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With so many aesthetic clinics and beauty salons competing for the same customers, standing out is a real challenge. That is why skin analysis is gaining attention as a way to raise the quality of consultations and improve customer satisfaction. The catch is that traditional skin analysis devices come with high purchase and operating costs, which keeps many businesses from adopting them.
Skincare Pro, the AI skin analysis tool from Perfect Corp., solves that problem. It requires no dedicated hardware and no setup fee, and delivers professional-grade skin analysis on a single iPad. It is easy for independently owned salons to adopt, works for short-term use at pop-up events, and is already used in a wide range of settings.
This article covers Skincare Pro's key features, the benefits of adopting it, how to use it, and real-world case studies.
Table of Contents
- What Is Skincare Pro? Professional AI Skin Analysis on a Single iPad
- Key Features of Skincare Pro
- Where Can Skincare Pro Be Used?
- Case Studies: 3 Real-World Examples
- 3 Benefits of Adopting Skincare Pro
- How to Use Skincare Pro in 5 Steps
What Is Skincare Pro? Professional AI Skin Analysis on a Single iPad
Skincare Pro is an AI skin analysis tool that delivers professional-grade results using nothing more than an iPad. Simply take a photo of the face with the camera, and the skin is analyzed in as little as 7 seconds. Up to 16 skin concerns, including spots, wrinkles, and moisture, are visualized as scores and images.
Beyond analysis, Skincare Pro includes features that support consultations and product recommendations based on the results, so you can suggest skincare products and treatments tailored to each customer's skin condition and concerns. Results can also be saved and managed per customer, which makes it easy to compare against past data and provide ongoing consultations.
Key Features of Skincare Pro
1. Instantly analyzes up to 16 skin concerns
Skincare Pro is powered by AI trained on more than 70,000 labeled data samples. It analyzes up to 16 concerns: spots, wrinkles, texture, dark circles, eye bags, moisture, oiliness, redness, acne, pores, radiance, firmness, droopy upper eyelids, droopy lower eyelids, and tear troughs.
It also shows skin age, skin type, and an overall score, giving you a view of each customer's skin from multiple angles.
2. Easy to adopt with no dedicated hardware
Install the app on an iPad you already own and you can start using Skincare Pro the same day. Unlike conventional large skin analysis machines, there is no equipment to install, so it can be used flexibly anywhere in your store.
The interface is simple and intuitive, so no specialized knowledge is required. Staff can quickly share how to use it with one another, which supports efficient operations that do not depend on individual experience or skill.
3. AI skin analysis technology verified through clinical testing
Skincare Pro is not only easy to use, it is also highly accurate. The technology was developed under the supervision of dermatologists, and its accuracy has been verified through clinical testing.
In August 2022, a clinical study was conducted with 50 participants of different genders, ages, and ethnicities to measure how closely the AI's results matched physicians' assessments of skin condition. Perfect Corp. continues to strengthen the reliability of the technology through repeated accuracy verification based on objective data.
4. Works for events and retail stores
Skincare Pro can be used in many settings, from customer service at cosmetics stores to pop-up events, trade shows, and limited-time campaigns.
Short-term use is supported, so it can be operated flexibly to match the scale, duration, and purpose of your event. Skin analysis creates a touchpoint with shoppers and visitors, leading to product recommendations matched to each person's skin and, ultimately, to more sales.
5. Monthly subscription with no setup fee
Skincare Pro is a subscription service with no setup fee, so you can start professional AI skin analysis while keeping upfront costs low.
Plans start from as short as one month, so you can begin small, see how it works in practice, and expand from there. Multiple plans are available based on the number of concerns analyzed and your intended use, making it easy to adopt at a level that fits the size and needs of your business.
Where Can Skincare Pro Be Used?
Skincare Pro is suited to aesthetic clinics and beauty salons, and also to cosmetics retailers, pop-up events, and many other settings.
Aesthetic clinics
Clinics can use Skincare Pro for pre-treatment consultations and skin assessment. Visualizing spots, wrinkles, pores, and other concerns as scores and images gives a more concrete picture of each patient's skin concerns. With the results as a reference, treatment options and plans are easier to explain, which improves patient understanding and confidence.
Because analysis can be done anywhere, whether in the waiting room, consultation room, or treatment room, you can make good use of waiting time and run consultations more efficiently.
Beauty salons
Salons can use Skincare Pro for first-visit consultations and for recommending facial treatments matched to each customer's concerns. Explaining skin condition clearly based on the results leads to treatments and home-care product recommendations that customers feel confident about. Regular analysis makes changes in the skin visible over time, which encourages repeat visits and sets you apart from other salons.
With no setup fee and only an iPad required, even independently owned and small salons can adopt it easily at low cost.
Cosmetics retailers
In cosmetics stores, recommending products based on analysis results builds customer confidence and drives purchases. It also gives shoppers a reason to visit the store.
Using objective results makes customer service less dependent on each staff member's experience and knowledge. That keeps service quality consistent across the store and supports reliable product recommendations.
Pop-up events
At pop-up events and limited-time campaigns, Skincare Pro works as interactive content that draws visitors in. Because skin is analyzed in as little as 7 seconds, the experience runs smoothly even at busy events.
The results become a conversation starter for introducing products and building interest in the brand, which leads to purchases. Since it runs on a single iPad and supports short-term use, it can be deployed flexibly even with limited space or a short event period.
Case Studies: 3 Real-World Examples
Skincare Pro and Perfect Corp.'s AI skin analysis are used by beauty retailers, aesthetic practices, and clinics around the world. Here is how three businesses use the technology and the results they have reported.
The Body Shop UAE
The Body Shop UAE, which operates 49 stores in the UAE, adopted Skincare Pro (Premium) to personalize the customer journey, strengthen advisor credibility, and stand out in a highly competitive market.
