Face

Radiofrequency on the upper eyelid does two specific things in my practice. AGNES, using its W needle over the dermis of the upper eyelid, tightens the skin around the double eyelid and creates a lift, so lax skin that had begun to drape over the crease sits back where it belongs. Secret RF, delivered through an insulated cannula over the upper eyelid fold, reduces the bulk of a thick, heavy lid, the fullness of soft tissue that weighs the lid down and adds to the sag. Neither lifts a descended brow, removes a true fold of excess skin or corrects

Written by Dr Gerard Ee, MBBS (UK), MRCS (Edinburgh), PGDip Practical Dermatology (Cardiff). Last medically reviewed and updated: September 2026. HIFU is the most searched non-surgical face lift in Singapore, and the most confusing. Search for HIFU Singapore and you will find a HIFU face lift sold at $250 and at $3,500, by doctors and by therapists, on machines that share a name and little else. I have been doing HIFU since 2012, starting with the original Ulthera before Ultherapy Prime existed, and I treat several hundred faces a year with it. This guide is what I would tell you

Written by Dr Gerard Ee, MBBS (UK), MRCS (Edinburgh), Postgraduate Diploma in Practical Dermatology (Cardiff). Founder and Medical Director, The Clifford Clinic and The Clifford Surgery, Singapore. Last medically reviewed and updated: 1 September 2026. Evidence search completed 31 August 2026. This is the evidence companion to my main guide, dark eye circle treatment in Singapore. If you want to know which treatment suits your type of dark circle, start there. If you want to know what the published evidence actually says about each injectable around the eye — the sample sizes, the treated areas, the safety signals and the

By Dr Gerard Ee, MBBS (UK), MRCS (Edinburgh), PGDip Practical Dermatology (Cardiff) Most bathroom cabinets contain an eye cream that promises to banish eye bags. Many people have also tried cold spoons, cucumber slices, caffeine rollers, more sleep, more water or a viral massage technique. If these measures removed true eye bags, there would be little need for this article. After more than 10 years of treating the under-eye area, I want to explain the distinction that cosmetic marketing often misses. Home remedies can help some types of puffiness, but they cannot remove a true eye bag. The difference is

By Dr Gerard Ee, MBBS (UK), MRCS (Edinburgh), PGDip Practical Dermatology (Cardiff) I regularly see a particular type of patient whom I can often identify from across the consultation room. The patient is usually young, sometimes a teenager accompanied by a parent. Dusky shadows sit beneath both eyes, and no amount of sleep improves them. The history includes a sensitive nose, morning sneezing, persistent congestion, rubbing the nose upwards, and itchy eyes in air conditioning or around dust. These patients have usually tried brightening creams, vitamin serums, concealers and sometimes under-eye laser treatment or injections. The circles fade slightly, then

By Dr Gerard Ee, MBBS (UK), MRCS (Edinburgh), PGDip Practical Dermatology (Cardiff) Non-surgical eye bag removal is permanent for the fat that is treated and temporary for the appearance of the under-eye area as a whole. The fat destroyed by AGNES and Secret RF is cleared by the body and does not return. Ageing of the orbital septum and the lower eyelid skin continues, so the visible correction typically lasts 3 to 5 years before a new protrusion or skin laxity becomes apparent. In my consultations, the question about permanence follows the question about price. Patients want to know whether

By Dr Gerard Ee Tear trough filler does not remove an eye bag and commonly makes one appear heavier, because an eye bag is an excess of fat volume and filler adds further volume to the same region. Mild Grade 1 to 2 bags with firm skin are treated by fat reduction with AGNES and Secret RF, and Grade 3 to 4 bags or loose skin usually require surgery. Filler remains the correct treatment where the under eye is genuinely hollow rather than convex. Fillers do not remove eye bags. A dermal filler is a soft gel implant that adds

By Dr Gerard Ee An eye bag is a convexity produced by lower eyelid fat pushing forward, whereas a tear trough is a concavity produced by a groove tethered at the rim of the eye socket. The two require opposite treatments. Fat reduction with AGNES and Secret RF suits mild Grade 1 to 2 bags with firm skin, whereas an isolated trough is treated with a small volume of filler. In roughly half of consultations the requested treatment does not match the finding on examination. In more than 10 years of treating the under eye area, the most common problem

By Dr Gerard Ee, MBBS (UK), MRCS (Edinburgh), PGDip Practical Dermatology (Cardiff) Quick answer There is no single best eye bag treatment in Singapore, because the correct choice is determined by what the lower eyelid contains. AGNES with Secret RF is my first choice for mild Grade 1 to 2 bags with firm skin, at $2,500 for the first session and $1,800 for subsequent sessions, with results that typically last 3 to 5 years. Grade 3 to 4 bags and loose lower eyelid skin require surgery, which no energy device replaces. A search for the best eye bag treatment in