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 …