athlete; when I am not at work injecting, my life now revolves around optimizing my physical condition to be able to deliver the best possible injections that I can.
Mental Discipline
Mental discipline is equally as important. Injection techniques must be practiced with great attention to form, and repeated endlessly, case after case, day after day, year after year, decade after decade.
There is no such thing as a “simple” or “casual” injection, every injection mandates 100% focus and effort. I always aim to deliver every injection with my best possible precision and inflict as little pain as I can.
During the process of injecting, I discipline myself to clear my mind and free myself of distraction. The injector’s mind must be clear and the injector’s heart pure. The injector must focus, for there can only be the injector, the injection and the patient. The injector must learn to shed away mundane distractions before stepping into an injection and not be bogged down by the earlier argument with spouse/the sick family cat/the 99% drop in the crypto investment etc.
And as the process of injecting becomes smoother and less painful, the patient reciprocates and forms a positive feedback loop, enhancing the overall injector-injection-patient experience.
The Society of Aesthetic Medicine (SAM) represents the doctors practicing medical aesthetics in Singapore.
I’ve been an inactive member for quite a while, and in 2022, as COVID begun to ease, I got roped in to help out.
The main focus is on education, particularly for the younger medical aesthetic doctors, and we put in place seminars and structured programs to better enable our medical aesthetic doctors to serve their patients. We seek to improve the overall practicing landscape for medical aesthetics and benefit the fraternity at large.
I really enjoy helping out with SAM as I can see my efforts benefit other doctors. It’s also a good break from the rigor of clinical practice, and helps to prevent physician burnout/fatigue.
It’s just too bad that SAM doesn’t pay a salary, so I still have to practice for milk powder and diaper money.