In store, customers receive a skin analysis that identifies concerns such as hydration, redness, spots, and wrinkles. The app then generates personalized day and night routines using The Body Shop's products, and store advisors use the results to support their recommendations.
The brand reports an increase in basket size of up to 50%. Monthly in-store skin analyses have at times surpassed 1,000 scans, and 50% of customers who completed an analysis downloaded their personalized report.
Read the full The Body Shop UAE success story
Beauty By Dr. Kay
Beauty By Dr. Kay is the Pasadena, California practice of facial plastic surgeon Dr. Kay Durairaj. She wanted patients to take an active role in building their own treatment plans.
The practice runs a Skincare Pro skin analysis at check-in for each office visit. Results are added to the patient's electronic medical record, patients receive a copy of their scores, and the scores are used during treatments and to recommend products. In consultations, the Skincare Pro AI Aesthetic Simulator shows simulated treatment outcomes on the patient's own face.
Dr. Kay reports a 30% increase in product sales among patients who are scanned with the AI skin analysis.
Read the full Beauty By Dr. Kay success story
AIREM
AIREM is a medical aesthetics practice founded by facial plastic surgeon Dr. Eunice Park, with centers in The Hamptons and on Long Island. Dr. Park wanted technology that could quantify skin condition before and after treatments and show the benefits of the practice's AIREM Essentials skincare line.
Dr. Park runs Perfect Corp.'s Real-Time AI Skin Analysis on an iPad during consultations. The camera captures the image automatically when the client holds up the iPad, and patients review their scores and visuals and use them to track progress after treatment.
AIREM reports a 31% increase in recurrent guest visits and a 47% increase in average client spend per visit for procedures, from $541 to $795.
Read the full AIREM success story
3 Benefits of Adopting Skincare Pro
Skincare Pro does more than visualize skin condition. It can improve service quality, streamline operations, and raise customer satisfaction. It benefits the clinics, salons, and companies that adopt it, as well as frontline staff and customers.
Here are the three main benefits.
1. Visualize skin condition for more convincing consultations
Customers often find it hard to accurately understand their own skin concerns and condition. With Skincare Pro, AI analysis results are shown as scores and images, so staff and customers can understand the skin's condition from the same information. Explaining while looking at spots and wrinkles on screen conveys visually what is hard to get across in words alone.
Using this objective data deepens customer understanding and supports consultations tailored to each person's skin concerns.
2. More efficient service and standardized quality
At clinics and salons, consultation content can vary with each staff member's experience and knowledge. With Skincare Pro, AI analysis results and preset advice serve as a shared reference, which reduces variation in what different staff members say.
Because analysis takes very little time, it also fits efficiently into limited consultation time.
3. Supports product recommendations and ongoing follow-up
Skincare Pro helps with product recommendations based on analysis results and with ongoing customer follow-up. Introducing products and treatments matched to skin condition lets you make recommendations that address each customer's concerns.
If results are saved, you can compare them with past data during the next visit. Seeing how their skin has changed gives customers a reason to reflect on their daily care and supports a lasting relationship.
How to Use Skincare Pro in 5 Steps
Finally, here is the basic workflow in five steps, from taking the photo to reviewing the results and sharing them with the customer.
STEP 1: Take a photo of the face with the iPad
Launch the Skincare Pro app on your iPad and start a skin analysis. Follow the on-screen guidance to position the face in the camera and take the photo.
STEP 2: AI automatically analyzes the skin
The AI automatically analyzes skin condition from the captured image. Analysis takes as little as about 7 seconds and covers up to 15 concerns, including spots, wrinkles, and pores.
STEP 3: Review the results
Once analysis is complete, the skin score for each concern, skin age, and more appear on screen. You can review the customer's current skin condition together while looking at the scores and images.
STEP 4: Consult based on the results
Recommend skincare products and treatments according to the results. With the product recommendation feature, you can display recommended products matched to the customer's skin condition right on screen.
STEP 5: Save and share the results
Results can be shared with the customer by QR code, email, or printout. Analysis history is saved per customer, so you can compare against past results at the next visit.
Summary: Make Skin Analysis Easier and Simpler with Skincare Pro
This article introduced the key features of the AI skin analysis tool Skincare Pro, how to use it, and real-world case studies.
Skin analysis does come with adoption hurdles, such as "I'd like to try it, but I'm worried about the cost" and "I'm not sure my staff can run it properly." Skincare Pro was created to address exactly those hurdles, making professional AI skin analysis easier and simpler to use. With no dedicated hardware or setup fee and a simple interface, even stores and facilities adopting skin analysis for the first time can get started with ease.
Perfect Corp. offers a 14-day free trial so you can experience Skincare Pro's features and usability for yourself. If you want to bring it into your own services, or check real analysis results and ease of use, start your free trial of Skincare Pro.
Frequently Asked Questions About Skincare Pro
Q. Can I try it for free?
Yes. Skincare Pro offers a 14-day free trial. During the trial, you can use every feature of the Premium plan, including analysis of up to 16 skin concerns.
Q. Do I need an internet connection to use it?
Yes. An internet connection is required to run skin analysis and save data. We recommend using it on a stable connection.
Q. Is there a setup fee? Is there a minimum contract period?
There is no setup fee. Skincare Pro is a subscription service billed monthly or annually, and the monthly plan is available from as short as one month.
Q. Can it be used across multiple stores?
Yes. Multi-store use is supported. Settings configured at headquarters can be applied to all store devices at once, and customer data registered at each store can be managed centrally from the headquarters account.
Q. How many skin analysis results can be saved?
It depends on the plan you choose, but up to 5,000 analysis results can be saved. You can increase that limit by adding licenses.
