Dr. Eileen Tan

Dr Eileen Tan is a dermatologist who performs hair transplants at Eileen Tan Skin Clinic & Associates in Singapore, with clinics at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital and Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre 12. Her site says she graduated in medicine (MBBS) from the National University of Singapore in 1991 and was accredited as a dermatologist in 2001 3. It says she has performed hair transplants since 2002, after a one-year fellowship that included hair transplantation at the University of British Columbia 1. Her practice covers medical and cosmetic dermatology, with a stated emphasis on hair disorders, hair transplantation, laser surgery and body contouring 3.

The clinic offers both FUT (strip) and FUE 1. The site says Dr Tan performs the surgery herself, and that her staff dissect the grafts under her supervision 1. It says she creates the hairline with the follicular unit technique 1. Eyebrow, beard and moustache transplants, facelift hair revision and scar revision are also offered 1. The site says it is often unwise to start surgery in very young patients 1.

The site publishes no hair transplant price 1.

The site says Dr Tan personally assesses every candidate at consultation; the format and fee are not stated 1. It says aftercare includes daily dressing and shampooing for the first few days, that crusts flake off by 10 to 14 days, and that new growth begins at four to six months 1.

Registry records list her as an ABHRS diplomate 4. Her site says she was certified as an ABHRS diplomate in 2009 3. She is an ISHRS Full Member, listed at the Novena clinic 5. The site also lists membership of the American Society of Dermatologic Surgery 3.