How the pages on this site
are written and checked

Who writes and reviews the pages on this site?

Every page is medically reviewed and approved by Dr Sin Yong before it goes live, and the review line on each page names him. He holds an MBBS from the National University of Singapore, MRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, an MSc in Aesthetic Medicine with Distinction from Queen Mary University of London and an MSc in Practical Dermatology from Cardiff University. He practises as an aesthetic physician, not as an accredited dermatologist or plastic surgery specialist.

Drafts may be prepared with editorial and writing assistance. None is published until Dr Sin Yong has checked the clinical content against the sources cited and against how he actually assesses and treats patients. Passages written in the first person describe his own clinical approach; they are not general statements about what every doctor does.

Review covers substance, not only wording. A reviewed page should not overstate what a treatment does, understate its risks, or describe a treatment the practice does not offer. Where a page discusses surgery, it says that surgery is referred to a plastic surgery specialist rather than performed in this practice.

Pages are general information. They do not diagnose anyone and they are not a substitute for an assessment, which is why most pages end by pointing to a consultation rather than to a treatment.

What sources are the pages based on?

Clinical statements are based on peer-reviewed literature, such as journal articles indexed on PubMed, and on published consensus guidance where it exists. Regulatory statements are based on the Singapore Medical Council, the Ministry of Health and the Health Sciences Authority, and on Singapore legislation published on Singapore Statutes Online.

Manufacturer information is used for product facts that only the manufacturer can supply, such as composition or a labelled duration, and it is identified as manufacturer information rather than presented as independent evidence. Where a page gives a figure from a study, it names the study, and the figure describes that study, not the result any individual will have.

Where the evidence is thin or disputed, pages say so. Where a page cannot support a statement with a source or with Dr Sin Yong's own documented clinical practice, the statement is left out. References listed at the foot of a page are checked to confirm that they load and that they say what the page attributes to them.

“An appearance in print records that a question was asked. It is not evidence that the answer was right — the reference list underneath it is the part that can be checked.”

Dr Sin YongOn reading media coverage of medical claims

How are pages kept up to date and corrected?

Each page carries the date it was last reviewed, so you can see how current it is. Pages are reviewed again when the guidance, product registration or evidence they rely on changes, and whenever a reader or colleague points out a problem. When a page is revised in substance, its review date changes.

If you think something on this site is wrong, out of date or unclear, tell the practice by WhatsApp at +65 8023 7170 or by email at dr.sinyong@gmail.com, naming the page and the statement. Reports are passed to Dr Sin Yong. A factual error is corrected on the page and the page is re-dated; a reference that no longer loads is replaced or removed.

Corrections are made in the text itself rather than hidden in a footnote, because the purpose of the page is that the next reader gets the accurate version.

What relationships with device makers should readers know about?

Dr Sin Yong is a Key Opinion Leader for aesthetic device manufacturers, including CLASSYS, DEKA, HIRONIC, ILOODA and FOTONA. In that role he is invited by device makers to share his clinical expertise with other physicians at symposia and manufacturer meetings, and a manufacturer has flown him to an invited programme, as CLASSYS did for its academy in São Paulo in September 2026. The current list of roles and events is kept on the About page.

Readers should weigh device pages with that in mind. Device and platform names appear because they are what is used in a treatment, and a page names a device factually: what it is, what energy it delivers and what it is and is not used for. Naming a platform is not a claim that it outperforms another, and pages do not rank brands.

A Key Opinion Leader appointment is a working relationship with a manufacturer. The choice of treatment for a patient follows the assessment, and an assessment may conclude that no device is the right answer.

Which advertising rules do the pages follow?

Singapore regulates how doctors and licensed clinics describe their services. The SMC Ethical Code and Ethical Guidelines require information about medical services to be factual, accurate, verifiable and not misleading, and bar laudatory or comparative claims, testimonials and financial inducements. The Healthcare Services (Advertisement) Regulations 2021 apply similar limits to licensed healthcare providers.

In practice this means pages do not publish prices, discounts or time-limited offers; do not carry patient testimonials or reviews; do not claim that the practice is better than others; do not promise outcomes; and do not show a patient's appearance after treatment: where a case image is used, only the pre-treatment photograph is visible and the post-treatment frame is blurred. Other images on articles are illustrative images of models rather than patients.

Patient photographs are taken for the medical record, with consent, and are not used to advertise. Fees are set out at consultation, once there is a plan to cost. Qualifications are described only as they appear on the About page, without titles the rules reserve for accredited specialists.