Bingham Farms, MI

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Dr. Craig Singer, M.D., FAASD, FAAP

Board-Certified Dermatologist Specializing in Acne and Acne Scar Treatment

Founder, Acne Center of Michigan

Bingham Farms, Michigan

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Dr. Singer in Brief

Board-certified dermatologist specializing in acne and acne scar treatment

Founder of the Acne Center of Michigan

Advanced training in acne scar reconstruction with Dr. Mark Taylor and Dr. Peter Rullan

Member of the Acne and Rosacea Society and the International Peeling Society

Lecturer on acne scar treatment at the GLIDE Conference for Michigan Physician Assistants

Selected multiple years as a “Top Doctor” in Dermatology by physician peers in Hour Detroit
Magazine

Receives referrals from dermatologists and physicians throughout the region for complex acne
scar cases

Treats patients traveling from Michigan, neighboring states, and Canada

Why Patients Choose the Acne Center of Michigan

Patients seeking treatment for acne scarring often travel to the Acne Center of Michigan because of Dr. Singer’s focused expertise in advanced acne and acne scar treatment. His practice emphasizes a defect-oriented approach, carefully analyzing each scar type and selecting the most appropriate techniques to address the underlying structural causes of scarring.
Unlike practices that rely on a single procedure such as fractional laser resurfacing, treatment plans at the Acne Center of Michigan frequently combine multiple complementary techniques, including subcision, CROSS procedures, punch excision, chemical peeling, and laser resurfacing—to address the different components of acne scars.
Patients travel from across Michigan, neighboring states, and Canada seeking advanced treatment for acne scars. Dr. Singer also receives referrals from dermatologists and other physicians for patients requiring specialized evaluation and treatment of complex acne scars. reconstruction.
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About Dr. Singer

Dr. Craig Singer is a board-certified dermatologist specializing in acne and acne scar treatment and founder of the Acne Center of Michigan in Bingham Farms, Michigan. The practice is dedicated to the comprehensive evaluation and treatment of acne and acne scarring using advanced medical, surgical, laser, and chemical peeling techniques tailored to each patient’s specific scar types.
Many patients who seek care at the Acne Center of Michigan have previously undergone treatments elsewhere without satisfactory improvement. Dr. Singer’s approach emphasizes careful scar analysis and defect-oriented therapy, in which each scar type is individually addressed using the most appropriate technique.

Rather than relying on a single procedure, treatment plans frequently combine complementary procedures such as subcision, CROSS techniques, punch excision, laser resurfacing, and chemical peeling to address the structural causes of acne scars.

Dr. Singer treats patients from throughout Metro Detroit, across Michigan, and from neighboring
states including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Pennsylvania, as well as patients traveling from
Canada who seek advanced care for acne and acne scarring. He also receives referrals from dermatologists and other physicians throughout the region for patients requiring specialized evaluation and treatment of complex acne scars.

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Acne Treatment Expertise

Dr. Singer has developed extensive expertise in the medical management of acne, including:

  • Customized compounded topical acne therapies
  • Advanced acne treatment protocols
  • President of the dermatology board of the ABPS
  • Laser-based acne treatments including AviClear and the Fotona SP Dynamis laser platform
  • Chemical peeling techniques for acne treatment

Advanced Acne Scar Techniques

Dr. Singer utilizes a wide range of procedures to address the structural causes of acne scars,
including:

  • Taylor Liberator subcision
  • Cannula subcision
  • TCA CROSS and carbolic (phenol) CROSS
  • Punch excision and surgical removal of deep scars
  • Medium-depth chemical peeling
  • Fine-focused laser resurfacing for scar edges and pits
  • Combination resurfacing and scar reconstruction protocols

Treatments are often combined within a single treatment session to maximize improvement and
address multiple scar types simultaneously.

Training in Acne Scar Revision

Dr. Singer has pursued extensive hands-on training with internationally recognized leaders in acne scar treatment.

He trained with Dr. Peter Rullan, studying advanced acne scar procedures including the “acne scar trio” approach, which combines carbolic CROSS, cannula subcision, and fractional erbium laser resurfacing.

He has also spent multiple training sessions in Salt Lake City with Dr. Mark Taylor, a pioneer in modern acne scar surgery. During this training he studied:

Taylor Liberator subcision

Fine-focused laser resurfacing using the Fotona SP Dynamis platform

Full-ablation laser techniques for uneven scar edges and mounds

Fractional CO₂ and fractional erbium laser blending

Punch excision of deep scars

Integration of chemical peeling within scar reconstruction protocols
Dr. Singer also received advanced chemical peeling training under Dr. Harold Brody and Dr. Carlos Wambier, including medium-depth chemical peeling, TCA CROSS, carbolic CROSS, and Hetter peeling techniques.

Education and Training

University of Pennsylvania 1991— bachelor’s degree with Honors (Cum Laude)

Mount Sinai School of Medicine 1995 — Medical Degree

Mount Sinai Hospital, Pediatrics residency 1995-1998

Dermatology Residency 2006-2008— Northwest Dermatology Group program, with academic training at Wayne State University Department of Dermatology & dermatopathology training at William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak

Professional Memberships

  • Acne and Rosacea Society
  • International Peeling Society
  • American Board of Physician Specialties — Dermatology Board Member, former President

Clinical Philosophy

Acne scars rarely improve with a single treatment. Meaningful improvement typically requires a defect-oriented approach combining multiple procedures tailored to each individual scar type.