Celebrity Doctor on BEST Skincare Routine, Remove Acne & Pimples | Dr Rashmi x Raghav | Supertalks

Celebrity Doctor on BEST Skincare Routine, Remove Acne & Pimples | Dr Rashmi x Raghav | Supertalks

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Title: Celebrity Doctor on BEST Skincare Routine, Remove Acne & Pimples | Dr Rashmi x Raghav | Supertalks

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Description: The skin you see on Bollywood actors is not entirely real.

The lighting. The post-production. The treatments most of them never talk about. Dr Rashmi Shetty knows exactly what goes into it. Because she has worked with them.

In this episode of Supertalks, Raghav sits down with Dr Rashmi Shetty, one of India's most celebrated celebrity dermatologists. With 22+ years of experience, 50,000+ patients treated and 500+ global invited lectures, she is the dermatologist behind some of Bollywood's most iconic skin. Author of Age Erase. Founder of SolSkin and Ra Supplements, India's first beauty supplement line created and formulated by a dermatologist.

And in this conversation she told us everything the beauty industry does not want you to know.

The reality of Bollywood skin and how much of it is lighting, filters and post-production. What actually gives you flawless and spotless skin. The right diet for glowing skin and what most Indians are doing wrong. Why Vitamin C does not work for skin lightening for everyone. Why sleep is the single most important thing you can do for healthy skin. Natural remedies like besan for skin glowing — myth or fact? The truth about sunscreen and who actually needs what. And how to understand your own skin type so you stop wasting money on products that were never meant for you.

This episode will save you money. It will save you time. And it will give you the skin advice that most Indians only get if they can afford a celebrity dermatologist.

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Dr Rashmi Shetty is a celebrity dermatologist, international faculty and author of Age Erase with 22+ years of experience and 50,000+ patients. Founder of SolSkin and Ra Supplements. She has worked with leading Bollywood celebrities and delivered 500+ invited lectures globally.

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Timestamps :
00:00 – Introduction
03:23 – Dr Rashmi Shetty x Raghav Sharma
03:46 – Why you can’t get Bollywood or Korean skin
06:50 – How sleep and circadian rhythm control your skin
13:01 – How many hours of sleep does skin need?
15:04 – Bollywood skin reality: lighting, makeup and discipline
17:38 – The skin routine that starts before skincare
23:42 – The only 3 products to start with
25:01 – Live skin rating by a dermatologist
27:19 – Dark circles: is it your skin or lighting?
30:42 – Fillers: what goes wrong, what actors really get done
36:05 – Is your gut ruining your skin?
39:35 – Body acne and the truth about oiling
43:38 – Indian rituals that actually work for skin
46:44 – North vs South Indian skin: who ages differently?
50:59 – Can you beat your skin genes?
53:01 – Litmus test: is your face wash too acidic?
55:06 – Sunscreen, SPF and shower mistakes
1:00:16 – Fixing pigmentation and dark underarms
1:03:05 – Audience Q&A: melasma, moles and anti-aging
1:07:33 – Myth or fact: besan, aloe vera, toothpaste and coffee
1:09:24 – Her one piece of advice for every skin type

Transcript:
(00:00) There's some Bollywood actors and I heard offcreen that you felt that their skin is not that good. skin like mother shak you know it with bright lights and there is makeup and there's post-prouction everything is cleaned off please all of you people who look at your faces in the mirror and say oh my god why am I not looking like them they also don't look like themselves so don't get very funny so if you are looking at Korean skin regime and you think you will get a Korean skin as an Indian it's not going to happen
(00:29) >> and why is that so >> because of the >> is there anything that you can do on the cheek in order to get it right. >> A filler made off where it goes wrong. Some people end up getting their chin done too long. A lot of permutation combination where you get a wow result from it or bad result >> for pimples and acne.
(00:47) [music] Multani miti plus aloe vera gel for dan works really. >> I see a lot of people take it like this. Do this this this and just apply. That's the worst thing to do to the >> all boys can relate. >> How can we understand [music] the role of cut for a healthy skin? The minute you eat either you're bloating or you're burping or you're uncomfortable.
(01:06) So all of this you will end up seeing to know that yes yesterday what I ate did not sit well with you. >> What are the top three things one should not eat for a healthy >> dairy is something that you can avoid. Anything that is processed cannot be without har preservatives in that. What is the biggest culprit? So you completely cut down anything that tastes sweet to your mouth.
(01:25) So for all the women who are say 40 or in their 50s what one [music] skincare magical and wise >> everything that we spoke today is something you [music] sit take a pen and paper and write it down follow all of that look at these things and these will really honestly With the onset of AI now I don't need to go to an expert or a doctor everything just a click away but in this course of due time the sense of touch is getting lost
(02:12) somewhere human connection we have carefully created this conversation which will help you you understand your own body and skin This is a safe space for you to be you. We have with us Dr. Rashmi Shetty with over 20 years of experience as a specialized dermatologist. Having worked with Bollywood actors and actresses like Yami Gotham, Tamana Bhya, Nagjuna, one of my favorites, she will make you understand that what it really takes to have a skin like that.
(02:47) what you need to know about your own skin, some myths to burst and simple things to follow in your own life. This is not a hacked podcast because hacks usually don't work last. This episode is for a lifetime. I'm sure that by the end of it, you will become rather you'll take one thing with you that will that would make your skin thank you.
(03:13) Consider subscribing because Super Talk is not just a podcast channel. We've been running an engine for the last 10 years for underpriv children in Delhi. So when you subscribe, I promise to bring amazing conversations like these while this also helps in nation building. Let's start this episode. Subell, I want to know that I heard that you've been treating a lot of celebrities.
(03:30) You are the celebrity doctor. More than celebrity, I feel even your skin is flawless. I better know. >> Yeah, absolutely. [laughter] papan [laughter] the whole point is I keep telling patients Korean skin ethnicity genetically >> because of the way they are born plus because of the let's say air the food the humidity >> everything around them there is a certain type of skin >> okay >> they do have a even complexion anyways >> they do have a poreless skin Anyways, >> they are they have a obviously fair complexion anyways.
(04:14) >> So if you are looking at Korean skin regime and you think you will get a Korean skin as an Indian, it's not going to happen. Likewise, if you see somebody a movie star or for example, now you're appreciating my skin. Thank you for it. My skin and think that my skin will become like her skin if I do her skinincare regime.
(04:34) That is not going to happen. >> And why is that so? That is because like I said my genes is my genes >> there's not one thing that is determining what I eat is what I eat. So everybody thinks so I want a skin like let's say hypothetically sha yeah or or whoever madik shakapur someone but they don't understand it's not just skincare regime any of these actresses or anyone they eat regimentally they work out like crazy they don't have one wrong meal for a long long time they resist all temptation they they have doctors who tell them what to do you know multip
(05:13) Multiple things go into the ultimate thing that you're seeing is good skin. Your health has to be optimum. Your hormones have to be at its best. Your nutrition has to be at it best. Your mind mood has to be at its best. Your lifestyle has to be at it best. And of course, your genetically have to be from a good gene pool.
(05:31) >> That's when you will get it. But does that mean that other people cannot improve their skin? Of course you can because the rest is improvable, right? Your lifestyle, your health, your hormone, your nutrition, all this can be balanced, improved, tweaked to the best possible way. M >> you can get good to great is easy >> bad to good is easy >> but if you go and say I want your complexion and I will sit with a drip that's not going to happen right so about Bollywood actors so in regime if you say that they're having all the
(06:02) doctors in the world still what are the problems they're facing >> same problem like you and they'll also have acne they'll also have dark circle they'll also have a day when the skin just doesn't behave They'll also have a day when the skin looks dull. >> They'll also have a day when they woke up with some allergy or a rash or a bloating.
(06:22) >> Dr. I found Shalpa Shetty saying she treated my skin after a few doctors couldn't figure out what was going on. Sia Ma saying help me in issues. I had seen many doctors got no results. I only trust her. Nargi says, "I only trust her to make my skin looking flawless." So what is that? Celebrities.
