She’s got impeccable style, a long list of celeb clients and a super-successful aesthetic clinic, spa and her own range of skincare – what’s not to love?
She’s got impeccable style, a long list of celeb clients and a super-successful aesthetic clinic, spa and her own range of skincare – what’s not to love?
It’s not uncommon for doctors with an interest in aesthetic medicine to own an aesthetic clinic, a spa or a skincare line, but to open all three in a span of 17 years and keep them all up and running successfully? That’s no mean feat.
So consider us duly impressed by Dr Georgia Lee, who helms not just TLC Lifestyle Practice Clinic, an aesthetic clinic, but also boutique spa DrSpa and skincare line DrGL. Products from her line, which includes 10 different kinds of cleansers, are stocked island-wide and in countries such as Thailand and Indonesia; a few of them have even bagged titles in both past and present Her World Beauty Awards.
Despite her busy plate, Dr Lee likes to be actively involved in all her businesses, which employ more than 50 staffers. She shares that as part of her prep for the launch of DrGL in 2009, she spent six years on research and development, creating effective formulas from scratch, and 18 months on perfecting the product packaging so it both looks attractive and maintains the freshness of the actives in the skincare housed within.
She adds: “We also visited factories overseas and did an audit on their processes to ensure that they met our criteria. Every batch of our products is tested for bacteria on the site of manufacturing, and before they go into the packaging.”
And she has enjoyed success not just with DrGL; her clinic is also having a good run. To handle the high patient traffic, she welcomed another doctor, Dr Wang Xiaoxuan, on board, and relocated her clinic from Holland Village to its current prime spot at Scotts Medical Centre at Pacific Plaza last year.
Quizzed on her plans for the future, she says: “I’ll be focusing on growing my business outside Singapore and will continue to introduce skincare products that fill gaps in the market. I’ll also stay true to my brand mission: to help busy, modern-day individuals achieve maximum efficacy with minimal fuss.”
