The Acne Library
This is the full acne library on this site: every page I have written on acne, acne scars and post-acne marks, arranged in the order I actually work through them in clinic. Start at the top if you are early in this, or jump to the section that matches what you are dealing with.
Start here: what acne is, and what actually drives it
Most people arrive at a clinic having already tried three or four things. These pages cover what acne is at the level of the follicle, and which of the everyday causes people worry about are real.
Acne at each stage of life
Teenage acne, adult acne and acne in pregnancy are not the same condition treated at different ages. The safe options and the sensible first move differ in each.
Hormonal acne
Jawline and lower-face acne that flares on a monthly cycle usually needs the hormonal driver addressed, not another laser.
Oral and topical treatment
Guidelines still put topical and oral therapy first for most acne. These pages cover what isotretinoin does, what it costs a patient in side effects, and when a device is the better trade.
Devices and lasers for active acne
Sebaceous-gland devices are the newest part of acne care and the least evenly reported. Start with the comparison, then read the pages on why each one fails in the patients it fails.
- AGNES RF vs AviClear vs Gold PTT, Which Acne Treatment Is Right for You?
- Aviclear
- Why AviClear Did NOT Work for You
- AviClear: Revolutionizing Acne Treatment with Laser Technology Now in Singapore
- AGNES Acne Treatment
- Why your AGNES Acne Treatment DID NOT work
- Accure Laser for Acne: How It Compares to AviClear
- Gold Photothermal Therapy: A Revolutionary Approach to Treating Acne
- New Acne Treatment: Gold Photothermal Therapy (Gold PTT)
- Platinium PTT for Acne Treatment
- The Exclusive Science Behind Bellasonic: How its 40 kHz Ultrasonic Handpiece Revolutionizes Skincare with Gold PTT Infusion
- Acne and Light Based Therapies
- Light & Laser Therapy in Acne
- Plason Plasma Facial Laser – The latest breakthrough technology in skin rejuvenation and acne treatment
- Can you use Thermage to treat acne?
Acne scars: diagnosis before treatment
The single most expensive mistake in scar treatment is choosing a device before establishing what kind of scar is being treated. These pages are the diagnostic half.
- Acne Scar Treatment in Singapore: A Complete Guide
- What Causes Acne Scars?
- Types of Acne Scars and How Each Is Treated
- Types of Acne Scars and How to Address Them
- Acne Scar Mapping: Why Diagnosis Comes Before Laser Choice
- Acne Scars or Pigmentation? How to Tell the Difference
- Acne Marks vs Acne Scars: How to Tell PIH, PIE and True Scarring Apart
- Do Acne Scars Fade on Their Own?
- Acne Scar Treatment Cost in Singapore
Acne scar treatments
Subcision, TCA CROSS, RF microneedling and fractional lasers each do one thing well. The pages on why a treatment did not work are as useful as the pages on how it works.
- Acne Scar Treatment
- Subcision for Acne Scars
- Why did Subcision make my acne scars Worse?
- TCA Cross for Acne Scars
- INFINI RF for Acne Scars
- Secret RF for Acne Scars
- Sylfirm X vs Secret RF vs Infini for Acne Scars
- Not Seeing Acne Scar Results from Sylfirm X?
- How Effective is Microneedling for Acne Scars?
- Is At-Home Microneedling Safe?
- Fractional CO2 Laser for Acne Scars
- Edge Fractional CO2 Laser
- Fraxel Laser
- Treating Temple Acne Scars With Thread Lift
Acne marks: red (PIE) and brown (PIH)
Marks are not scars. Red marks are vascular and respond to pulsed dye laser; brown marks are pigment and need a different approach, particularly in Asian skin.
Preventing scarring in the first place
What a patient does during an active breakout determines how much scar work is needed later.
This page is written from published research and from clinical experience in Singapore since 2012. It is for general education, not medical advice. Whether a treatment suits you, what it may achieve and what it may risk can only be established at a consultation. Dr Gerard Ee is the Medical Director of The Clifford Clinic, a private clinic in Singapore, and treatments discussed on this site are provided commercially.
