What would you like to treat?
Most people arrive describing a problem rather than a procedure. These pages explain what each concern actually is, how the types differ, and which treatments genuinely help — so you can arrive at your consultation already understanding your options.
Acne
Acne is a condition of the oil gland and hair follicle, not a hygiene problem. It responds best when the type is identified first — comedona…
Acne scars
Acne scars are permanent changes in skin structure left after inflammation, and they differ from the flat brown marks many people call scars…
Pigmentation & melasma
Pigmentation covers several different problems that look similar — melasma, post-inflammatory marks, sun-induced tanning and freckles — and …
Hair loss
Hair fall and hair loss are not the same thing. Shedding more hair temporarily (telogen effluvium) usually follows illness, stress, nutritio…
Thyroid & weight
An underactive thyroid slows the rate at which the body uses energy, and weight gain is one of its commonest signs. It is also one of the fe…
Insulin resistance
Insulin resistance means the body responds less readily to its own insulin, so more is produced to do the same job. High circulating insulin…
Menopause & weight
Around menopause, falling oestrogen shifts where the body stores fat — from hips and thighs towards the abdomen — while muscle is being lost…
Unwanted hair
Unwanted hair is usually normal variation, but a sudden increase in coarse hair on the face, chest or abdomen in women can point to a hormon…
Fine lines & ageing skin
Skin ageing has two separate components: intrinsic ageing, which is genetic and gradual, and photoageing from cumulative sun exposure, which…
Dull & tired skin
Dullness is usually a build-up of dead surface cells, dehydration, sun-induced pigmentation and uneven texture rather than a single conditio…
Sun tan & uneven tone
A tan is extra melanin your skin produced to defend itself against UV — which is why it fades slowly and unevenly on its own in Chennai's ye…
Dark circles
Dark circles are not one problem. Under-eye darkness can be pigment in the skin, blood vessels showing through thin skin, a hollow casting a…
Open pores
Pores do not open and close — they are fixed openings whose visibility changes with oil production, congestion, sun damage and age. Nothing …
Female pattern hair loss
Female pattern hair loss shows as a widening parting and a thinner ponytail while the hairline mostly holds. It is common, runs in families,…
Male pattern baldness
Male pattern baldness is an inherited sensitivity of the hair follicle to a hormone called DHT. Affected follicles shrink with every growth …
Postpartum hair loss
Heavy shedding two to four months after delivery is almost always telogen effluvium. Pregnancy hormones held hair in its growing phase for m…
Dandruff
Persistent flaking is usually seborrhoeic dermatitis, not a dry scalp. A yeast that lives on everyone's skin — Malassezia — overgrows where …
Alopecia areata
Alopecia areata is an autoimmune condition: the immune system mistakes the hair follicle for a threat and attacks it, so hair falls out in s…
Premature greying
Hair goes grey when the pigment cells in the follicle stop making melanin. Greying before the mid-twenties in Indian skin is considered prem…
PCOS skin & hair
PCOS raises androgen levels, and skin and hair are where that usually shows first: jawline acne that resists ordinary treatment, coarse hair…
PCOS & weight
Weight in PCOS is not simply a matter of willpower. Insulin resistance is common in PCOS, and it makes the body store energy readily and rel…
Stubborn belly fat
Fat around the middle is partly ordinary subcutaneous fat under the skin and partly visceral fat, which sits deeper around the organs and be…
Post-pregnancy changes
Your body spent nine months changing, and it does not reverse on a schedule. In the months after delivery the abdominal wall is still recove…
Facial hair in women
Coarse hair on the chin, upper lip or jawline in women is often hormonal rather than cosmetic — PCOS is the most common cause, with thyroid …
Bikini line hair
Bikini line and Brazilian laser treats coarse hair in the pubic area, and most Bikini, Brazilian and pubic area hair removal are the same t…
Men's body hair
Men come for laser mostly for the back and shoulders they cannot reach to shave, This includes the pubic area and intimate hair removal for…