Adren How and Jermaine Teo bring couplepreneur to the next level with the launch of their multi-award winning medical aesthetics group ONLY’s 5th outlet in Wheelock Place.
Born in Singapore, Adren How started his career in medical aesthetics distribution and organizing conferences, a journey that ultimately led him to the creation of ONLY Group. Adren’s entrepreneurial adventure started in 2005 when he spotted a market gap while observing his mother’s spa business – an aesthetics clinic.
Since 2007, Jermaine Teo and Adren How have been at the forefront of the beauty and medical aesthetics industry with ONLY Aesthetics.
Even with the recent mushrooming of beauty clinics, salons and spas in Singapore; ONLY Group is seeing continuous success. This is despite discouraging their staff from aggressively promoting the brand’s services to keep up with the competition. Adren How and Jermaine Teo do not believe in hard-selling when it comes business.
Adren How and Jermaine Teo’s Long Road to Success
Married for 14 years, they have come a long way since they established The ONLY Group in 2005 followed by the opening their very first outlet at Holland Village in August 2006.
“When we first started out, it was a virtually unknown industry where ‘aesthetics’ meant either dermatology or beauty salons. Aesthetic clinics, doctors, technology and products were generally unheard of in any beauty business. Hence, it was a challenge to overcome the social stigma and safety concerns related to aesthetic technology.”
It was during this time that ONLY Aesthetics made its foray with the local industry’s first painless hair removal technology, IPL. Working together with the world’s top medical aesthetic manufacturers, Jermaine and Adren have since grown ONLY Aesthetics to a total of five prime locations in Singapore; Dhoby Ghaut, Raffles Place, Holland Village, and its latest being the 1,600 square foot O Medical Clinic that recently opened along Orchard Road.
ONLY Aesthetics at Wheelock Place, the 5th Outlet in Singapore provides exclusive treatment called SMASLift
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Located on the fifth floor of Wheelock Place, O Medical Clinic is the first and only to offer SMASLift, a non-surgical treatment using high- intensity focused ultrasound technology from Korea to contour, sculpt and rejuvenate skin.
SMASLift is a non-surgical treatment that uses the latest high intensity focused ultrasound technology from Korea. It is the eagerly anticipated secret to the elastic and radiant skin of Korean stars and celebrities. SMAS stands for Superficial Muscular Aponeurotic System and refers to the area between the dermis and the top layer of the muscle where all wrinkles and sagging skin occurs.
Unlike traditional Radiofrequency treatments that can only reach the dermis layer, SMASlift targets the deeper SMAS layer to lift, contour and sculpt it.
Spanning 1600 sq ft, The O Medical Clinic features the latest treatments and technologies in the medical aesthetics industry including Luminosity, the highly sought after treatment from Korea that helps patients achieve illuminating and glowing skin, and Clarity, the laser skin whitening treatment for pimples, spots, pigmentation.
The O Medical Clinic also offers a range of ONLY’s signature treatments including the Thermage Comfort Pulse Technology and Laser Painless Super Hair Removal.
Overcoming Entrepreneur problem
In the early days of starting ONLY, the greatest challenge faced by Adren was limited funding. Today through sheer perseverance and dedication, Adren’s success has seen his project of concept clinic chains launched throughout Southeast Asia.
“With the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) working closely with the healthcare and travel sectors to position Singapore as an advanced medical care destination, there is an increase in the number of foreigners seeking healthcare services in Singapore. We aim to target this high potential market with the opening of the O Medical Clinic,” says Adren.
Sports recovery and pain management is now also part of ONLY’s portfolio, partnering prominent institutions in the local sports industry such as S. League Champions (Tampines Rovers) and ONE Fighting Championship (ONE FC), Asia’s largest MMA organization. Their concept store, Absolute Zero at Pacific Plaza, was the first in Asia to offer Whole Body Cryotherapy services, a medical treatment using cold liquid nitrogen to counter pain and induce recovery.
The ONLY Group is due to launch their first regional outlet in Jakarta, Indonesia at the end of 2014.
“Life is about winning some and losing some but we need to win those that matters, and that makes the difference.”