(06:46) I want my audience to get the same skin after today's episode. >> Let me tell you like I go back to the basics. >> Okay. >> So the first thing you should do is take a pen and paper today >> and [clears throat] write your whole day story. What time do you wake up? What time do you go to bed? How many meals do you eat? What do you eat? What is your skincare regime? How happy you are? um certain things in your life.
(07:10) For example, if you're a woman, is your periods on time? Um or do you have any issues just before the period? Is there a breast tenderness or do you suddenly have acne or do you suddenly have hair issues? So you see all this seasonally what is happening? Do you have dandruff in certain season? So all of what food gives you bloating? Which food when you eat you feel bloated, burpy, not happy? So you have to literally be very watchful of yourself.
(07:38) That's the step one. And simple things you do to regulate each one. For example, start with saying, "Let me sleep on time and wake up on time." If you do that, the minute your sleep cycle is adjusted, that adjusts your circadian rhythm, which means it will also feed into your hormonal cycle.
(08:03) So if I simply start sleeping at let's say 10 or 11:00 in the night >> and wake up at 5 or 6:00 in the morning and if I do that every day for 21 days you will actually see your skin improve circadium circadian rhythm what does that mean any other clock everything cycles in a cycle. So that cycle of our body which is 24-hour cycle is called as a circadian rhythm.
(08:39) >> Wake up say next day. So when you open your eyes the circadian rhythm starts because when you open your eyes the light falls into the retina. The retina kickstarts your hormonal cycle which means your cortisol which is so-called your stress hormone starts to trigger that secretes that's your wake up hormone as well and then your thyroids start to produce your your sex hormones trigger your lot of your entire body function triggers and then by the end of the day all of these hormones slowly slowly slowly start to come down and the
(09:18) sleep hormones start to trigger uh which is in the morning also along with your eye opening your happy hormones also get secreted the serotonin then they slowly kind of convert into something called as melatonin. So melatonin is your sleep hormone that happens as the light goes down, as your mind calms down, as the cortisol level goes down and it kickstarts the melatonin cycle.
(09:43) That is your sleep cycle, right? The body starts to rest, calm down, all of that repair cycle happens at that time. Your skin relaxes, pores open, your body start starts to repair itself from within, starts to slow down, metabolism, all that will happen. Therefore, we say in the night don't have a big meal >> because the metabolism has slowed down by then, >> right? So this is your and you sleep well.
(10:05) >> This is your circadian rhythm. Therefore, if you disturb this, which means to say if you end up having a big meal at 10:00 in the night when your metabolism is slowed down, it'll only irritate your gut. And then if you get very active in the night, watch a YouTube flicker whatever channel bright light into your eyes, you're activating the body which instead of now secretreting melatonin which has to calm you is secretreting cortisol which is a stress hormone.
(10:33) >> So you have killed your body basically the cycle. So if I would just want to understand skin in terms of of the bad sleep, how would you make me understand that when we don't sleep well, how does my skin affect? Like if I sleep, >> the skin doesn't calm down. No, like I said, skin doesn't calm down in the night >> and in the night when you're sleeping is when the skin repair also happens.
(10:56) >> That also doesn't happen. And all the morning's damage that has happened because of sun pollution let's say your makeup let's say whatever you scratched your face irritated your face all that has to calm down repair rejuvenate at night so the next day it is ready for another abuse but if you don't do that you're constantly just abuse abuse abuse abuse abuse so the skin is going to fire back and in the night when you sleep well is also when all the ang not angry all the highwired hormones like cortisol go easy and those are the ones also
(11:29) sometimes can give you increased eczema your skin redness rash increases acne happens all that with certain hormones which throw inflammation up now all those also come down in the night so if you don't sleep all of them are triggered all the time you don't want that happening so that is your circadian rhythm >> all right >> then there's two other rhythms which is very less talked about >> one is um alradian rhythm and the other I forgot the name.
(11:59) So basically one is less than 24 hours the other is once in a month kind of a rhythm. The less than 24 hours which is like two to three hour vala rhythm is something like you feel hungry every now and then your um what do you call it maybe your thirst cycle sleep cycle in the sleep also there is nonrm sleep >> so all of those little little cycles that the body is happening which is 2 to three hour cycle >> is [clears throat] a smaller cycle >> that rhythm also you should not disrupt because that feeds the bigger rhythm then the bigger rhythm if it is in place
(12:31) you sleep well you do this your hormones fall into place your periods will come on time. That is the bigger cycle again. >> So that is once in a month kind of cycle. Skin grows and sheds once in a month. Hair grows and sheds depending on your anogen cyclically. >> So body also has this longer cycle. So there are ultra short cycle, 24-hour cycle, ultra long cycle, >> right? >> One feeds into the other.
(12:55) So all the three cycles are in nice rhythm. Your body, skin, everything will glow. >> How much sleep is required for a good skin? 6 to 8 hours but I need 10 hours. So [laughter] it depends on people. I've heard Shah Rukhan has 4 hours sleep. So point is it does he have a good skin? I I don't think so from what I analyze and look at it.
(13:19) But my whole point is you need to um make sure you know what it feels like. Like for example like I said I need 10 hours to really recuperate because I'm super active in my wakeful hours. So I think my brain my body just collapses at night and I need that 10 hours when I wake up. But there are a lot of people for whom 6 hours is enough. So your body is your rhythm.
(13:44) So you need to know that's why I said you need to know. Many of times I tell my patients you know we have in our clinic once we finish our basic consultation stuff like that we also do dive a lot into their nutrition their general health their hormonal health everything. M so one of the things that we give is specific nutrition things to tell them yeah don't eat I always tell them everything is good for skin but is more important for me you don't eat this but when you don't eat something I tell them this is blanket but for example for some
(14:16) people >> milk is perfectly all right >> but for some people you even have one cube of cheese the next day you have an acclaim >> so again that is your gut Not everything there is no general rules for people. There are some general rules that we tell you but there is more specific thing is what you need to look at for your body.
(14:39) So in general to answer your question shortly 6 hours to 10 hours is good sleep. >> Right. >> You see whether you're a 6-hour person, 8 hour person or a 10our person. >> Right. Right. So as I could understand is that you need a good sleep in order to repair your skin and how how long the duration has to be decided as per your body's requirement.
(15:01) If you're super active like Dr. Shetty then you should sleep 10 hours. [laughter] >> So I see that there's some Bollywood actors and I heard offcreen that you felt that their skin is not that good. >> Correct. >> Still people on screen love them for them for who they are. Come on, you are in the business. You know it.
(15:16) There bright lights and there is makeup and there is post-prouction. >> Okay? >> You know, all of this will make them look glam. >> So, not all of them when they when you meet them in person are that beautiful. >> Oh, really? >> Of course, some of them are more beautiful than what they actually are seen on on uh camera.
(15:36) >> Mhm. >> But you will see in some places when there's a closeup, there is not one tiny thing on their skin. It is impossible. Everything is cleaned up. So please all of you people who look at your faces in the mirror and say, "Oh my god, you know, why am I not looking like them?" They also don't look like themselves.
(15:54) So don't get very worried. [laughter] >> So So when you say clean up, what exactly have they done to themselves to look that beautiful? >> See, let me tell you, most of the actress or actresses are there because they are above average beautiful. Most of them, right? There are one or two people who you may think looks like the girl next door but is hugely talented.
(16:13) >> But most of them are above average good-looking number one. >> To anyone to be in that state of being an actress, they're under heavy pressure to look a certain way. >> And they're very disciplined people. You'll be surprised. Very, very disciplined people. So there are actors who have gone on months and years without eating one of their favorite food, for example.
(16:35) >> So they're [clears throat] very disciplined people. No matter how tired they are, they will never not work out for the day. >> They will do that. So, they will stick to their regime. Whether they have done a 12-hour grinding shoot or whatever, they will stick to their routine. So, we have actors coming doing period film and all that. They are tired.
