I just stumbled upon your blog here while searching about the practice of aesthetic medicine. Beautician?!! Yup, I heard that before. Someone in my agency said that I won't be working as a doctor but as a beautician! These people really don't know what they're talking about. Well, it's a sad fact that some beauticians do sometimes give some of the treatments that Aesthetic Doctors do which I believe paints a very bad picture of this line of medicine.

Your articles here prompted me to ask for your advice about my medical practice. I am currently working in a luxury liner as an Aesthetic doctor. Even if things do not work out to my expectations in terms of financial compensation, I still must say that I do enjoy the field of Aesthetic Medicine and I would like to be engaged in a formal training on it. What can you advise me about pursuing this specialty? From what I know, there are so many pathways to it and as such, I need guidance on the best way to go about it.

I am a licensed GP from the Philippines and I've been in practice for 5 years now. I just started Aesthetic Medicine practice last month. I had a short stint of training in Miami, Florida and now doing full practice in international waters. But I want to do much more than what I am doing now. My husband is now working in Singapore and we want to stay together. Is it possible for me to practice in Singapore too or better yet have Aesthetic Medicine training there? I am open to anything right now but if there is a chance for a formal training for me there, I would very much prefer that.

Sorry this is such a long one. I hope you can take some time off your very busy schedule to help out a newbie doctor like me. Thanks so much and God bless you!

Dr. Rhoda