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Product · AI / CV70 in validation study2025 — Present

SkinNavi

AI facial skin-analysis that replaces skincare trial-and-error with precision computer vision, validated with real users in the field before a line of production code shipped.

SkinNavi cover, app screens / hero shot
TimelineMay 2025 — Present
RoleFounder & Lead Engineer
StackFlutter · Supabase · YOLOv11 · TFLite · AWS
Validation70 interviews · 3 field deployments
Long story short

I built and validated an on-device skin-analysis product end-to-end, from the CV model to a compliant launch.

SkinNavi analyses a user's skin from a single photo and returns actionable, research-backed skincare recommendations. I owned the whole stack: the acne-detection model, the recommendation engine, auth and user-data flows. Just as importantly, I got out of the building to make sure people actually wanted it.

01Build

Trained and optimized a YOLOv11 acne model, converting it to TensorFlow Lite so analysis runs fully on-device. Private, fast, offline.

02Validate

Interviewed 70 people in the field and ran live booth demos to pressure-test demand and the analysis flow with real skin, not a dataset.

03Comply

When SaMD medical-device rules surfaced, I re-platformed the MVP onto LINE LIFF with zero rework of core logic, keeping launch on schedule.

Market validation

I talked to 70 people before trusting the product.

Rather than assume, I ran field interviews with 70 people and set up a booth to demo the analysis live. That's where I learned what a "recommendation" needs to feel like to be trusted, and which parts of the flow to cut. The booth doubled as an acquisition channel: onboarding real users on the spot.

How it works

On-device intelligence, compliant delivery.

On-device inference

YOLOv11 → TensorFlow Lite so acne analysis runs on the phone. No image ever leaves the device.

Custom JWT for LINE LIFF

Engineered a bespoke verification flow to turn LINE LIFF tokens into trusted app sessions.

SaMD-driven re-platform

Moved the MVP to LINE LIFF for medical-device compliance, reusing core logic to protect the timeline.

Analysis result
Recommendations
By the numbers
164users onboarded
70field interviews
3field deployments
100%on-device analysis
Roadmap

Where SkinNavi goes next.

Now · Shipping

Acne analysis & recommendations live on LINE LIFF

On-device inference, private and offline

164 users onboarded across 3 deployments

Next · In progress

Expand analysis beyond acne: redness, texture, pigmentation

Progress tracking to show skin change over time

Tighter recommendation matching from user feedback

Later · Exploring

Curated product marketplace & brand partnerships

Full SaMD certification pathway

Regional scale beyond initial launch market