#SayNoToBars & Take Care of Your Skin Dear Men!

Dear men, I know you don't care much about taking care of your skin (well, most of you don't) but it is high time you do. Believe me there's nothing 'girl-like' or 'unmanly' about taking care of one of the most vital organs of your body. You are worried about your heart, lungs, kidneys right then why not your skin which is prone to maximum damage? You will spend lakhs on getting yourself fancy clothes, shoes, gadgets, cars etc but when it comes to washing your face, you use a soap bar! Cmon, stop being a 'bar-barian' and #SayNo ToBars! Soap bars that is. 

You might ask then what is a good alternative? Well, use a face wash that is much more gentle than that soap bar. If you keep using that bar for years, your skin will become dry and you will get wrinkles much earlier and that ain't too macho right? You can use the new Garnier Men Oil Clear Facewash if you have oily skin and the Garnier Men Acnofight Facewash if you have acne. And if you have normal to dry skin, you can try Garnier Men Powerlight Facewash. And if you don't know what is your skin type, then just google or better, ask the women in your life for guidance.

A good face wash suitable for your skin type is a must have. There are two other must-haves which you must use religiously everyday. Here goes..

Moisturise - Moisturising the skin is also equally important, for all skin types (yes, even oily skin!). You can use the Garnier Men Powerlight Oil Control & Fairness Moisturiser to control oil secretion and keep your face looking fresh all day.

Apply sunscreen - Men who don't use sunscreen increase their risk of getting sun damage, which result in irritation and also skin cancer. Stay forever young (or close to it) by applying sunscreen every single day.

Just incorporate these three products in your everyday life and use them religiously. Your skin will thank you for it!

The Ultimate Secret to Happy Skin

Your smile conveys several things; it not only reflects your state of your mind but also the state of
your skin. Flaunt your happy glowing skin all day along with a simple skin care routine.

Cleanse daily
Keeping your skin spotlessly clean is essential. However, with the rising stress and pollution levels, it can be quite a task. Also with extensive cleansing, your skin is likely to lose moisture. Therefore, it is important not only to keep your skin clean but also retain its moisture. Choose a cleanser wisely that not only wipe the impurities away but also replenishes the facial skin with the required moisture and nutrients.

Moisturize regularly

Other than a smile, one of the greatest ways to wipe out the sulking expression on your face is to treat your face with a luxurious amount of moisturiser or day cream. Day creams contain light moisturizers and antioxidants which rehydrate the skin through the day. Day creams can also used as a primer before applying a foundation and/or a compact powder to obtain an even skin tone. Choose a multi-tasking product wisely that contains collagen boosters to replenish your skin and keep it healthy and moisturized. Recommended by experts, Lakmé Youth Infinity Skin Firming Day Cream with Insta Collagen BoostersTM improves elasticity to tighten skin. SPF 15 PA++ protects skin from UVA/UVB, luminising pearls instantly brightens skin tone and niacinamide lightens skin to give you the perfect sculpted look.

Protection against UV rays

Whatever the season may be, don’t forget the sunscreen. It will give you radical protection from the

sun’s harmful rays that can cause tanning and put a damper on your quest to maintain

youthfulness.

Other than these beauty essentials, a good lifestyle and a happy state of mind also contribute to a

smiling skin. So, make sure you incorporate them as well.

Some Interesting Day Cream Myths Busted

Here are the most popular myths about day cream and their rebuttal:

Myth #1
If you use night cream, then you do not need to use day cream. Day cream and night cream both are important as they have different effects. If you do not use a day cream you will deprive your skin of protection against the UV rays of the sun, free radicals, oxidants and all kinds of harmful environmental effects. You don’t need to use day cream only when you plan to stay at home all day and even then, only on the condition that your skin feels well hydrated.

Myth #2
Oily skin does not need day cream. This misconception is also completely wrong. Oily skin needs just as much protection as any skin type and although it sounds strange, it needs moisturizing too. If you are of the oily skin type, choose a day cream which does not contain fats, but instead hydrates and protects
the skin from the sun. A well selected matting day cream can make oily skin look fabulous.

Myth #3
The more expensive the day cream, the better its quality. This too is nothing more than a myth. The basic ingredients in all day creams are pretty much the same. You can see for yourself by checking out the ingredients list on the label of the packaging. The difference in pricing comes from the fact that more expensive creams also contain additives such as vitamins and other natural ingredients.

The Ultimate Guide to Post-Party Detox

By Dr. Sangeeta Amladi, Head Medical Services, Kaya Skin Clinic

It is common to feel guilty for having overeaten and feel bloated post the festive and party season. While it’s perfectly normal to indulge during this time of the year, it’s also important to cleanse your body after the relentless onslaught of festival food, cocktails and delicious desserts. Detoxing at regular intervals can help reduce environmental and dietary toxins from your body, leaving you feeling lighter and healthy. Detoxing also stimulates healthy digestion and can benefit the entire body.