(16:57) They've worn their crowns, their heavy things. They are dead. I keep thinking, my god, how do these guys still come and make sure they've done their skin treatment also at the clinic, they've done their gym also that day and their food comes with them. So, you see, they're literally measured and they've eaten their food, >> right? >> So, there's a lot of hard work going to them to their towards their flawless skin.
(17:17) Such anti-inflammatory food substances. There's someone really telling them what to eat, >> right? >> They work out. Every expert is taking care of different quadrants, >> right? to then bring up that glow that happens on top which is only because of the wellness within. >> Yeah. So that is what happens like I said there's technology today which makes them look beautiful even more ethereally beautiful on the skin >> right we'll talk about technology but if there's somebody who's listening to this podcast and uh now obviously everybody cannot have all the expert doctors but
(17:47) if they want to have a good skin what should they do >> one like I told you be aware of what's happening >> so we write it on a piece of paper it all down you have your self uh you know journaling of just wellness journaling When you start sleeping on time, like I said, maybe do one task at a time. So that gets easier.
(18:07) So you start [clears throat] sleeping well. >> That becomes your first task. Do it for >> 10 days. You say, "Wow, wow, I've done it." >> That itself is a hormone that gives you the high because you've achieved something. You've achieved a target. So that happens. All the happy hormones have to be triggered that makes the skin look really nice.
(18:23) So that's that's another thing. So start loving, start being nice to people, reward yourself, reward others, be kind. And all this you do all your four happy hormones will get triggered and you'll feel more happy. That's number two. Number three, food plays a huge role. After the sleep skin access, there is gut skin access.
(18:43) So food is the most important thing. So what I tell you in generally for most people is they come to my consultation then I tell them please lose weight and get your ideal weight. Then they leave a one-star Google review saying I went for skin and she called me fat. [laughter] But no, I didn't call you fat.
(19:00) But I'm telling you if you're overweight, it is overweight. I have to tell you that you've come to a doctor. Um, so metabolic syndrome is the biggest thing today, right? Whether it is anything, your BP, your your skin color, your diabetes, your PCOS, which has become PMOS. Now everything is metabolic syndrome.
(19:20) So what you eat and how you metabolize that food is the biggest thing, >> right? >> So eat right. You know when I say eat right, anything that makes you bloat, anything that makes you burp, anything that makes your stomach tight and uncomfortable, don't do it. Don't eat it. Within a week, you'll find out if you start writing down every day.
(19:36) Anything that makes your acne flare up. Anything that makes your eczema flare up, don't eat it. So, one week maintain the food dairy specifically, you will make out what is not doing well. That's number one. Two, I don't think you need more than three meals a day. So that in between snacking is what makes the insulin constantly spike where the body then does not react to that insulin.
(19:58) It becomes insulin resistance is what we call which then turns into part of metabolic syndrome. Polycystic ovarian disorders or you know multiple um metabolic disorders combine and they become multiple endocrine disorders. So you don't want to do that. So eat like a three meals a day like how our original you know eating pattern was how are our parents eating lunch breakfast dinner it's us who keep eating 24/7 so that is something you get back to if you're trying to lose some weight to make sure either your acne is under control or
(20:33) skin color is under control or there's there's pigmentation around your body folds which means maybe your sugar intake has to be completely zero. So when I say sugar, I mean honey, jaggery, anything that spikes your insulin. So anything that gives you that metabolic high of blood glucose rush. So you need to cut down anything that tastes sweet to your mouth.
(20:56) So that is something that you do. So these are some general things that you can do to see how your body slowly starts to come to the ideal weight and ideal metabolism where the gut is not irritated, no bloating, you you empty your bubble every day. So these are things that you end up watching. So that becomes your third thing.
(21:15) So first was your sleep, then was your being happy. Third was your gut. >> Gut. >> Fourth is your skin care. >> So then you end up coming to regime. What is your skin type? When you say skin, it's not just the skin on your face, it's also skin on your scalp. >> So you need to end up seeing whether the scalp is dry, flaky, does it have dandruff? Is it itchy? Do you have uh sticky whatever thing coming out when you're scratching? Is it some people have a foul smell all of this you see if it is anything abnormal then you go to your doctor get it diagnosed and treat
(21:46) it until your scalp is clean your skin on the face back shoulder butt may not be clean at all so that is very important scalp hygiene then you have to the skin hygiene simple thing one can do is wash your hair every day which most boys get scared thinking oh my god if I wash my hair every day my hair is >> no in fact you will have better hair if you wash your hair every day Because uh one of the entire theories of hair fall no matter what the reason is what happens is microinflammation and that inflammation is triggered by
(22:19) your own oil glands of the scalp and the yeast that feeds off it which we call dandruff in the layman's term. So wash it. Washing in fact makes your hair fall go less. So that's something that you will do. And then um >> skin regime. >> Skin regime. Yeah, I lost the thought. I've been speaking so much. [laughter and gasps] Then the skin regime.
(22:40) So then you have to do the skin regime. Skin regime is simple. Firstly, understand what is your skin type. You can do multiple combinations. Little dry, little oily, you can have patchy skin, all that. But by and large, you either have a normal skin which feels normal at the end of the day. >> Mhm. >> Feels normal when you wake up >> or oily skin which feels very oily at the end of the day, feels oily when you wake up.
(23:00) The oily skin usually also has open pores. Usually also has slightly um patchy skin also. maybe usually has acne prone skin, usually has oily scalp and dandruff prone scalp. So these are all one bucket and then you have dry skin which may have patchy complexion like around the mouth. We call it as peroral pigmentation that can happen around the eye a dry or normal or this also can happen.
(23:26) Usually a dry skin has more perioral pigmentation if it is extra dry in this area when an oily skin can have it but that's usually an Indian skin thing. Dry skin usually has less pores, has more flakiness or skin sensitivity issues. So those can become kind of dry skin, >> right? >> All you need initially is hygiene which means one face wash, a protection which means one sunscreen, a nourishment which means one moisturizer.
(23:54) Three things is what you can do on your own. The rest of the activives please go to your doctor. vitamin C to but that vitamin C can burn your skin if it is dry and sensitive. Vitamin C C has a pH which is very low. So that can actually irritate your skin. You think you're putting it for your dark skin to become whatever lighter but it might be a counterproduction thing because it is going to make it irritated.
(24:19) Irritation will make it red. Red will become dark tomorrow morning. So even something as simple as vitamin C you must ask your doctor. So only on your own listening to something online you can only do three things. >> Buy yourself a face wash, a sunscreen or moisturizer. Right? >> How do you buy this? Right? Depending on your skin type.
(24:37) Today every company has made it easy. >> Face wash for oily skin, face wash for dry skin. They'll write it on that. >> So it's easy. You pick up one whatever suits your pocket in terms of which company you should choose. >> The second way you choose a company is how nicely it smells or whatever. What is your fragrance? What do you like sensorally? most important is go to a legitimate company >> right >> so you kind of know they are well researched and it is good so this is how you do that >> makes sense >> skincare now I'll break it down as for
(25:02) as for what I really want to understand for all the things you've just mentioned so firstly I want to know so mostly because I was reading about that many people are consuming they're using vitamin C so when somebody goes to a doctor what exactly do you see in somebody because uh as far as I can understand if something is coming genetically so how do you understand themselves How do you treat that patient and how do you know that what kind of things should be given or should be prescribed to a patient? >> We do a deep dive in some patients where
(25:30) we also ask for some blood investigations. >> Okay. >> So that's how we get to a conclusion. We of course ask history of family history. For example, dark circle. If I look at somebody's dark circle, we already know the way it looks, the pattern it has, how wide it is, or is it on the upper eyelid, lower eyelid, you kind of know that this is this is hereditary.
