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Sunday, September 14, 2025
TopicSkin treatment

Topic: Skin treatment

Skin whitening injections can give you fairer skin. But keep your expectations realistic

Glutathione is a natural antioxidant which fights free radicals, keeps your liver healthy, and most importantly, blocks melanin production—resulting in a fairer skin.

I’ve seen HIFU transform skin and self-confidence. Know the risks and costs too

This non-invasive treatment has emerged as a game-changer, particularly for skin tightening and rejuvenation. A session can cost anything from Rs 5,000 to 55,000.

Debunking anti-ageing myths. Treatments, luxury creams can’t rewind the biological clock

High-end skincare products may feel luxurious, but they aren’t magic potions. When taking care of your skin, what you need is consistency, not a gold-plated jar of moisturiser.

No cure, non-contagious—Dear vitiligo patients, don’t be fooled by quacks offering treatment

Stigma surrounding vitiligo leads people to experience mental health effects like low mood, self-esteem issues, and social anxiety. Key things you need to know about this skin condition characterised by the loss of pigment.

Hair transplant, vampire facial—India can’t turn a blind eye to unregulated new-age treatments

Botched treatments have resulted in deaths, burns and permanent skin damage. At least we know the source of problem—unregulated clinics.

That cream you are applying won’t lighten your scar. It requires deeper treatment

The physiology behind the formation of a scar explains why a topical cream, in my experience as a dermatologist, does not work.

On Camera

Russian-style socialism dominated Nehru’s imagination. It was disastrous

It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.