OligoScan
An instant, non-invasive assessment of trace mineral and heavy metal levels taken directly from your tissue, identifying the nutritional deficiencies and toxic accumulations that may be silently affecting your energy, immunity, skin health and overall wellbeing.
What it is
Reveal what your body is missing.
The OligoScan delivers an instant, non-invasive assessment of trace mineral and heavy metal levels directly from your tissue. There is no blood draw and no waiting: a handheld spectrophotometer reads the tissue in the palm of your hand, and your results are available within minutes of the reading.
What it identifies are the nutritional deficiencies and toxic accumulations that may be silently affecting your energy, immunity, skin health and overall wellbeing, the kind of imbalance that rarely announces itself, but shapes how you feel day to day.
Mineral deficiency and heavy metal accumulation are both common contributors to persistent fatigue, and neither shows up unless you look for it.
EnergyTrace minerals underpin immune function. The scan shows where your levels sit, so supplementation addresses a measured gap rather than a guess.
ImmunitySkin is often where an internal imbalance becomes visible. Deficiencies and toxic load are assessed here as part of the wider picture behind a stubborn skin concern.
Skin healthThere are no needles. The reading is taken through the skin of the palm and takes a few minutes, with nothing sent to a laboratory.
Non-invasiveWhat it measures
Two readings, one scan.
Trace mineral levels
Your levels of the trace minerals the body depends on for energy production, immune function, hormone regulation and skin health, measured directly from tissue rather than inferred.
Heavy metal accumulation
Toxic accumulations that build up quietly through diet, environment and occupation, and that may be contributing to fatigue, inflammation or poor immune function.
Spectrophotometry, in the room
A handheld device takes an optical reading through the skin of the palm. Nothing is drawn, nothing is posted, and the analysis is available immediately.
“Testing changes the conversation. Once you can see a deficiency or a toxic load, the plan stops being generic advice and becomes a specific correction.”
Why it is useful
What the results change.
Results are available within minutes of the reading and discussed with you in the same appointment.
Deficiencies identified by the scan inform a personalised supplement or IV drip recommendation, so nothing is added speculatively.
Findings feed directly into a bespoke diet plan designed around what your results actually show.
A first scan gives you a reference point, so a repeat reading later shows whether the correction is working.
Why here
Testing that leads somewhere.
Read in clinical context
A result on its own is data. Here it is interpreted alongside your history, symptoms and any other testing, in a clinic led by a GMC-registered consultant dermatologist.
Connected to the plan
Findings feed into your bespoke diet plan, supplement protocol or IV drip. Testing is the first step of a programme, not a standalone report.
Part of a fuller panel
The clinic also offers micronutrient blood testing, gut microbiome analysis, food sensitivity panels and hormone testing where a deeper picture is needed.
Same-visit, no downtime
The scan takes minutes and can be carried out during a consultation, with no preparation, no needles and nothing to recover from.
Is it right for you
Who it suits.
- Persistent fatigue and low energy
- Frequent illness and poor immune function
- Stubborn skin concerns with no clear external cause
- Suspected nutritional deficiency
- Concern about heavy metal exposure
- A baseline before starting a longevity programme
- Non-invasive, with no needles and no blood draw
- Takes minutes, with results available immediately
- Best used to guide nutrition and supplementation, not to diagnose disease
- Often repeated later to measure progress
- Complements micronutrient, gut, food sensitivity and hormone testing
Your consultant
Interpreted by Dr Jinah Yoo.
Dr Jinah Yoo
MBChB FRCP · Consultant Dermatologist · FounderDr Yoo is a Korean, UK-trained consultant dermatologist and the founder and medical director of Dr Jinah Yoo Dermatology, with expertise spanning dermatology, immunology and aesthetic medicine.
Increasing research demonstrates the link between skin, gut, hormones and the immune system. Testing is how that link is established in an individual rather than assumed, which is why diagnostics sit at the front of every programme here.
- GMC-registered consultant dermatologist
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP)
- Expertise across dermatology, immunology and aesthetic medicine
- Delivered at the Dr Jinah Yoo Regenerative Centre
Your journey, step by step
What actually happens.
Consultation
Your symptoms, history and goals are discussed so the scan is read in context, and so we can advise whether further testing would add anything.
You commit to nothing at this stageThe scan
A handheld device takes readings through the skin of your palm. There is no preparation, no needles and nothing invasive about the process.
A few minutes, no discomfortYour results
Trace mineral levels and heavy metal accumulation are available immediately and talked through with you: what is low, what is elevated and what it may explain.
Discussed before you leaveWhat happens with the findings
Results inform a targeted plan: a bespoke diet plan, a personalised supplement protocol or a bespoke IV drip addressing the deficiencies identified. A repeat scan later measures the change.
Testing leads into the programmeThe clinic
45 Albemarle Street, Mayfair.
Questions
Asked before booking.
An instant, non-invasive assessment of trace mineral and heavy metal levels taken directly from your tissue, identifying the nutritional deficiencies and toxic accumulations that may be affecting your energy, immunity, skin health and overall wellbeing.
No. The reading is taken optically through the skin of the palm: there are no needles and no sample is sent to a laboratory.
The scan itself takes a few minutes and your results are available immediately, so they can be discussed in the same appointment.
No preparation is required, and there is nothing to recover from afterwards. Any specific guidance will be confirmed when you book.
Findings are interpreted in clinical context and used to guide a targeted plan: a bespoke diet plan, personalised supplements or a bespoke IV drip addressing the deficiencies identified.
The OligoScan gives an immediate, non-invasive picture of trace minerals and heavy metals in tissue. The micronutrient test is a detailed blood panel measuring vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and amino acids. They answer different questions and are often used together.
Yes. A first scan provides a baseline, and a repeat reading later shows whether the nutritional or supplement changes are having the intended effect.
Next step
Find out what your body is missing.
Book a consultation and the scan can be taken on the same visit, with your results discussed before you leave.