(25:48) So I always tell them there's less I can do, but this this I can do. >> Right. Right? >> Um so we'll know if it is because of some nutritional abnormalities or let's say for example thyroid issues then you know there are other issues there's a hair fall in that patient also there's some pigmentation in that patient also aha this could be this so you have other symptoms where we then clinically say this could be this >> let's do let's do it live on camera so you have to rate my skin what will you do >> I never do this [laughter]
(26:14) >> it's okay I want people to take it out make it out yeah >> so not you have a lovely skin so how old are you >> I'm 28 >> so good you have You have a beautiful skin for 28. Skin is looking nice. I don't think you have any dandruff issues. I don't think you have an oily scalp because I don't see any of those signs on your skin at this point of time. You have a healthy gut.
(26:34) I can say, like I said, your scalp is healthy. Your gut is healthy. I can already tell you. Maybe you are also a disciplined guy who sleeps well. I don't think you smoke and drink. Do you? >> No. >> See, I did entirely reading. [laughter] >> Yeah. So, that's how you look at his skin. You kind of get to know a lot of things.
(26:53) Um so all all that maybe if there is no bright light you may end up having a little bit of a dark circle that is a slight dark circle that too and that's also probably just familial nothing else and you have a slightly deep set eye. So sometimes what happens is that the light is coming from the top the the brow which is which is here we call it as a frontal bossing.
(27:12) So that gives a shadow. So many people when they come with dark circle I always tell them put the light in front of you and see for example you've placed a light like this. This is not a very complimenting light for my age. [laughter] >> Yes. So you're flooding me from the top where what happens is all the shadows of mine may get enhanced.
(27:32) Yeah. While you have to flood me from the front. So it's a flat light. So all my actually shadows or that age kind of flattens and makes me look lovely. >> [clears throat] >> So this is also what happens in an actor's situation >> right >> the lighting is kept in such a way by experts that they [clears throat] light them that's why they die for the right DP right >> so they they'll light them so well >> and then the cameraman in what angle for example if he has I know I'm deviating but I'm deviating so that people know
(27:59) what's happening so if you set the camera in front of my eyes which you have now is is a nice complimenting angle something which would be better is setting the camera a little above my eye and tilting it down for around like a one or two degree. So that gives a very beautiful that makes my face look nice and slim.
(28:16) >> But the same thing if you go with a camera down you will catch all of this >> which is all the old age problem will become even more. So in just changing of light and camera >> itself a person can be made to look anything >> right. >> So getting back to why I started this was dark circles.
(28:36) So many people come back to me with dark circles and I tell them it's more shadowing. There's a frontal bossing there's nothing that can be done. You just adjust the light in your room. >> Okay. >> But otherwise if there is a dark circle like in your case there is a little bit of um the bone here the malar bone here is slightly retrusive.
(28:56) That happens to a lot of Indians. So if you were the kind who says I want it perfect and beautiful, I would probably work on this area with something like a bio stimulator or something to get a little more hydration and plump of the skin in this area. That would make you look super fresh, >> right? >> You know, that's all is that little tweak I may need to do to you.
(29:16) >> Honestly, I don't need to do anything to you because like I said, you're you're flawless. But if you push me to say then maybe this is something. >> And why does this happen? What's the what's the cause of this? This is our Asian bone structure. A lot of Indian men don't have a great great cheekbone. Now, right now, it's not that you have a great cheekbone jutting out.
(29:36) So, therefore, you will have a slightly chubbier cheek here. If you had a nice cheekbone, that would have pulled this away. Again, you're not like an a I wouldn't say average Indian. Some Indians where they have no cheekbone at all. You still have a nice structure. You have a good jawbone. You have a nice bone. So, your structure is still good.
(29:55) There are a lot of Indian men who don't have a support here at all. Lot of Indian faces rather don't have a support here. So that's when that joined by a tear trough which is almost called as an Indian ligament where it it kind of is something that we have ethnically. So that hollowess makes the shadows look more.
(30:15) So we end up using a little bit of filler to correct those to make it look more flat. >> So that that's again a very sophisticated job. you end up doing too much then you make the a lot of actresses are walking like this where their eyes become very small >> so that's something that you don't want to do you're looking at making it more flat where a lot of actresses go ahead and say oh I'm doing yoga I'm doing sandalwood but we know how how much work we've done on them >> so it's you should not be able to tell >> that's the kind of work >> right is there anything other than
(30:44) fillers that you can do on the cheek in order to get it right >> in order to enhance it >> yeah either you Go for a ch. You know there's a lot of bad press for fillers. >> Everybody says, "Oh my god, no filler. No filler. No filler. It becomes horrible. Feels unnatural." Not at all. What a filler does only a filler can do.
(31:02) What does a filler What is a filler made of? The most common one which which is right now in India is made of HA which is hyaluronic acid which you put on the skin. Same hyaluronic acid which is the jelly in your eyeball. Same thing jelly in your bones which make it go down. So a lot of parts in the body has hyaluronic acid.
(31:21) So this is is is taken from a bacteria in a petra dish filled in a syringe and given to us that we end up putting it into places where we think there is tissue loss or fat loss and it works beautifully well. Where it goes wrong is when it is either done aesthetically placed wrong like for example um some people end up getting their chin done too long >> or I was just telling you about a cheek right? So if I do a male cheek like this, >> it's kind of going to or like this, it's going to make you look bad.
(31:53) >> If I do a male cheek, I have to make you still look masculine. So I would be injecting the cheek differently. >> I would do that to the cheek where I will make myself look more masculine. >> While if I end up doing a female cheek, I would do this which makes me more glamorous and and and nicer. >> So where you inject in a face is very important to deal with the same problem.
(32:16) how much you inject, what plane do you inject, what is the material you've chosen. There's a lot of permutation and combination where you get a wow result from it or a bad result. It's like it's like a Picasso. Everybody goes with the same paintbrush or a chisel, you don't get it. Right. >> Right. >> Those guys what they have done a Michelangelo has done something great.
(32:36) I also get a piece of marble with a chisel. I just crack it open. >> So, you can't blame the tool. >> Right. >> It's the expert's hand. Are the Bollywood actors been using fellas for a long time now? >> Why are we only talking about Bollywood actors? >> Because I think mostly people are able to relate to themselves and I think there's a big comparison when I was reading going through comments.
(32:57) Everybody has a comparison model that I want to look like them. So why I want to talk about them is in order to make everybody understand that they can be okay with their own skin. >> A lot of them are okay with their own skin. >> Yeah. >> Not everybody wants everything to be picked and poked. M >> and I for one I'm a very conservative doctor.
(33:16) >> So I keep telling no for 20 things and then say yes for one thing that I think is right. >> A lot of them are conservative and they just leave it to me. They say doc you tell us what we want what should be what should be done or what should I go for. >> So [clears throat] they are very much unless I mean against what what common man may think.
(33:35) >> Like I said one actresses or actors are very very disciplined. They have a great lifestyle. M [clears throat] >> they're very healthy. >> Um they really concentrate on their overall wellness. Therefore, their skin is good. >> Number one, they're also averely good-looking people and that's why they're there in that business, >> right? >> Two is like I said, they take care of themselves.
(33:56) Three is they trust the chosen doctor. You choose your doctor, you choose your nutrition, and you leave the game to them. So, they don't actually think. They'll always come and say, "Doc, we read up about this or we saw this or we heard this. Do you think it's good for us?" And we ultimately choose what goes onto their face.
(34:16) So um not everybody I offer filler. They don't need it. Some people I may just do maybe something like a facial in our clinic. Maybe I combine just a brightening laser sometimes because they also go through harsh lights sometimes sleepless night. So we may give an IV boost >> which is uh unlike the you know common knowledge that every IV is to make you bright. No it's not.
(34:38) So there are certain vitamins, certain amino acids, certain antioxidants we plug in that kind of takes away the damage uh quicker than slowly taking it away when there is intense damage happening. >> Right? >> So we may just do that. We may simply do a facial to just kind of rest their skin, lymphatic drainage of the skin, use certain electrical equipments to charge the skin and the muscle back.
