Singapore, June 10 -- Slightly over a year ago, Ms Caitlin Lim noticed the circles around her eyes were getting darker. She visited an aesthetic clinic in the hope of a solution and took up the doctor's suggestion to use fillers.

"I had never considered injectables because I'm scared of needles, but I thought that I'd just try it," said the marketing executive, now 28. "The lack of fat around my cheeks created shadows under my eyes, and the fillers really made a difference."

A small volume of gel-like substance, injected just above her cheekbones, settled her concerns and made her face look fresh and plump, she said.

Like Ms Lim, a growing number of people in Singapore in their 20s and 30s are getting injectables to improve their facia...