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Profhilo is a high-concentration hyaluronic acid that spreads through the skin to support its quality, not to add volume or lift. For Profhilo in Singapore, Dr Sin Yong uses a modified BAP: the defined points as the safety framework, then placement where the face shape needs it, including scarred skin.
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Profhilo Singapore in brief: Profhilo is a concentrated hyaluronic acid injected into the skin at set points to improve skin quality: dryness, crepiness and early laxity. It is not a filler, so it adds no volume and does not lift. In Chinese it is often called 逆时针.
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Profhilo is a stabilised hybrid cooperative complex of high- and low-molecular-weight hyaluronic acid, injected at defined anatomical points to act on the skin itself rather than to add volume — assessed and placed by Dr Sin Yong at the clinic on Orchard Road, Singapore.
Profhilo's high-concentration hyaluronic acid spreads through the skin to improve hydration and laxity without adding volume. Dr Sin Yong uses it on the face and neck where the skin has gone crepey, and explains when a skin booster or filler suits better.
Ask about Profhilo →Crepey, loose skin suits Profhilo; hollowing does not, and is discussed separately.
The BAP technique lets the product spread across the skin from a few entry points.
Two sessions a month apart, then reviewed before any maintenance is planned.
Suitability is decided at an in-person assessment. No prices are quoted on this page; fees are given in writing after the assessment. Images and video are illustrative, not patients.
Profhilo in Singapore is a stabilised hybrid cooperative complex of high- and low-molecular-weight hyaluronic acid, made by IBSA and injected at defined points to act on the skin itself. It is bio-remodelling, not a dermal filler, so it adds no volume or projection.
Also called: bio-remodelling hyaluronic acid, 逆时针, プロファイロ
For lost volume on the back of the hand, as distinct from crepey skin, see hand rejuvenation in Singapore.
Profhilo is an injectable preparation of hyaluronic acid, but it belongs to a different category from the hyaluronic acid fillers most people have heard of. It contains two populations of hyaluronic acid — one of high molecular weight, one of low — combined into what the manufacturer calls a hybrid cooperative complex, under the trade name NAHYCO. A 2 mL syringe carries 32 mg of each.
The distinction that matters clinically is the absence of a chemical crosslinker. Conventional hyaluronic acid fillers are crosslinked, usually with BDDE, so that the gel resists degradation and holds a shape under the skin. That is what allows a filler to project a chin or support a cheek. Profhilo is stabilised by a thermal process instead, and holds no shape at all. Injected, it spreads.

So the two products answer different questions. A filler answers where is volume missing. Profhilo answers how is this skin behaving.
This is the single most common misunderstanding, and it is worth being blunt about, because it is the reason people come away unimpressed.
If the complaint is a flat midface, a receded chin or a deep nasolabial fold driven by volume loss, Profhilo will not address it. Those are structural problems and they need something that holds structure — a crosslinked filler, or in some cases a different approach entirely. Profhilo placed into that situation will not produce the change the patient came for, and no amount of it will.
Where it is the right tool is the opposite situation: skin that has lost quality rather than volume. Crepiness. A dull, thin, poorly hydrated surface. Fine lines that sit on the skin rather than in the underlying shape. Necks and the backs of hands, where there is little to volumise and a great deal of surface change.
A sensible consultation separates those two things before anything is injected. Volume restoration and bio-remodelling are not competing options; they answer different complaints, and a face often needs the first before the second is worth doing.
“Profhilo is not a filler. It gives improvement to areas by giving hydration, nutrients, and elements that the skin likes.”
Dr Sin YongOn what bio-remodelling actually does
The manufacturer's protocol specifies a fixed set of Bio Aesthetic Points per side. As a default it is sound: the positions are chosen for vascular safety and for predictable spread, and they are the right starting point for anyone working without a detailed assessment of the face in front of them.
Dr Sin Yong treats that set as the safety framework rather than the whole plan. A fixed pattern treats every face as the same face, and faces are not the same. Where the midface has deflated, where the jawline has softened, where the asymmetry sits — those regions place the greatest mechanical demand on the skin, and they do not always coincide with the standard points.
So the technique he uses keeps the defined points and adds placement according to the shape of the individual face. The anatomical rules governing where an injectable may safely sit do not change. What changes is the map.
He also places it into scarred skin, which the standard protocol does not address. Scar tissue is organised differently from the skin around it and behaves differently, and treating it alongside the rest of the face is a deliberate part of the plan rather than an afterthought.
This is the part that does not transfer from a brochure. It is also why the same product, in different hands, is not the same treatment. The standard points, and what the modified pattern keeps and adds, are set out in the Profhilo BAP technique.
The laboratory work behind the product is reasonably well characterised, and it is worth separating what has been measured from what is claimed in marketing.