(35:02) So we may just do that, >> right? >> And then there's bio-rejuvenation which is a huge thing right now. So I may inject something like a salmon sperm DNA and mRNA into them. So that rejuvenates and repairs the skin. We do polyucleotides. We do something called as exoomes which are communicators inside.
(35:21) We could simply do a non-cross linked hyalonic acid, copper peptides, um glutathione, we inject it into the skin. So there are [snorts] many things where we're just coaxing your skin to work better, coaxing your skin to communicate better, rejuvenating your own basil cells to work better, your own collagen to rejuvenate, your own ground substance to replenish.
(35:45) So we do so anti-aging or aesthetic medicine or aesthetic clinic does not just do Botox and filler because there's multiple things that we end up doing. It could be a laser. It could be a highly focused ultrasound. It could be a radio frequency. Right. >> It could be anything. So it's so vast. >> So when you look at one face, you can't say do they all do filler? >> No.
(36:06) >> Right. Right. You talked about skin cut access. Right. >> How can we understand the role of cut for a healthy skin? >> That's what I said. So if you eat right, >> your absorption of nutrients are good for you. You're not inflaming your gut. So you're not triggering an immune response. Skin is happy.
(36:27) So how do you know what is triggering those? The minute you eat, either you're bloating or you're burping or you're uncomfortable from the gut perspective. Two, you wake up with a headache next morning or your skin looks bad the next morning. You break out into an acne. If you have an eczema that becomes horrible, that is from a skin perspective. You're lethargic.
(36:47) You have a headache. Your your your mood is out. that is from a general health perspective. So all of this you will end up seeing to know that yes yesterday what I ate did not sit well with me or my gut is not functioning well. So you know that that is how a skin gut access works and that is how you identify it >> right.
(37:08) What are the top three things one should not eat for a healthy skin? >> I don't think there's anything like that but if you have to ask a general thing dairy is something that you can avoid unless you have a cow in the house and you're milking it. you know you avoid dairy because you don't know the sources and where it is coming from and what hormones are fed to the cow what chemicals go into the milk until it is coming to your place.
(37:27) So that's something that you need to know. Uh two, anything that is processed, anything that comes from a packet cannot be without har preservatives in that color, preservatives, god knows what all goes into it. So nothing from a da or a packed thing is what you should be eating. Third, um I would say whatever irritates your gut.
(37:51) So processed is something that you completely stop. That is my one biggest. Oh, sorry. How can I forget sugar? So sugar is the biggest culprit. So you completely cut down anything that tastes sweet to your mouth. If your skin, gut, something is not functioning. But if you say I'm a normal young guy, I want to eat my sugars.
(38:09) Please go ahead and eat it. Unless your body is showing you some signs of I'm not functioning right then these are the things you should cut. >> What are those signs? >> Processed food, dairy, sugar. >> What are those signs? >> That could be anything know like I said could be bloating, could be headaches, could be acne, could be >> anything like that, right? So consuming.
(38:27) So if somebody is fine today, if that person is consuming sugar consume >> that is fine. >> Happily guys live life. this whole this 10und and Instagram influencers, podcasters, all of you bring in experts sometimes who are not experts. I must tell you they come onto the stage and they talk with so much authority that people listen to them you know a lot of them which is which is shocking.
(38:48) We have one uh Bombay dermatologist associ group. So we've been putting videos of all these fellows who go call themselves doctors and they spo speak on podcasts and they speak such rubbish with so much conviction and confidence. It's like oh my god somebody please tell them that they are not qualified to talk what they're talking.
(39:10) Um so like that so many misinformation is thrown out there with a lot of confidence and gumption. So if you are young, healthy, active, everything in a limit is perfectly all right. >> So go and enjoy life. Don't measure your steps, measure your calories, measure your sleep, measure your everything. Measure measure measure.
(39:29) You're not enjoying everything. So just speak >> right. Sure. Um I was recently going through one of your videos and skincare was fine but I found a video on butt skinare. >> What was that? [laughter] >> Why not? Your body skin has to be taken care as well. >> Interesting. >> Sometimes we also do things because everybody's asking like you said I also see the comments and [laughter] everybody's asking for something okay let me do this right.
(39:53) >> Somebody must have asked at that time. So we did that. >> But is a very important part of your life isn't it? We all want to wear bikinis these days. Everybody wants to have a good JLo butt. Everybody wants to have a good butt. Um, one, two, it's a painful area. You sit on it. So, imagine having acne on your butt.
(40:11) It is, it is actually very, very painful, >> right? >> So, therefore, the butt skinare, it's the same thing. If you have dandruff, you can have acne on your butt. If you don't eat right, like what reacts on your face will also react on your butt and back. Wherever there is oil glands, it will all react in the same way.
(40:27) Do the same things. whatever we spoke about on the face, >> right? >> So those are back, butt, shoulders, all of these are heavily laden with oil glands like the way the T-zone of your face is, >> right? >> So whatever reacts there can react in any of those places, >> right? >> So what can one do for a good >> same story? Get your sleep right, get your gut right.
(40:48) Same >> like a peel that you do to your face. Everything that you do to your face, you do your butt also. same creams, cleansing, you know, making sure you put an antibiotic if you have an acne, >> making sure you figure out if there's any hormone issues, gut issues, blah blah blah. >> So, do you think oiling the body helps? >> Helps in what? >> Helps in nourishing enjoying. That's it.
(41:07) >> Does this help? >> Absorbed into the skin. It's not that an oil gets absorbed into the skin. It doesn't >> Does oiling ritual? It's a nice ritual to do. It's a beautiful ritual to do because while you're massaging the body there's lot of stimulation and drainage that's happening yeah of extracellular fluids.
(41:27) So that that including lymph what is one of the thing that everybody common man understands. So that really helps a lot in maybe reducing your bloating your your your um water retention in the skin inflammation all of that if it is massaged in a certain way. massaged in a certain way might even stimulate your body, increase blood rush to the space.
(41:49) So end up taking away toxins from that space. That can happen. If you're telling me I'm massaging something that's going to get into the body, that is not going to get into the body. So it's just a nice thing to do. You massage yourself with oil, have a shower, next minute your skin can be dry.
(42:07) So it's it's not that it's going to give you hydration, but yes, it's a nice lubricant to apply while it lasts. But just so what I can understand is that this is a good ritual but indirectly it does not help skin in a in a way or >> no skin or hair for that matter in any particular way. >> Really? >> Mustard oil. >> No, not really. >> Okay.
(42:32) What really happens when we apply uh oil to our scalp? So when you put oil to your scalp, if you take a slightly warm oil, then you just end up using that oil, you give a gentle massage, you're tingling the scalp. So there's a little bit of stimulation, a little bit of blood rushing to the scalp. >> Just a nice happy feeling. That's it. Most of the times I keep telling people in India, we always use oil before bathing.
(42:54) When your scalp is dirty and you put oil and then you massage into it, you end up getting folliculitis, which is small small boils in your head. That's always what's going to happen. So applying oil may be good just as a nice nourishment in terms of um giving you the hydration of the hair, maybe coating it really well if you don't rip it off with a shampoo immediately after.
(43:13) >> Right? >> That might really work. It just stimulates it doesn't stimulate hair growth, but it just stimulates a little bit of healthy scalp by giving the right oils to the scalp if it is too dry, soothing it if the oils are soothing and calming, getting the blood rush there. like I said may just help you. It it may not harm you but don't expect oiling to grow your hair.
(43:37) That's not going to happen. >> Right. [snorts] Do you as a doctor do you recommend oiling? >> Yeah, why not? I recommend everything Indian. I I love all our Indian rituals and I for one have been a big advocate of everything Indian from yoga to oil to sandalwood to um coconut oil to eating right to eating Indian to eating di to eating brown rice.
(43:57) I've been talking about this for last 10 years now. Nice. Give me some of the best tasty things to do for a good skin. What would you say? >> Gil ghee. >> There's so much goodness in ghee. >> Ghee, coconut oil, uh all these can be really nice to just, you know, these are all things that gives you nice hydration uh things on the face.
