Dr. Rinky Kapoor

There's a cream in most Indian bathrooms that works brilliantly for three days. Then it turns.

Nobody using these is being careless. They're inexpensive, available without a prescription, and for the first three days they work beautifully. That combination is precisely what makes them dangerous.

What I see in clinic is the part that comes afterwards. Someone arrives having used one for months, and by then the rash doesn't look like anything recognisable, the skin is thinned, and there's often pigmentation that will outlast the infection by a year.

If you have been using one on a rash nobody prescribed it for - don't stop abruptly and don't panic. Sudden withdrawal after long use causes a flare of its own. Book an appointment and stop it under supervision.

And to be very clear: if a dermatologist prescribed you a topical steroid, keep using it exactly as directed. Used properly these are excellent medicines. The problem was never the molecule. It's the missing prescription.

Send this to someone who keeps a “general purpose” cream at home.

The 4th one is most important one.

Monsoon shedding is real and it is seasonal. Most of what I see between June and September settles on its own once humidity drops - usually within two to three months.

That's the part nobody says. People panic in July, buy four products, feel better by October, and conclude the fourth one worked. It didn't. The season ended.

What I'd actually do: photograph your parting in the same light once a fortnight. Far more reliable than counting hairs in the drain, which mostly just makes you anxious. Wash regularly rather than less. Dry your scalp properly instead of tying wet hair up.

And know where the line is. Seasonal shedding is diffuse, temporary, and doesn't expose scalp. Patches, a burning scalp, a parting that is genuinely widening, or shedding that carries on past the season - that's a blood test and a consultation, not a new shampoo.

What's your biggest monsoon hair question? Ask below.



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Dr Rinky Kapoor | Cosmetic Dermatologist

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Personalized care > Popular products
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