Soon to enter in south & east; to take franchise route for tier II & III expansion: Sakhiya Founder

Known for its distinctive approach of extended world-class skin care solutions to people, from all across Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Vadodara, Vapi, Rajkot and Surat, Sakhiya Skin Clinic chose to commemorate this milestone by launching its first clinic in national capital.

Apparently, Sakhiya Skin Clinic is backed by upto 95 per cent satisfied clients with latest laser technology for skin rejuvenation, acne treatment, hair removal and other allied skin treatments likes Diode 810nm Laser for different skin types.

The Clinic Founder Dr Jagdish Sakhiya had successfully managed the brand in western region market with his team of 12 Dermatologists, 10 Assistant Doctors, 28 Therapists, 14 Counsellors and 10 Nurses among others.

Talking about his northern region endeavour, Sakhiya explained, “Being located in the heart of the national capital is an apt opportunity for us. With our continuous endeavour, we would provide the best of service and highly effective skin care solutions to our clients. The ideology of Sakhiya Skin Clinic is simple- to provide a walk in - walk out solution to achieve flawless beauty - medically.”

Meanwhile, Priyanka Srivastava, Dermatologist, Sakhiya Skin Clinic added, “Special care is taken to train each of these stakeholders and this is overseen directly by Dr Sakhiya himself. Apart from the procedures the staffs are also given ample exposure to good counselling practices, good clinic keeping practices, on health & hygiene and need of sterility in the clinics. The clinic operates under strict Standard Operating Protocols (SOPs) which has led it to receive an ISO 9001: 2008 certification.”

Being a significantly part of the industry for over 10 years, and successfully fulfilling the emerging needs of a scientific and medical approach towards the betterment of skin and beauty,  Dr. Sakhiya’s vision is to extend world-class skincare solutions to smaller cities and non metros, other than metro cities.

Advanced technology used in the clinic includes:
• Laser Hair Removal with US FDA approved Diode 810nm Laser for types of skin. Skin rejunavation by IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) Technology for various skin indications
• Skin tightening with most advanced Radio Frequency Technology
• Skin Scar Treatment with Latest CO2 Fractional Laser
• Skin Pigment and Tattoo removal with Best Q-Switched Laser Machine
• PRP (Platelet-rich-Plasma) & Stem-cell Treatments for Skin and Hair re-growth

Added services
Sakhiya Clinics offer best outcome from combining different technologies and line of treatments. Its a vision of veteran dermatologist, Dr Jagdish Sakhiya who had perceived about 17 years ago and has achieved commendable results in the past 10 years of its existence along with thousands of satisfied and loyal clientele.

The beginning
“Like most clinics, our skin center had a humble beginning in 1998 in the small city of Surat. Luckily, we were able to satisfy patients with our treatment modalities and we grew by the sheer power of word of mouth,” said Dr. Sukhiya

Unveiling about initial hiccups of his venture, he said, “We face challenges from local cosmetic physicians and beauty parlour, who claim to give the same results as we do.”

However, beating all the odds and challenges, with a current turnover of Rs. 8 crore, Sakhiya Skin Clinic aims to grow annually by 30 per cent.

Therapeutic areas eyeing at
“We are looking to enter into highly specialised hair transplant market on PAN India level. There are many private physicians and hair transplant clinics but very few are doing quality procedures and most of the patients are not satisfied with outcome of hair transplant,” informed Dr. Sukhiya.

The bootstrapped venture was set-up, keeping in mind the emerging need of a scientific and medically approved procedure to enhance beauty.

Commenting over his expansion plans, Dr. Sukhiya said, “We are dealing majorly into wellbeing segment and have plans to expand in tier II and III cities through franchise model. We have covered almost entire Gujarat with 4 centres in Ahmedabad, Baroda, Rajkot, Surat along with Mumbai and New Delhi. We have robust expansion to spread our presence in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai with second centre and in Kolkata.”

He further added, “We are also planning to bring few international brands in wellness segment, but it is still in nascent stage and yet to finalise.”

The brand has also launched a mobile app, which is free to download through Android Play store and will soon be available for IOS phones also.

Not just Indian market, but the brand has big plans to foray in overseas markets also with presence in Dubai, Singapore and Sri Lanka in near future.