(44:18) You can't just apply them as a moisturizer and and go out. But these are things that you can use like a I keep saying that's my IP dawn and dusk care. So wake up in the morning and that's your dawn care and dusk is just before you go to bed >> right >> those are the times you do all these nice things >> which makes you feel happy there's multiple things to it >> sensorally makes you feel happy your fingers have to work with it you have to be quiet to yourself there's so many things involved in generally making it feel happy and look good >> so that is in these two times all your
(44:47) oil massages all that can be done in those times your packs like many people ask oh can I do fruit packs Yeah, if you have the patience, mash all the fruit I care and then put it on your face, >> right? >> It won't do anything much at all. You would rather eat it >> and put it and sit. >> It makes you happy. It makes you nice.
(45:04) So just do that. So that is one eating eating Indian food, locally grown food is great for your skin. So that's what you can do which is very dy >> like >> if you're travel person you eat chaval. If you're roti person, you eat roti. So a lot of times I see patients saying yeah we need to lose weight. So our nutritionist told us to eat roti instead of chavo. I can't. I'm a south Indian.
(45:27) I want rice and I eat rice and I've seen rice makes me happy. So what makes your gut happy? Because your gut microbiome knows to digest it well from when you're small, >> right? >> So you eat what you have been used to from when you're young and what is the locally grown food. So that makes your gut happy and therefore the skin happy.
(45:47) So the Indian way of getting up in the morning making sure wash your face I in in in in these many years of my life I have never ever seen my mom in the morning however early it is shabby she never gets out of her room without washing her face tying her hair back she's already bathed cleaned and then she comes out so to me these are all very Indian traditions and the first thing they did is do the puja and then get into the kitchen right >> so just these little things >> where you've taken off the nights whatever dirt from the face off
(46:23) >> going to bed again the earlier Indian way used to I used to my grandmom used to have that night shower then light the lamp for tuli outside then do inside and then go to bed so these are things which are coming back now wash the feet outside before you enter inside which is a big deal right now we always did it in our life so these are the little little Indian thing that you do which adds a lot of value >> how is a how is the skin of a north Indian different from a south Indian.
(46:49) >> You're a north Indian. >> Yeah. >> See your skin is so nice. Mine my skin is um not a typical south Indian skin because they say Mangaloreans also have an Arian descent. We are not necessarily from the Dravidian race. >> So [clears throat] that's it's like saying um Kashmir skin. So that's because we are used to years of let's say cold outside.
(47:13) So the skin pores are more tighter, skin is more drier because there is a lot of probably cold your your inside the skin is of a lighter origin in terms of color. So that's that's all is different. Food habits are different while a Dravidian skin is more oilier skin. Um the face is more rounder in terms of structure while up north the face is more squarer.
(47:36) So you either have an Arian descent, a Dravidian descent or let's say a Mongolian descent. And then uh yeah these are the I think three there's one more which I forget Caucasian descent. >> So these are three four descents. >> So each of them have certain features. It's not just the skin even the way skin physiology not just the color of the skin >> the way the skin somebody is is more oily less oily all of this shape of your nose shape of your skull itself.
(48:03) So all of these changes so >> right but generally uh which is a better skin >> you can't say that there are some things better in one's skin some things not so >> like what is better >> like a south Indian skin let's say ages much lesser because it's a more oilier skin more darker skin so it's better sunprotected >> uh our food style is very less masala less >> um more basic while a north Indian food I'm just coming from a north Indian shadi today and that's why I'm also all decked out uh I ate such amazing food But killer food every stuffed paratha
(48:35) and this and that and everything with maida and chana and cholei and buri and everything I eat >> and came with heavy oils and lots of masala which is divine >> right >> so eating habits change >> um so that changes the skin quite a bit so if you see a north Indian skin is thinner lighter but probably that wrinkles faster yeah so while the south Indian skin sags faster because our bone structure is smaller we're more chubby faced so we sag faster but we may not get fine lines while a north Indian skin has a more
(49:08) robust bone structure so they may not sag if they don't put on too much weight that is they may not end up sagging too much but they may end up getting more fine lines because the skin is more thinner fairer less oil glands less oily >> right right >> yeah so that's the difference >> as a as a practice as a skincare regime is there is should there be any difference between a north Indian versus a south Indian >> it's not north Indian versus south Indian.
(49:33) That's not the only thing that determines it. It depends on your your >> skin type, your ambient humidity, whether you're a north Indian or a south Indian. If both of us are staying in Bombay, it's humid and it is sticky, >> right? >> So, you will not be toppooing thick creams and five layers at a time. >> So, it is not just from where you are and what your ethnic ethnicity is.
(49:51) It's the way your skin behaves genetically how the skin behaves. Your ethnicity and genetics are two different things, >> right? ethnicity is by and large whether let's say you're like I said Mongolian arian caucasian xyz but your genes is among that did your dad have this did your dad mom have this so those are genes also that you're getting in and then where are you living so you are you could be any you know fellow like I said you live in Bombay by the sea by the coast humid hot your skin may behave a different way
(50:21) >> you go to London your skin may behave a different way and you need a different skincare regular weather >> and then food that you eat maybe staying In Bombay you eat a certain food. You travel to Europe and you don't get this much carbs except bread. So you end up eating a lot more fish, lean meat. Your skin and skin improves when you come back.
(50:37) >> Pollution is different here. Pollution is different there. >> So skin care has to be all of this has to be considered before you have your regime done. >> Got it? >> That is why I keep saying don't think it's as simple as listening somewhere and making a regime. >> Right? Go to your doctor who can factor everything which is from the outside on top of it factoring everything from within.
(50:57) >> Sure. >> Your nutrition [clears throat] status your hormone XYZ >> right makes sense. Uh can a skin problem genetically be transferred to their offspring. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. A lot of them >> like >> simple things like eczema, simplest thing like acne, simple thing like androgenic alopeesia, hair fall, pattern of hair fall, all of this can be the most common things that are transferred genetically.
(51:20) Can this be reversed? >> How can you switch off the genes? You can't switch off a gene, but you can work on something called as epigenetics. Everything that influences the expression of that gene. So those are the epigenetics which I told you initially. Your sleep, your gut, your lifestyle, your blah blah, your hormones, your nutrition, all that are the spokes which then come back and make your gene express.
(51:44) >> And so what do you mean by express? Does this mean that it recovers or like so if somebody's having >> it expresses more or less? For example, if you already have a gene for let's say acne and you know your mom has had, your dad has had, you know, you will get acne, your siblings are having it, you be more careful about your sleep, about what you eat, about your skinincare regime.
(52:05) The very first acne go to your doctor, get it treated so that it doesn't become aggressive and then doesn't leave marks. >> So that is what I say epigenetics and you know what to control so that the expression doesn't mean that that doesn't give you acne at all. You may still get acne but it'll be less fierce and you'll be able to treat it rightly.
(52:20) So it won't leave the marks behind. So these are things that you can control. >> Right. Right. So you're saying that if we are today able to control it then for tomorrow the things might not come back to you as maybe as an offspring like that. >> No no no no. If I control to today also my genes will still pass on.
(52:38) My next baby also has to work hard. But genes do readjust or adapt or change a little. >> The mutations happen but that takes generations to happen. We didn't become monkey to a man in one birth. >> Right? >> So likewise for any gene to change will take a long time. >> However, good habits, good lifestyle can be passed on.
(52:59) >> Right? So now this is around where we'll know that the products that we using as a skin doctor, >> which all product are acidic and which are alkaline. >> You ready? >> Let's start. So the first one is a hand wash. >> You can't be doing this at home. >> I'm telling you it's easy. Every da will have a pH mentioned usually.