 Here are a few useful tips to detox –

1. Lighten up your toxin load, eliminate alcohol, coffee, cigarettes, refined sugars and saturated fats, all of which act as toxins in the body and are impediments to your healing process
2. One should include a lot of fiber, as well as brown rice and organically-grown fresh fruits and vegetables in their diet. Beets, radishes, cucumber, cabbage, broccoli and fruits are excellent detoxifying foods
3. Including vitamin C, which helps the body produce glutathione, a liver compound that drives away toxins is extremely important for a detox diet
4. Drink at least two liters of water a day
5. Sweat in a sauna so your body can eliminate wastes through perspiration

While it is important to cleanse your body, it is also equally important to detoxify your skin and recapture the glow post the party season. Kaya Skin Clinic understands your skin’s needs and has specially designed the Ultra Detox service that reduces the effect of pollution and stress on the skin. It also detoxifies the skin and relaxes the senses. With the goodness of earthy Neroli and Patchouli you can unwind with pure air and water.

This therapy begins with a unique “Jet Technology” that uses pure air and water jets to drain lymphatic nodes and gently exfoliate your skin. Pure Vitamin C serum is used as an anti-oxidant to remove free radicals. Brightening process follows, Infusing your skin with natural brightening extracts of (mulberry extracts) to give you instant brightness. The Face Therapy ends with Kaya’s Insta-Glow mask and leaves you with that glowing, youthful skin you have always desired.

In addition to that, Kaya also recommends AntOx Vit – C which is a dermatologically approved product that is non-oily easily absorbing anti-oxidants gel based on Vitamin C. It also contains active ingredients that delay the appearance of dark spots, age spots, fine lines and wrinkles and UV damaged skin, thereby giving a more even skin tone.

Benefits -

• It delays and reduces the appearance of dark spots, age spots, acne marks, fine lines and wrinkles
• Protects the skin against environmental assault and treats acne marks and UV damaged skin
• Gives you softer, smoother skin

Key Ingredients: Aqua, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Magnesium, Ascorbyl Phosphate, Cellulose Gum, Phenoxyethanol and Ethylhexyglycerin.

Price – Rs. 1,790 for 30 ml.

Easy Home remedies from The Skin Center to get glowing skin in winter

Dr Sirisha Singh, the founding member and Medical Director of The Skin Center helps you with some easy to use tips. She gives an easy to follow home-based regime which is based on your skin type and the skin sensation you experience in the extreme climate. Prevention and care comes handy with easy-to-use skin care products.

1.      Use of a Cleanser:

Cleansing the skin is all important at the beginning of the day to prepare the skin and at the end, while going to bed to get rid of the dirt and grime that our skin is subjected to during the day. Even people with normal to oily skin may need to use pH neutral cleansers during winter. A harsh cleanser can irritate the skin, increase the risk of eczemas and leaves the skin feeling rough and itchy. If one has a particularly dry skin, one can use an oatmeal bath. For this, take half a cup of oatmeal, blend it in the blender and mix it in a mug of water till it is fully dissolved and leaves a milky looking fluid. One can then use this as a soap substitute.

2.      Use of moisturizers:

There is no moisturizer suitable for all. A humectant such glycerine is usually mild and soaks inside the skin without feeling too heavy or greasy on the skin surface. If one has a collection of dead skin, then a mild exfoliant may be used to gently scrub away the dead skin. Shea butter containing moisturizers maybe more suitable for people with extremely dry skin. However, these feel greasy and are better tolerated overnight.

3.      Use of sunscreens:

After the harsh summer heat, the cool weather brings a relief and the general tendency is to believe that one doesn’t need sunscreens as there is hardly any sunlight. This is purely a myth as sunscreens protect from UV light and it is the visible light index that is low in winters whereas the UV index continues to stay high. Use of a sunscreen is therefore mandatory during winters and one may use a greasier sunscreen formulation like a lotion instead of a gel.

4.      Skin Care Regime:

Every individual has slightly different skin, different problem areas and different type of problems. The skin care regime therefore needs to be customized for each individual. In summary, most of us need an anti-ageing cream, perhaps a few more active agents like vitamins and a moisturizer at night. It is worthwhile seeing a Dermatologist to get a skincare regime for oneself.

5.      Internal wellness:

This continues to be a requirement all through the year as a healthy skin in a reflection of good inner health. One should continue to eat healthy, drink plenty of water and exercise regularly.

These were a few tips for healthy skin during winters. The list is purely indicative and by no means exhaustive, it is meant to be a general guide. For more specific information or requirements, you may consult a Dermatologist.

How to Take Care of Your Skin & Hair in Winter - Tips by Dr Kiran Lohia,MD

How to Nurture Your Dry Skin And Hair

Taking care of yourself is vital at all times of the year. But, in winters, our skin and hair tends to suffer more trauma than usual due to the tough environmental conditions. Everything tends to get drier, rougher and duller as the season progresses, making almost everyone search for a solution to their woes! As an accredited dermatologist, my role is to ensure that your skin and hair is healthy and nourished from the inside out at all times. Read below for my advice for your winter worries!