The foundational study, published in PLoS ONE in 2016, examined hybrid cooperative complexes against the individual hyaluronic acid weights in skin cell models. Two findings are relevant. First, durability: roughly 35% of the high-molecular-weight material remained after ten days of exposure to hyaluronidase, against under 10% for standard high-molecular-weight hyaluronic acid on its own. Second, cellular response: the complexes increased gene expression of collagen types I, III, IV and VII and of elastin relative to the individual components, with type III collagen expression in fibroblasts rising roughly twelve-fold.
Those are laboratory measurements of gene expression in cell models. They explain the proposed mechanism; they are not a statement of what any individual's skin will do. There is also an open-label study in Asian patients, which is the more relevant population for Singapore, and a body of review literature on hybrid cooperative complexes in aesthetic medicine. All are listed in the references below.
Profhilo in Singapore is often asked for by name when the skin actually needs something else. Four injectables are compared in clinic because they are confused with one another: Profhilo, Profhilo Structura, Rejuran and Juvelook. They are placed in different layers and are directed at different skin. The table sets out what each is, where it goes, the skin it tends to suit, and what it does not do, so that the request can be matched to the finding rather than to the brand.
Profhilo treats the skin, not the shape. If the face needs a contour, it needs something else.— Dr Sin Yong

| Product | What it is | Layer | Skin that tends to suit | What it does not do |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profhilo | Stabilised hybrid complex of high- and low-molecular-weight hyaluronic acid (IBSA), not cross-linked | The skin, from defined Bio Aesthetic Points on each side, spreading through the tissue | Crepey, dehydrated or early-lax skin on the face, neck or hands that has lost bounce rather than volume | Add volume, hold a contour, lift descended tissue or treat pigment |
| Profhilo Structura | A separate IBSA product with a higher concentration of hybrid hyaluronic acid | Superficial fat compartments of the lateral face, at a different set of points | Early flattening of the sides of the face from fat-compartment change, where a filler would be too much | Treat skin texture, replace lost bone support or lift heavy descent |
| Rejuran | Polynucleotides: purified DNA fragments of salmon origin that signal repair | The dermis, as many fine intradermal injections | Damaged, inflamed or textured skin, fine lines, thin under-eye skin and skin recovering from acne | Hydrate like hyaluronic acid, add volume or lift; a fish allergy is raised first |
| Juvelook | Poly-D,L-lactic acid (PDLLA) microspheres carried in non-cross-linked hyaluronic acid (VAIM) | The dermis and just beneath it, where the PDLLA prompts collagen over months | Skin that needs both hydration on the day and a gradual collagen response: fine lines, enlarged pores and shallow acne scars | Act as a volumising filler; the PDLLA cannot be dissolved with hyaluronidase |
The first question is what the skin lacks. Skin that is thirsty and has lost bounce, with no real volume loss, is the Profhilo pattern. Skin that is damaged, red or textured points to Rejuran rather than Profhilo, because polynucleotides are repair signalling rather than hydration. A face whose sides have flattened because the superficial fat has changed is assessed for Profhilo Structura, which is a different product in a different layer. Where fine lines sit over shallow scars or open pores and a slow collagen response is wanted, Juvelook is considered, with the caveat that its PDLLA component is not reversible.
None of the four adds projection. A hollow cheek, a flat bridge or a receded chin is a volume question and is directed to dermal fillers or a collagen biostimulator, not to a skin injectable. Dr Sin Yong assesses the skin and the underlying support before any of these is chosen, and more than one may be staged where the skin shows more than one problem.
| Product or class | What it is | Where it is placed | Directed at | What it does not do |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profhilo | Uncrosslinked hybrid hyaluronic acid (32 mg high- and 32 mg low-molecular-weight in 2 mL), thermally stabilised, made by IBSA | The skin, from defined Bio Aesthetic Points on each side | Crepey texture, hydration and early fine lines | Add volume, hold a contour or lift |
| Profhilo Structura | A separate IBSA product: 90 mg of hybrid hyaluronic acid in 2 mL | Superficial fat compartments of the lateral face, placed by cannula | Fat-compartment change in the lateral cheek and preauricular area | Replace filler for defined volume loss, lift heavy descent or remove skin |
| Hyaluronic acid skin boosters, such as Restylane Skinboosters | Soft, lightly stabilised or non-crosslinked hyaluronic acid | Many small injections into the dermis | Dull, dehydrated skin with fine surface lines | Restore volume, lift or treat pigment |
| Polynucleotides, such as Rejuran | Purified DNA fragments, usually from salmon | The dermis | Repair of texture, fine lines and thin under-eye skin | Add volume or lift; a fish allergy is raised first |
| Collagen biostimulators (Sculptra, Ellansé, Radiesse) | A resorbable scaffold that prompts the body's own collagen | Deeper planes, according to the product | Broader volume loss and firmness over a longer arc | Change surface hydration, or be dissolved with hyaluronidase |
People hoping to correct volume loss, a flat midface or a receded chin tend to respond poorly, because Profhilo is a skin quality treatment and the wrong tool for structure.