(53:18) >> Okay. >> So that is the easiest thing. The idea is see it'll slowly turn the color. This blue fellow should turn pink which it is. See >> it's turning pink. >> Yes. >> Means it is acidic. But >> it all depends on the quality of your litmus paper for you to exactly know which means if it is too pink then it is very acidic.
(53:37) >> Right. So if something is too acidic you will which is less than 4 32 which gets too acidic in the scale of the pH >> then that can smart as an irritate your skin. It can it can make it angry. >> If you have a very dry skin if you have fine cuts on it that can end up uh irritating that skin leading to dermatitis leading to pigmentation thereafter.
(54:02) Therefore I was warning you initially about vitamin C serums. >> Sure. So you be very careful of anything which is very acidic. However, I don't know which face wash you give me. If anything of this is for acne prone skin, then it might be something with the salicylic acid. >> Then that turning this pH is okay. It's good. >> So that's why I'm saying these things should never be done on your own.
(54:22) It has to be a doctor's decision. >> However, um yeah, in general guys, whatever you use, for example, you're either lazy to go to doctor or you don't get your doctor's appointment. Whatever burns you, don't think is very efficient and is doing good to me. Anything that burns you and irritates you, don't use it. Throw it. So that that's a simple fun.
(54:42) >> So is it something like that if somebody's having a dry skin that person should not use an acidic product? >> H that's what I'm saying. If it is very acidic, that means pH is low on a dry skin it is going to irritate. So don't use it. >> And this is not for the other skin type. >> Oily skin we in fact give them some AHAs, BHAs, all this which is acids which is PHA is low in acid, >> right? So that then benefits their skin.
(55:05) >> Sure. >> Yeah. So that is the simple thing. >> How do you nourish your skin other than face? >> All of this is what nourishing the skin is. Me eating on time, me eating the right thing, me portion control, me sleeping well. Um my shower is long 2 minutes. I don't do a long shower. So I'm not ripping all the oils from my body.
(55:25) I'm saving the earth and saving some water. But along with it, I'm not ripping it with long hot showers. Never. It's always lukewarm water. So it's always a 1 minute or a 2-minute shower. >> So long shower is not recommended. >> Not at all good. Not at all good for the skin. >> Why? >> Because it rips off all your oils. No. So you don't need to do that.
(55:40) So you do a quick shower and then I always the minute I finish shower depending on the season if I really think >> if I'm in Bombay and it's hot and it's humid, I don't. But otherwise I moisturize my entire body quickly. >> I do that. I exercise at least three times a week. I used to do gym at certain time then somehow I didn't like it.
(55:57) I thought it was stressing me out and I have a busy day. So I never had time to recover. Now I started yoga that's really helping me. So I do something or the other and in general I'm a very agile person. So I'm running between two floors of my clinic all the time, running between rooms. I'm talking I'm running. So I'm agile. So that burns a lot of energy. Anyways, so this is it.
(56:17) This is what I I I do. And of of course at my age I do little things on my own in my clinic. Um >> do you do you apply sunscreen before moving out? >> Of course. Those are regimental for me. I've never slept with a makeup. I've never not applied a moisturizer before I go to bed. Never not applied a lip balm before I go to bed.
(56:38) I make sure I put a hand foot cream also morning. I've never ever stepped out without a sunscreen. Uh so all of these things I've done not just today for years together. >> But does Indian skin actually require a sunscreen? >> Yes, it does. We do have melanin of course. We do have a colored skin so it gives you more protection than a white skin.
(56:58) Having said that, we still need uh the pollution cuts um our protection even more. Um we we are all do various treatments with thins your skin out. So that that does that. This must be a neutral pH nothing the color never changed >> which is which is good enough. >> So >> you sunscreen is needed. >> So even if you somebody's not say not going out on sun still do you think that one should >> Yeah. There's blue light.
(57:23) You're on the mobile all the time. >> So that is blue light. You're on the computer all the time. That is blue light. Harsh lights coming from the top, >> there is blue light. There's warmth of the light, the infrared, which also spoils your uh skin. The radiation from that. >> So that heat that sun causes that also spoils.
(57:41) Heat that light causes spoils your skin. So you need a protection. >> Simply white light also if you're prone to pigmentation, prone to something called melasma, white light also can cause more pigmentation. So you need a sunscreen sitting at home also all the time. And we all have windows. You don't live in dark chambers. >> Of course.
(57:58) What SPF do you recommend? >> 30 to 50 is good enough for an Indian skin. >> Right. Any product do you recommend? >> No. >> No. >> Every product. Anything that makes it good for your pocket, good for your sensorial. You smell it, you like it, you apply it, it doesn't make you feel sticky, no white cast. >> How do you how do you apply a cream? What's a >> So that's a very interesting question which you should be asking also.
(58:18) So for example, let me take out this moisturizer. Right. >> So, usually if you have something like this, don't dig in. That's the worst thing firstly. So, use a spatula or something like that to take a little bit of the cream or a spatula back of the spatula to take a little bit of your cream and then you end up really applying the cream.
(58:35) I see a lot of people take it like this. Do this this this and just apply. That's the worst thing to do to the thing. >> All boys can relate. >> My hands are nice and moisturized. So, I'm very happy with this. So, that's not as what you do. >> And plus your hands will be so dirty. You just don't do this and do this. >> Okay.
(58:51) So what you usually do is literally take that and for example dot dot dot dot and take two fingers and nicely apply two or three fingers and nicely apply it which whatever strokes you want to you could just make it more outward or whatever and you apply it nicely gently like that. That's what you do >> right? >> So if you have layered then you take less of each layer because you know cumulatively you have it all.
(59:13) If you're just using one layer like a sunscreen, you will need enough quantity >> to make sure you get the SPF >> which none of us can really apply. We say this two finger although every blogger has told you two finger >> but how many of us really put two finger chip chip the whole face will become right. >> So we don't end up doing that.
(59:30) So what you end up doing is maybe double sunscreen. >> If you're really going out in a burning sun >> or um if you have melasma if you have any sort of pigmentation then you need double protection. So you use two sunscreens back to back. Um so that gives you the total SPF that you require >> and then you can even keep a sunscreen powder handy or sunscreen stick handy to keep applying it again and again.
(59:50) >> How long how much after how long one should reapply >> once in 3 4 hours you apply that's enough calculation is there for example one SPF you're safe for 10 minutes. So you do that 30 into 10 and say oh 300 minutes you're safe but that doesn't happen unless you apply the quantity that is required which none of us do >> right.
(1:00:07) >> So in general once in 3 hours you reapply that's >> before bed do you apply sunscreen? No question >> before bed. Yeah. >> For what? Unless you're sleeping in blue light, >> right? Otherwise, no. It's absolutely. What can one do post acne pigmentation? Is there any home remedy that anybody >> There's no necessarily home remedy.
(1:00:24) There are a lot of skin care uh creams which have skin lightening ingredients, you can end up using them. >> Okay. >> Calming ingredients. So, you can use them if it is red scars. >> U that's what is what you can do. Firstly, don't touch it. Don't pick it. And then go to your doctor while you have active acne. So, that is treated.
(1:00:40) Um and then when you have the scars you just leave it alone anyway within 2 to 3 months it'll some will fade off or make sure you use a calming agent if it is a red scar like I said calamine alento simply sandalwood fuller's earth all these are calming agents so you can end up using them or you use skin lightening agents such as kic acid as acid licorice glycolic acid any of these which will lighten the gray dark brown black kind of marks in the end you can go to your doctor and they'll do peels and lasers and XYZ.
(1:01:11) >> But why does this actually take place? Like for somebody maybe post acne nothing happens and for the [clears throat] other skin type this >> that's a skin type. That's the way the skin functions. The melanin gets triggered for some very quickly. For some it doesn't. So that's what happens. For some it triggers only when they pinch.
