Vitamin C? Retinol? Jade rollers? 🤔 You might want to listen to this dermatologist before picking up a trending skincare solution. 👀
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00:00You have no right to think that you are so beautiful.
00:04Not fair.
00:06I think it's fair that everyone wants to take care of their skin maybe.
00:09But I think overdoing it, over layering products, using anything and everything around and what
00:16your friend told you may not be the right way to go.
00:24Nowadays I get numerous people coming to me and all of them are using something or the
00:29other.
00:30With this pandemic, we've all been sitting at home and Instagramming the whole day.
00:35And from there, there are so many products as well as devices which are in use.
00:41One of them, of course, are toners.
00:43So everyone will ask me, what should I do for CTM?
00:47That's cleansing, toning, moisturizing.
00:50Everyone may not need a CTM.
00:52Even if you need cleansing and moisturizing, a toner may or may not be used.
00:56It's not very, very necessary, is what I mean.
01:08Vitamin C serum tops my list of something which everyone is using, but it may not be
01:14something which would suit everyone, particularly those with acne prone skin.
01:20I'd urge them maybe not to jump to using a vitamin C serum because that can cause acne
01:26itself.
01:27Any serum, a serum means a highly concentrated product.
01:30So anything with a high concentration can tend to be a bit sticky at times and can lead
01:35to acne.
01:36Vitamin C is not going to make all your pigmentation go away as it claims to.
01:42Vitamin C is great for texture, it's great for some pigment or unevenness and a nice
01:48glow to the face.
01:49You should see the pH of vitamin C, however, most brands will not mention it.
01:54Ideally, vitamin C should be in an amber colored bottle.
01:58Anything wherein you're opening the cap like this and using your vitamin C may not be the
02:02best idea because it will be exposed to air.
02:05Concentration of vitamin C at least 10%, if not 20%.
02:0810 to 20% is a good idea.
02:11Anything below that is not going to work.
02:17Retinol is basically a form of vitamin A.
02:21Retinol is a step one anti-aging product and it's very, very rampant worldwide, globally
02:28used.
02:29But if you've got sensitive skin, it may be a good idea to consult your dermatologist
02:33because you'd maybe like to build it up slowly, the concentration on your skin, just to assess
02:38how you're doing.
02:39Because retinol's work is that it peels the skin.
02:42It causes a little bit exfoliation of the dead cells.
02:47Once it does that, it gives a glow, a brightening effect, as well as works on fine lines and
02:52wrinkles.
02:58AHA is called alpha hydroxy acid and BHA is called a beta hydroxy acid.
03:04Even though they're called acids, most of these are derived from natural things.
03:08Both these products, since they're acids, again, they cause a little bit of peeling
03:12effect.
03:14You'll have serums, you'll have sleeping masks, you'll have creams, all with alpha and beta
03:19hydroxy acids.
03:20Beta hydroxy acid is great for acne.
03:24It's great for skin with a slight redness.
03:27So it's got an anti-inflammatory effect, meaning that it decreases redness.
03:31It decreases the heat on the face.
03:33And glycolic acid or the alpha hydroxy acid is basically used for pigmentation and brightening.
03:40So it's a good idea to start with a lower concentration and then build up the concentration.
03:45A good concentration for the face would be 6-10%.
03:49That's a good concentration.
03:50You could go up, but be careful.
03:52For the body, even a 12% is fine.
03:55For knees, elbows, underarms, so on and so forth.
03:58As for the beta hydroxy acid, mostly the products would have a 2% beta hydroxy acid.
04:05If someone's got oily skin, they can maybe start with a slightly higher concentration
04:09straight away because they'll tolerate it.
04:16Gua Sha stems from age-old traditions wherein they used to use this stone almost to the
04:23tune of causing bruising or a little bit of scraping of the skin.
04:29None of us use gua sha like that and none of the models on Instagram or elsewhere in
04:33the pictures where gua sha is being used are using it like that.
04:37The gua sha or the jade rollers.
04:41So you'll see claims such as it contours the face, it lifts the face, it lifts the skin,
04:47tightens it, so on and so forth.
04:50So all this is really going to do is increase the circulation of your face.
04:53It's a feel-good factor, but I don't know if it's going to tone or give you a chiseled
05:00jawline.
05:01That's for sure.
05:02I always tell my patients what you eat and drink reflects on your skin and hair.
05:09So of course, eat a good balanced diet, cleansing the face twice a day.
05:14You don't need to do it five times a day.
05:16That just creates issues.
05:18Cleansing your face, moisturizing is important.
05:25So that retains the barrier of your skin.
05:28So it's a good idea to use the right moisturizer and also a sunscreen.
05:33Just like you're brushing your teeth if you can get into the habit of keeping the face
05:36clean.