With her state-of-the-art clinic opening this month, Dr Hanan Marafie has covered yet another milestone in the field of aesthetic skincare and medicine. But she’s not stopping there!

It all started in 2005 when Dr Hanan AW Marafie opened her full-time private Marafie Skin and Aesthetic Clinic in Seef area, with her experience of 15 years in the field of dermatology, venereology and aesthetic medicine. She gained this experience through years of practice in government teaching hospitals in various countries.

Five years down the line, she is now opening her brand new clinic in Dream Tower, near Dana Mall. There are two different departments in this skin and aesthetic clinic — the dermatology department, with four sections, and laser department, with six sections. The clinic provides complete privacy and top-of-the-line treatment to patients.

Dr Marafie is a specialist in the field of dermatology and venereology and has studied at institutes in England and Cairo. She is certified by the Board of the American Academy of Aesthetic Medicine and is an international fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology.

She later studied health care management and is now doing her masters in ethics and law. Her degree in healthcare management and patient feedback has helped her provide a better environment at the new clinic.

“Patient comfort and trust is the foremost priority at the clinic,” says Dr Marafie. “I also took patients’ suggestions over the last five years in consideration to create a better environment for them.” Along with providing outstanding services, the clinic is very serious about maintaining patient confidentiality.

“Dermatology and aesthetic surgery is something quite personal and people want to maintain their privacy. If a patient wants to go in and out as quietly as possible from the clinic, then we provide them the means to be discreet.” Dr Marafie notes, “In the new clinic, patient privacy is guaranteed in every department. Also, instead of waiting about in the clinic to pay at the registration, patients can pay in their room and leave directly.”

The road to success wasn’t easy given the healthy competition in the medical field, but Dr Marafie has reached where she is today by conquering the obstacles in her way. “I not only wanted to be a part of this field, but also to improve it. I have got a lot of support over the years from Bahrain Development Bank. They financed me when I opened the clinic in 2005 and they continued to offer support so that I could open a high-quality clinic with the latest technology on offer.”