Navigating pregnancy-safe skincare can be complicated, but as a medical doctor with a focus on cosmetic ingredient safety, I’ve simplified the search for you. Visit my Skincare During Pregnancy – Begin Here guide for a full index of ingredient safety…
The one chemical hiding in your cosmetics, your takeout container, and your sanitary pads that can quietly work against your IVF outcome. Navigating pregnancy-safe skincare can be complicated, but as a medical doctor with a focus on cosmetic ingredient safety,…
Carving Jack O’ Lanterns is a beloved family tradition. It is also the most common cause of Halloween-related injury and, fortunately, very much preventable. No one would want a fun-filled family activity to turn into a trip to the ER….
Navigating pregnancy-safe skincare can be complicated, but as a medical doctor with a focus on cosmetic ingredient safety, I’ve simplified the search for you. Visit my Skincare During Pregnancy – Begin Here guide for a full index of ingredient safety…
Azelaic acid is one of the few actives you can keep using through pregnancy and nursing: here are the serums and creams worth trying. Navigating pregnancy-safe skincare can be complicated, but as a medical doctor with a focus on cosmetic…
Yes, azelaic acid is largely safe during pregnancy and breastfeeding: here is the evidence behind one of skincare’s most overlooked actives. Navigating pregnancy-safe skincare can be complicated, but as a medical doctor with a focus on cosmetic ingredient safety, I’ve…
Eighty-five percent of scald burns occur at home. An overwhelming 95% of burns in <5 years of age occur at home! Burns in adults above the age of 60 years frequently lead to loss of independence and to reliance on…
The last two blogs on burns generated a few queries from readers asking how to know whether their burn is deep or superficial and what are the degrees of burns? In today’s post, I will explain how to tell what…
Scarring due to burns spans a whole spectrum. These scars can range from light or dark patches on the burn area to more significant and cosmetically and functionally debilitating hypertrophic and keloidal scars.How to reduce a burn scar is a…
I worked for 6 years in a public tertiary care plastic surgery unit in North India, which also houses one of the largest burn centers in Asia. Burns, major or minor, are unfortunately a common occurrence. Majority of these are…