Profhilo does not tighten skin in the way an energy-based device does. If the complaint is jowling or a loose jawline, the relevant category is focused ultrasound (see HIFU) or monopolar radiofrequency (see the VF Lift – Vertical Facelift). A good deal of disappointment with injectables has one cause. The layer that is easiest to reach gets treated, rather than the layer that is causing the complaint.
Related guide: Vertical facelift

Profhilo is not injected in anyone with a known allergy to hyaluronic acid or to any component of the product. It is deferred where there is active infection, inflammation, a cold sore or an acne flare at the injection points, and in pregnancy and while breastfeeding, where it has not been studied.
Other conditions call for caution rather than a refusal: autoimmune disease, a history of severe allergic reactions, a tendency to keloid scarring, and a bleeding tendency or blood-thinning medicines, which make bruising more likely. Where unknown or non-dissolvable filler has been placed in the area before, what is already in the tissue is established first, because layering over it complicates any later correction.
Profhilo is also the wrong choice for anyone whose main concern is volume loss, descent or a loose jawline, for the reasons set out above, and for anyone expecting a lift. Medical history and current medicines are reviewed, and suitability is decided at consultation.
Whether Profhilo is worth it depends on what you hope it will change, and that is a question about the problem rather than the product. It is considered for skin whose surface quality has changed while the underlying shape has not: crepey texture, dullness, loss of hydration and early fine lines, including on the neck and hands. People who understand that it acts on the skin itself, and that it is a doctor-assessed injectable plan, are the ones for whom the decision makes sense. Cost follows the plan and is set out in writing at consultation, after assessment, so there is no figure to quote here.
It disappoints when the expectation is something it was never built to do. It adds no volume or projection, so a hollow cheek, a flat bridge or a receded chin is not its territory. It does not tighten skin the way an energy-based treatment does, so jowling and a loose jawline are better assessed for lifting with the VF Lift – Vertical Facelift or Time Freeze Laser LCLR®. It does not treat pigment or change pore size, and because hyaluronic acid is broken down by hyaluronidase it is not a lifelong intervention. An examination before injection separates skin quality from volume and from descent, and sometimes the honest advice is that Profhilo is not the right first step.
These questions help you understand what would be placed, where and why, before anything is injected.
The fee depends on the areas treated, such as face, neck or hands, and the syringes needed to cover them. It also depends on whether placement goes beyond the standard points to suit your face shape, and whether it is combined with another treatment such as a filler. The plan is set after assessment. A written quote is given at consultation. The consultation also decides whether Profhilo is advised at all, or whether a filler or a different approach would suit your concern better.
How quotes work at this practice: how we quote.
It is an uncrosslinked hyaluronic acid preparation that spreads, adds no projection and answers skin quality rather than shape.
Structura is a separate IBSA product aimed at structural support, so the two are assessed and chosen differently.
These four are often quoted as if they were interchangeable, and they are not. The useful way to separate them is by the job each is built to do and by whether it is designed to spread or to stay put. Profhilo and hyaluronic acid skin boosters are directed at the quality of the skin. Profhilo Structura is a separate product, placed deeper in the lateral fat compartments. A dermal filler is cross-linked so that it holds a shape. The table sets them side by side. If you have been quoted for any of these by name alone, ask which product it is, where it is placed and what it is meant to change, because the answers decide what the treatment can and cannot do.
| Option | Built to | Spreads or stays put | Where it is placed | What it does not do |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profhilo | Act on the skin itself, using a stabilised hybrid hyaluronic acid complex | Spreads through the tissue from each point | The skin, from defined Bio Aesthetic Points | Add volume, hold a contour or lift |
| Hyaluronic acid skin boosters | Hydrate the dermis with lightly stabilised or non-crosslinked hyaluronic acid | Hydrates where it is placed | Many small injections into the dermis | Restore volume, lift or treat pigment |
| Profhilo Structura | Address change in the fat compartments of the lateral face | Placed by cannula as a separate product | Superficial fat compartments of the lateral face | Replace filler where defined volume is needed |
| Dermal filler (cross-linked hyaluronic acid) | Add volume or hold a contour | Stays where placed, built to resist spread | Planes chosen by the area being treated | Act on skin quality as its main job |
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Profhilo is an uncrosslinked hyaluronic acid preparation that spreads through the skin to address its quality; it is not a filler and adds no volume or lift. It suits crepey, dull or thin skin, including the neck and the backs of the hands, rather than hollows or sagging. Dr Sin Yong uses a modified BAP: the standard points as the safety framework, then placement where the face needs it. Profhilo Structura is a separate product, placed deeper. The fee depends on the areas and syringes needed.
| How many sessions | Two sessions one month apart, then one session every 6 months. |
| Downtime | Small bumps at the five points for a few hours; occasional bruising. |
| How long it lasts | About 6 months per course. |
Figures are typical ranges from Dr Sin Yong's practice and the published literature; your plan, including the number of sessions, is set after the assessment and may differ. Fees are given in writing after the assessment: see how we quote.
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Whether bio-remodelling is the right answer depends on whether the complaint is skin quality or lost volume. Dr Sin Yong assesses that first.
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