The Aesthetics Advisor

Want to learn more about skincare, haircare and other topics within the beauty, laser and medical aesthetic industry? The  aesthetics 101  is a series of consumer guides on beauty and medical aesthetic related treatments and services. You choose how much you want to learn, when and how (and all for free)!  Why a guide on aesthetic medicine? During the last decade we have seen a tremendous increase in the number of medical aesthetic treatment methods and technologies and a parallel increase in our knowledge about them. We live in an era where we're surrounded by lots of information on beauty and skincare. The challenge is, it's very difficult to work out what's right and what's not. There's a lot of people who claim to know a lot about beauty and wellness, but actually are they really telling you the truth? Aesthetic related treatments and products are often accompanied by marketing myths rather than good scientific data; often indistinguishable by a layperson. This ...

  After going through some local forums in Malaysia, it is clear that some of you are still not very clear of the type of medical aesthetic practitioners in Malaysia and what they can do and cannot do. According to the Malaysian Ministry of Health guidelines on medical aesthetic practice, there are three categories of medical aesthetic practitioners in general: