Dr Jinah Yoo
MBChB FRCP · Korean, UK-trained consultant dermatologist, founder of Dr Jinah Yoo Dermatology, and one of London's leading specialists in pigmentation, acne and skin of colour.
Her story
Trained in two systems. Fluent in both.
Dr Yoo grew up with Korean dermatology (a culture where skin is examined, protected and treated a decade ahead of the West) and trained as a physician in the United Kingdom, where diagnosis is rigorous, evidence is demanded and consultants carry responsibility for their patients by name.
Her practice sits deliberately between the two. The regenerative protocols, devices and skinboosters she works with are those used in Seoul's leading clinics, often introduced to London by her first, but nothing is offered until a proper diagnosis says it's right. That order of operations, diagnosis before treatment, is the founding principle of her clinic.
Credentials
Qualified, examined, elected.
Qualified in medicine, followed by full dermatology specialist training in the UK. GMC-registered consultant dermatologist on the specialist register.
Elected Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in recognition of her ongoing contribution to dermatology.
Master's in Skin Ageing and Aesthetic Medicine, University of Manchester, final-year research on facial hyperpigmentation. One of two Master's degrees.
Trained and observed at leading pigment and cosmetic dermatology clinics across the USA, Singapore and South Korea.
“It is important to get the diagnosis right before the treatment. Everything else in my clinic follows from that one sentence.”
Special interests
Where her expertise runs deepest.
Hyperpigmentary disorders
Her defining specialism: melasma, post-inflammatory pigmentation, freckles and lentigines, including founding the first NHS-based hyperpigmentation service. Her Master's research focused on facial hyperpigmentation.
Acne, rosacea and their aftermath
Medication-free laser programmes for active acne and rosacea, and scar-by-scar treatment of the texture they leave behind, across all skin tones.
Cosmetic & regenerative dermatology
Lifting, tightening and skin-quality treatments grounded in her MSc in Skin Ageing, combining energy devices with the regenerative protocols of Korean practice.
Skin lymphoma & complex diagnosis
A consultant's medical foundation: special interest in skin lymphoma, lesion diagnosis and the conditions that need a physician before they need a device.
Career
The road to Albemarle Street.
Korea, then the United Kingdom
Medical and dermatology training across two systems, the foundation of a practice that reads skin through both a Korean and a Western lens, across all skin tones.
Two Master's degrees, one specialism
An MSc in Skin Ageing and Aesthetic Medicine at the University of Manchester, awarded with Distinction, with final-year research on facial hyperpigmentation.
Learning from the world's best
Observerships at leading pigment and cosmetic dermatology clinics in the USA, Singapore and South Korea. The protocols seen there shape the programmes offered at her clinic today.
First NHS hyperpigmentation service
Established the first NHS-based hyperpigmentation service at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, bringing specialist pigment care to patients who previously had nowhere to be referred.
Dr Jinah Yoo Dermatology, Mayfair
Founder and Medical Director of her CQC-registered clinic at 45 Albemarle Street, elected FRCP, featured across the national press, and leading every consultation herself.
Next step
Your skin, seen by Dr Yoo herself.
Every consultation at the clinic is led personally by Dr Yoo: examined, imaged and explained by the physician who treats you.
