Wow.... its been so long since I had time to write on this blog. Yes, I have been very busy since returning from IMCAS in Singapore last July. What is IMCAS - it stands for International Master Course for Aging Skin. Its a conference that connects all doctors like me to the rest of the world.
We get to meet the real pioneers of the industry, from USA, UK, Middle East, Japan, Thailand, Korea, and Israel even.
It is a 3 day conference with every session around one hour and in one session there are around 5-7 topics given at 8-15 minutes interval each. Yes, sounds crazy - by the end of the day, the only thing I can think of is food, because its so brain draining. But in a good way. It is meant as an update to what you already know and if you really pay attention, you will be able to grasp a lot of things in the conference that is useful for practice.
There are also demo sessions showing injection techniques and machines, and I was so happy to be able to see Dr Woffles Woo inject Radiesse. If you don't know who Woffles is, well, I regard him as the father of medical aesthetics in this region. I would love to meet him one day, as he is a true inspiration to my practice. He developed so many techniques in facial aesthetics that is excellent and gives great results. He practices in Singapore.
I learnt a lot on the latest laser technologies available and most important they stressed on treating complications. You also get an overview of what other parts of the world does, for example in middle east - a lot pf phenol peels are used. You learn botox and filler injection techniques that differ and gives more excellent results. These people are credible due to their many years of experience in medical aesthetics, 10-20 years. When I look at myself, with a mere 4 years under my belt, it feels like nothing, but still I do work hard to keep the standard of my practice to be good at all times.
I was honoured to meet up with Dr Michael Goldberg, whom I met earlier in the practice and his books were my guidelines to keeping the practice safe, I met Dr Diane Duncan, who shared a lot of tips on chin, lower face and neck tightening, I met Dr Bob Khannan, who shared his lower face botox tips. Dr Sebina Zenker, again, who also shared some of her injection techniques and laser tips. I met other new doctors from Korea, Japan, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, its a whole list.
Meeting up with your so-called super seniors in the field gives me a great sense of security and confidence to practice what I do. I remembered when I was an undergraduate, and my professor, Prof Christina use to say, its not about the degree, its about after that. Do you just want to be a doctor, or do you want to be a good doctor? I chose to be a good doctor and hopefully by broadening my knowledge in this feel I can safeguard my patients from harm. Who knows, a few years from now, I'd be addressing people from all around the world to share my experiences. :)
We get to meet the real pioneers of the industry, from USA, UK, Middle East, Japan, Thailand, Korea, and Israel even.
It is a 3 day conference with every session around one hour and in one session there are around 5-7 topics given at 8-15 minutes interval each. Yes, sounds crazy - by the end of the day, the only thing I can think of is food, because its so brain draining. But in a good way. It is meant as an update to what you already know and if you really pay attention, you will be able to grasp a lot of things in the conference that is useful for practice.
There are also demo sessions showing injection techniques and machines, and I was so happy to be able to see Dr Woffles Woo inject Radiesse. If you don't know who Woffles is, well, I regard him as the father of medical aesthetics in this region. I would love to meet him one day, as he is a true inspiration to my practice. He developed so many techniques in facial aesthetics that is excellent and gives great results. He practices in Singapore.
I learnt a lot on the latest laser technologies available and most important they stressed on treating complications. You also get an overview of what other parts of the world does, for example in middle east - a lot pf phenol peels are used. You learn botox and filler injection techniques that differ and gives more excellent results. These people are credible due to their many years of experience in medical aesthetics, 10-20 years. When I look at myself, with a mere 4 years under my belt, it feels like nothing, but still I do work hard to keep the standard of my practice to be good at all times.
I was honoured to meet up with Dr Michael Goldberg, whom I met earlier in the practice and his books were my guidelines to keeping the practice safe, I met Dr Diane Duncan, who shared a lot of tips on chin, lower face and neck tightening, I met Dr Bob Khannan, who shared his lower face botox tips. Dr Sebina Zenker, again, who also shared some of her injection techniques and laser tips. I met other new doctors from Korea, Japan, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, its a whole list.
Meeting up with your so-called super seniors in the field gives me a great sense of security and confidence to practice what I do. I remembered when I was an undergraduate, and my professor, Prof Christina use to say, its not about the degree, its about after that. Do you just want to be a doctor, or do you want to be a good doctor? I chose to be a good doctor and hopefully by broadening my knowledge in this feel I can safeguard my patients from harm. Who knows, a few years from now, I'd be addressing people from all around the world to share my experiences. :)
