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Hyderabad dermatologist shares the real reason you’re suddenly looking older and losing hair, shares simple remedies

Hyderabad dermatologist shares the real reason you’re suddenly looking older and losing hair, shares simple remedies

In the modern era of constant connectivity and high-pressure environments, your bathroom mirror might be revealing more about your stress levels than your birth certificate. An expert in dermatology is sounding the alarm on how lifestyle-induced anxiety is manifesting as physical ailments that no amount of cream can fully hide. Also read | Does skincare need to age with your skin? Know what your skin really needs in 20s, 30s and 40s Dermatologist Dr Nishita Ranka warns that lifestyle-induced stress can cause skin problems. (Freepik) In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Nishita Ranka, dermatologist and co-founder, Dr Nishita’s Clinic for Skin, Hair and Aesthetics, Hyderabad, said the trend is undeniable. She shared, “There is a conversation I find myself having more and more in my clinic. A patient walks in, points to a cluster of breakouts on their jaw… and says: ‘Doctor, I haven’t changed anything. Why is this suddenly happening?’ The answer, almost always, lives in the one thing they have changed the most: their lifestyle.” Biology of burnout: the cortisol connection According …

Sudden hair loss in 3 Maharashtra villages sparks panic | Latest News India

Sudden hair loss in 3 Maharashtra villages sparks panic | Latest News India

A sudden hair loss that has led to baldness in people from several villages in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district has caused panic. Water samples from these villages have also been sent for tests to check for possible contamination.(HT Marathi) The incident has prompted the authorities to initiate testing of local water sources for possible contamination. According to state health department officials, as many as 30 persons have complained of sudden hair loss and baldness in Kalvad, Bondgaon and Hingna villages in Shegaon taluka of the district, reported PTI. A health department team has started a survey in the villages after the matter came to light. Also Read | Mumbai: Girl dies as college student falls on her while jostling with friend Shegaon health officer Dr Deepali Bahekar told reporters that medical treatment for those affected has started. “The department has started medical treatment of the patients as per the symptoms, and the advice from skincare specialists is also being taken,” Bahekar said, according to PTI. Water samples being tested Water samples from these villages have also …

Hair transplant: Myths, facts and guidelines | Fashion Trends

The growing popularity of hair transplants in India and the sudden rise in deaths including that of 30-year-old balding Indian television executive Athar Rasheed in Delhi has brought hair transplantation in news for all the erroneous rationale and complications associated with it like death, blindness etc. While hair transplant is a simple and safe procedure but like every surgery, the hair transplantation also requires expertise to perform the surgery and also to manage the complications if any. The frequently asked question by a bald person over the internet is, “how does a hair transplant work?” In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Arika Bansal, MBBS, Diplomate of ABHRS (USA), Hair Transplant Surgeon and Co-Founder of Eugenix Hair Sciences, answered, “Your own hair is implanted to you. Yes, you read it right. When a person develops baldness, luckily, he retains hair at the back of the scalp. This area generally doesn’t get bald throughout one’s lifetime. This area is known as, the ‘donor area,’ by hair transplant surgeons. In a hair restoration procedure, grafts are extracted …