Why does Dry Skin and Hair occur?

Dry skin and hair occurs mainly due to environmental conditions . For example, dry cold air, heater air, wind, prolonged hot shower use, not drinking enough water and more are major causes! All these factors are important to recognize because they cause external and internal dehydration. They in fact extract the moisture from your skin and hair leaving it dull, dry and lustreless!

However, do not fear! You can survive this season! Any dermatologist knows that dry hair and skin is both preventable and treatable!

How to Treat And Prevent Dry Hair

1 –  Avoid Hot Water! Excess use of hot water on the hair will steal the moisture from your hair, leaving it rough and unmanageable. Try to use lukewarm or cold water to help seal in its moisture!

2 - Reduce the Shampooing! When you wash your hair daily, you strip the natural oils from the hair shaft, leaving it dry and without any natural shine. Dermatologists recommend washing your hair no more than 2-3 times a week! This allows your hair to nourish itself through the scalp’s natural production of oil.

3 – Always Use Conditioner!  To keep your tresses lustrous and to keep dry hair at bay, you must use a conditioner after washing your hair. A good conditioner will deliver moisturising agents to nourish the hair’s cuticle while also adding back its shine!

4 - Protect Against the Sun! Have you ever noticed how the top layer of your hair is drier and rougher than the bottom layers? This is because that layer is exposed to the sun! UV light degenerates the outer layer of the hair, causing hair to become dry and aged! Try and protect your hair from the harsh rays of the sun by wearing a hat or covering your hair with a scarf or dupatta.

5 – Oil Massage Helps! Oil massage with coconut oil specifically will help nourish the hair shaft. Coconut oil is proven to help increase hair moisture and lustre because the hair is able to specifically absorb coconut oil’s fatty acids!

How to Treat and Prevent Dry Skin

1–Use a Humidifer!- Try and use a humidifier to increase the moisture in the air. Humidifiers release water into the atmosphere, resulting in less water being taken up from the skin.

2–Protect Against The Sun! - The sun increases Trans-Epidermal Water Loss (water lost from the skin), thereby dehydrating it. Dermatologists always advise proper sun avoidance and sun protection (at least SPF 30++) for both UVB and UVA protection to prevent dryness as well as the sun’s other harmful skin effects of premature aging and pigmentation.

3 – Remember Your Omega Fatty Acids!- Include Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids in your diet as it is an important component for proper skin hydration. These essential nutrients act by reinforcing the skin barrier, making your epidermis more moist and supple. Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids are found in fatty fishes as well as in nuts, avocados, and flaxseed, along with other sources.

5 – Avoid Soap! - The pH of soap is usually more than 9, while the skin’s pH is 5.5. This high pH causes the skin barrier to breakdown, leaking out water, lipids and nutrients. This increases dryness and can even result in rashes and worsen eczema. Instead of soap, use moisturising washes!

6 –Add Your Natural Moisturising Factors! - Try to look for washes that include ingredients known as Natural Moisturising Factors. Natural Moisturising Factors are humectants that are naturally present in the skin to help increase skin moisturisation and suppleness. When skin is dry, there are less Natural Moisturising Factors in the skin, so it is important to add them back in through your skin care routine!

Follow the above dermatological advice to get the skin and hair you want this season!

Dr. Kiran Lohia, MD

Dr. Kiran Lohia is a Columbia University graduate and a United States trained M.D., specializing in Dermatology. She is American Board Certified with a further degree in Aesthetic Medicine. Dr. Lohia is a member of the American Medical Association, American College of Physicians, European Society of Cosmetic and Aesthetic Dermatology, International Academy of Cosmetic Dermatology among others. Having additionally completed a Diploma course in Cosmetic Science through the U.K. Society of Cosmetic Scientists, Dr. Lohia has the distinction of being the first physician with both advanced Dermatology and Cosmetic Chemistry knowledge. She is considered an authority on dermatology and skin care and has written articles for The Times of India, The Tribune, The Deccan Herald, Complete Wellbeing magazine, Prevention magazine and many more! She has also been featured in magazines like Prevention, Grihalaxmi and numerous other health and beauty related blogs and websites. 

Based on her specialized knowledge, she undertook the challenge to create dermatologically efficacious and irritation-free skin therapies. She formed her own Research and Development Department and a Scientific Advisory Team, and undertook an extensive research and development phase. She collaborated with Dermatology Research Laboratories in France, Italy, Spain and the USA to develop the most cutting-edge skin technology. After years of research and testing, COSMEDIC was born. It is the first brand with revolutionary products that are formulated, tested and approved by dermatologists. For proper ethical standards, Cosmedic has also ensured that each and every skin solution is Vegan and has not been tested on or used any animal products. Cosmedic is the first brand in India to be certified by both PETA and the Vegetarian Society, UK.  Please visit www.cosmedic.in for more details.

Dr. Kiran Lohia also practices in Vasant Kunj by appointment.

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