14 Jul 2023
Dr SK Tan: At 76, aesthetics doctor still going strong

WHEN DR SK TAN MADE the decision to establish one of Singapore’s first aesthetic clinics in 1998, his dermatologist friends responded with scepticism, saying to him: “You siao (crazy). How to survive?” Few people at that time recognised the potential of aesthetic medicine. Even Botox had not yet gained approval from the US Food & Drug Administration for use on frown lines.