(1:01:26) For some it triggers after the acne they go out in the sun. So it depends on what kind of skin you have, what color of skin you have, what's the way your melanin is behaving. So that's what happens. behavior be changed maybe after say maybe 5 to 6 years maybe earlier I was not having it but say 5 years down the line I start having post acne pigmentation something like that can happen in the body >> difficult unless you've really abused your skin or gone out in the hot sun or something like that so that that's I think difficult you have a tendency you
(1:01:54) have a tendency >> anything for somebody who's having underarm pigmentation >> underarm pigmentation can be a part of a metabolic syndrome it can be a part of insulin resistance it can be a part of PC PCOS it can be a part of uh um um multiple endocrine issues including thyroid and stuff like that.
(1:02:12) So firstly that um it could simply be a part of obesity, it could be a part of irritation in that area, it could be a part of fungal infection in that area, bacterial infection in that area, it could be any of these. So depending on what it is, one treats it. >> Right? But can you maybe somebody's going out tomorrow and has to do something to fix it.
(1:02:32) Can is there a >> there is no magic in one day underarm pigment is going off if they want to go tomorrow outside. >> Okay. So if there's no one day we have 30 days what can somebody do? >> So one like I said you need to find out why it is happening right >> and then the doctor will treat you accordingly.
(1:02:45) Certain things nothing can happen in 30 days. It'll take three 3 months maybe one year. >> Certain things maybe in 30 days we can end up doing certain right ointments right peels right lasers maybe we could do something and give you some difference. Is there a specific diet you recommend your >> cut off sugar if if you have body fold dark body folds? First thing you should cut off your sugar that will really help.
(1:03:05) >> So I have some quick questions from our of our audience. So many people have watched your content and they have some questions and they waiting for you to answer. >> Yes. >> So very quick I'll just put on questions and this is for the people >> for all the people who love you. >> Yes, I love them too. >> Uh how to exfoliate? What to use to exfoliate my skin? >> How to exfoliate is firstly how to exfoliate? You can do a gentle exfoliation by just using exfoliators at home. Tiny little movements do that.
(1:03:35) Face, neck, arms, hands, whatever you want to. You can exfoliate. How often should you exo exfoliate? Maybe once in a week or even once in once in a month is also enough. Um uh what should you be using for an exfoliation? Basin itself can be used as an exfoliator. Basin and curd together is a great exfoliator. You can use that.
(1:03:53) Sugar and honey, great exfoliator at home. You can use that. Um there are exfoliators that you get in the market which are packed. You can use that. The granules has to be nice and soft otherwise that kind of gets irritated to your skin. >> So exfoliation has to be done very judiciously, very nicely, very gently onto your skin otherwise you'll end up pigmenting your skin.
(1:04:11) >> Right? Melasma in upper lips or >> upper lip mealma can happen because melasma can happen anywhere symmetrically then you know it's melasma. So it could be your cheeks, it could be upper lips, it could be forehead, it could be jawline, it could be any of these areas. So that's melasma.
(1:04:26) Melasma is one of the most difficult conditions of pigmentation to handle and treat. So you need to go to a doctor. There's nothing you can do at home except putting a lot of sunscreen. >> That's it. >> That's it. >> Why do moles >> supplementation really really works? Like I keep telling you, sunscreen can't be applied in that quantity that you should.
(1:04:43) Then that's when the internal sunscreens really work very well. Right. >> So when I say internal sunscreens, it's based on supplementation, an antioxidant, an anti-inflammatory, vitamin C, Q10. All of these are great supplements for you to start having inside. My favorite of course is what we have, which is our brand. So we have a bright rabr bright ra defense and ra vitamin C three put together works as a great internal sunscreen.
(1:05:06) And in fact, that's something that also works on the PH which is the acne pigmentation after acne beautifully well. >> Sure. So that's something like I said food, gut, what goes in, nutrition, all that balances out. >> Supplementation is a big big big thing right now. What you can do at home. >> Sure.
(1:05:23) Why do moles occur to our face and what can be done for the for for >> moles are also a reaction of sun, external pollution, genetics, all of this put together in your skin color, everything >> and mole can happen at any point of your age. What can be done? You need to go to your doctor to take them out. >> That's it. >> That's it.
(1:05:38) What can you do at home to scratch them away? >> Many people who want to know about anti-aging. What's your take on anti-aging and how to look beautiful in 40s50s and have the spotless skin ever? >> There's anti-aging or longevity has of course become a big thing right now and there's a lot of research happening. >> One thing you can start off at home to look beautiful all the time is protect yourself from sun because that is the biggest external aging factor that can happen to sugar like I keep saying that is the biggest internal age aggressive
(1:06:06) or age accelerator. So sun if you can protect yourself from sugar and then lifestyle of sleeping well so your body gets the time to repair on a daily basis so it doesn't really deteriorate fast. Um your lifestyle which needs to be really good. Um skin care get yourself a lot of moisturizer because the first thing that happens is drying of the skin. So don't allow it to dry.
(1:06:29) certain supplementation like you end up taking your collagens, zazanthin, um lutein, sodium hyonate which is edible hyaluronic acid. So all of this which is again inhydrate that we end up um giving. So that's something that you can do supplementation which is right. So the biggest thing is to supplement those micronutrients that the body doesn't have and give those micro antioxidants that repair the body immediately as the damage is happening.
(1:06:55) >> Right? So these are things that you can do and at your doctor's office there are billion things there are equipments that can you know stimulate your collagen stop not stop slow down your aging process there are things that we can inject into the face there are things that we can do with machines there are things that we can do with active creams like maybe retinols peptides antioxidants all of this particular >> are they safe >> everything is safe when done with a safe hand [laughter] you have to go to an
(1:07:20) expert you have to go to a qualified doctor you have to go to a center which is medical um and then they are all safe. Science is uh like a sharp tool, >> right? >> You use it right, it works greatly. >> Yeah. So I have this last round where you have to tell me is it a myth or a fact? >> Okay. >> Skin lightening K people use basin plus yogurt.
(1:07:42) Myth or fact >> you can use you can use like I said yogurt is a very mild acid so it can give you a slight exfoliation. So the top dead layer is lightened a little so you do feel fresh and happy. Chandan, sandalwood plus milk plus honey for skin lighting. >> Wonderful combination. But it does give you that freshness and that little glow because all makes it hydrate a little, you know, just a little bit of da in the skin.
(1:08:06) It just does those little little things. >> It just it helps. It helps. It's beautiful. I love the combination. >> Coffee is bad for skin. >> No, two cups of coffee is very good for everything in life. It's great for Alzheimer's. There's enough proof >> for pimples and acne. Uh multani plus. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Good. It works. >> Yeah.
(1:08:24) Yeah. Yeah. It's It's a calming agent. It's a It reduces oil excessive oiliness. It is also a bacteriaatic, which means it stops the extra growth of bacteria. It's like an antiseptic. Good one. >> Toothpaste on pimples. >> Absolutely no. You will burn [laughter] the face. >> Really? No. No. >> Aloe vera gel for Dan. >> Really? >> It's useless. Yeah.
(1:08:42) >> It's useless. Nothing. It works. Aloe vera boot start last 10 10 years maybe that's it >> right but it doesn't really work >> it's a nice hydrant >> okay for pigmentation drop potato juice rubbed on the face >> it has got some enzymes in it and vitamin A probably in it but it's not going to do anything >> not going to do anything much for anti-aging coconut oil facial massage >> coconut oil is a very good thing it has a lot of good things in it because it's got something called as uh lenolinic acid in it >> it's a short chain So it really works in
(1:09:18) hydrating the skin very well. >> So anything that hydrates is always an anti-aging. >> So for all the women who are say 40 or in their 50s, what one skin care magic magical advice? >> There is no magic. Magics don't last. >> Okay. [laughter] Give them something that >> everything that we spoke today is something you sit take a pen and paper and write it down. Follow all of that.
(1:09:39) Whether it is just a teenage with an acne, somebody suffering with eczema, somebody suffering with psoriasis, somebody suffering with the suffering know somebody who doesn't like the way the skin is turning as they're progressing in their age. Look at these things and these will really really help. >> Love that. Thank you so much. Thank you.