Published 28 October 2026 · Reviewed by Dr Sin Yong
VF Lift cost is set by what the assessment finds: how many zones are mapped, whether each is set to Lift, Sculpt or Restore, whether the neck or body is included, the physician time the plan takes, and whether another treatment is sequenced alongside. Singapore's rules restrict how fees may be advertised, so no figure appears here. A written, itemised quote follows the consultation.
Short answerThere is no single fee for the VF Lift – Vertical Facelift, because there is no standard protocol and no package. The quote follows the zone map drawn at assessment, and the consultation also decides whether treatment is advised at all. The practice-wide rules are on how fees are quoted.
Singapore's rules for medical advertising restrict how doctors may publish fees, and the VF Lift shows why a number before examination would mean little. The VF Lift – Vertical Facelift is not a fixed routine applied the same way to every face. It is Dr Sin Yong's protocol on Volnewmer monopolar radiofrequency, planned zone by zone along vertical vectors, with each zone set to one of three modes after he has mapped the face. Until that map exists there is nothing to quote.
The first question is also whether the VF Lift is the right tool. A pacemaker or other implanted electronic device rules it out; heavy redundant skin is referred for a surgical opinion; a puffy face carrying settled product may need something else first. Who suits it is set out on VF Lift suitability. The consultation is a medical visit with its own fee, stated when you book, and it can end with no treatment recommended.
How do zones and modes decide the VF Lift fee?
The plainest driver is the map: how many zones the examination brings in and what each needs. Dr Sin Yong examines the face at rest and in animation, pinches and palpates each zone to judge skin against fat, and compares it with earlier photographs. Each zone is then set to Lift for loose tissue, Sculpt for pouching or puffiness, or Restore for a hollow. Most faces need more than one mode in different zones.
Illustrative image — not a patient.
Zone on the plan
What is set there
What moves the plan
Jawline and jowl
Lift along the jaw edge and lower cheek; Sculpt over a pinchable jowl pad
Whether both modes are needed; one side or both
Mid-face and nasolabial area
Lift for descent; Sculpt for fullness beside the fold; Restore for a lateral cheek hollow
How many of the three findings coexist
Temples and forehead
Restore for hollowing, including a central forehead hollow
Whether the upper face is part of the plan at all
Around the eyes
Lift for the brow and upper face; Restore under the eyes with the small tip
Whether lid skin also needs FSX Laser
Neck and under the chin
Conservative Lift across the neck; Sculpt under the jaw
“I cannot quote the VF Lift until I have mapped your face. The map decides which zones need lifting, sculpting or restoring, and that map is the plan.”
Dr Sin YongOn how the VF Lift is quoted
Face, neck or body: how the area changes the quote
The area treated changes the plan more than any other single factor. A focused zone, such as the jawline alone, and a full-face plan are different undertakings, and the quote reflects what is actually treated. The neck is assessed separately from the face, because its skin is thinner and is heated more conservatively, and it is often planned with the jawline so the lower-face contour stays balanced.
On the body the protocol is called the VF Lift – Vertical Figure Lift. Its zones are many times larger than a cheek and use a larger tip: the upper arms, abdomen, inner thighs and the skin above the knee. The number and size of body zones on the plan, and whether a compact fat pocket needs the 4K Body Lift as a separate step, shape that quote. The single-use components involved, and the tips each area needs, are itemised.
What do doctor time, review and combinations add?
Physician time runs through every line. Dr Sin Yong maps each zone and performs every pass himself, adjusting energy in real time to tissue response and to the heat you report, so the quote reflects a doctor's time rather than a therapist's. The written quote also names the review that follows and what is assessed at it, because the protocol is adjusted zone by zone at review rather than repeated to a preset.
Some plans include another step, and each is quoted as its own line with a reason:
Filler dissolving first, where hyaluronic acid is causing puffiness, after ultrasound mapping.
Time Freeze Laser LCLR®, which can be used together with the VF Lift where compact fat or collagen-stimulator overfill is part of the picture.
HIFU, staged on a separate day where the SMAS itself is lax in a face with normal fullness.
FSX Laser for lid-skin texture, or botulinum toxin for muscle-driven lines and neck bands.
The number of visits is not fixed in advance; how the face responds decides what, if anything, comes next. What happens at that review is described on VF Lift results.
What is not on the quote, and how to compare
Not on the quote: a package sold on the day, a course of visits fixed before your face has responded, and any treatment the assessment does not support. A quote can be taken home, and no decision is expected at the first visit.
If you are comparing a radiofrequency lift elsewhere, ask:
Which device is used, and is it monopolar radiofrequency? The VF Lift runs on Volnewmer and never uses focused ultrasound.
Which zones are treated, and which mode is set for each?
Who maps the face and who performs the passes?
Is earlier filler mapped before any heat is planned?
What review is included, and what is assessed at it?
A lower figure may describe a different device, fewer zones, or a session run to a preset. The general logic is on how fees are quoted, and the way the same energy is used on another platform is compared on VF Lift vs Thermage.
Your next step
1. MessageWhatsApp +65 8023 7170 with what is bothering you. A reply comes from the clinic, not a bot.
2. AssessmentDr Sin Yong examines you himself on Orchard Road, with ultrasound where earlier filler is involved.
3. A plan in writingWhat he would do, what he would not, the fee factors, and the option of no treatment.
Every treatment is performed by Dr Sin Yong personally. Singapore Medical Council registered · invited to share his clinical expertise internationally for CLASSYS, DEKA, Fotona, Hironic and Ilooda.
Bring photographs from earlier years and a list of previous fillers, threads and energy treatments; they shape the zone map. How consultations work.
Singapore's rules restrict how fees may be advertised, so no figure is given here. The fee depends on the zones mapped, the mode set for each, whether the neck or body is included, the doctor's time and any combination with another treatment. A written, itemised quote is given after Dr Sin Yong has examined you, and the consultation also decides whether treatment is advised.
No. There are no standard protocols and no packages. The plan follows the examination: which zones need lifting, sculpting or restoring, and whether anything else must come first. The number of visits is not fixed in advance, because the protocol is adjusted zone by zone at review according to how the face has responded.
Because the neck is assessed as its own zone. Neck skin is thinner than facial skin and is heated more conservatively, the thyroid and midline are kept out of the field, and platysma bands are a muscle question rather than a radiofrequency one. It is often planned with the jawline, and the quote shows each zone so you can see what is included.
Dissolving is a separate step and is quoted as its own line. Where hyaluronic acid filler is causing puffiness, it is mapped with ultrasound and dissolved before any heat is planned, because heating a cheek that is over-full with product treats the wrong material. Whether that step is needed is decided at assessment.
You can describe your concern and send photographs for a preliminary view, and the team will advise which consultation is appropriate. A quote for treatment is only given after Dr Sin Yong has examined you in person, because the zone map, the modes and any earlier filler can only be judged face to face.
About this page: written and medically reviewed by Dr Sin Yong, MBBS (NUS), MRCS (Edinburgh) · Last reviewed 28 October 2026 · Illustrative images only, not patients · Editorial policy
