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When Did My Skin Become a Problem?
I never knew my skin had so many problems until I started skincare.
We are living in an era where skincare has become increasingly popular. With so many people getting into it, I think it’s worth pausing for a moment and understanding what’s actually happening beneath the surface.
I was 21 when I stepped into skincare, with absolutely no experience or knowledge about it. Without doing any research, I randomly bought what everyone called the essentials: face wash, moisturiser, and sunscreen from a brand called Dr. Sheth’s. Would you believe me if I said the reason I chose that brand was simply because it had ‘Dr.’ before its name? I naturally assumed it would be safe because it was created by doctors.
Gradually, I started learning more about skincare, understanding my skin better, and changing the products accordingly. But the point here isn’t how I learnt about skincare or understood my skin better. It’s how the whole experience changed me without me even noticing.
Almost five years into this journey, these are some of the changes I’ve experienced and am now trying to work on:
- I started finding more and more flaws in my skin with each passing day, as if the list would never end.
- These days, when I look at people…
