One of the biggest scams of the modern consumer world is the idea that your skin needs a long, step-by-step daily skincare routine.
This belief is deliberately manufactured by the beauty industry to create dependency, turning perfectly normal skin features like pores, texture, oiliness, and aging into “problems” that conveniently require a new product at every step.
Social media and influencers amplify this fear of missing out, selling the illusion that skipping a toner, essence, or serum is sabotaging your skin, when in reality most of these steps add little beyond irritation and marketing claims.
Human skin evolved to protect itself; it does not collapse without a 10-step ritual. What actually works is boring and unprofitable to hype: sunscreen to prevent damage and a moisturizer to maintain the barrier. Everything else is optional, problem-specific, and pushed less by science and more by sales targets.
Why are conferences getting so costly!
I don't want 5 star hotels,expensive kits,lavish spreads!
I want to attend to learn & grow!
We don't get reimbursed unlike central institutes nor do I get kickbacks from big pharma!
Can't pay 30k+,it is literally half my salary!
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The practical things that we as MBBS graduates are taught, are now being taught to BAMS RMO etc. to recruit more people at much cheaper rates. Until we as a community do not stand in solidarity, we'll perish soon! Very soon!
The stark reality of MBBS. I genuinely worry for the students who will be giving NEET UG now and joining MBBS next year. If this is the present condition, imagine what it will look like after five years.
I went to a medical store.
I asked for ORS.
He gave me ORSL.
I said, “This is not ORS.”
He said, “Ok, keep it aside, I’ll give you another.”
Then he gave me the original ORS.
People don’t have much knowledge, so they may end up buying ORSL instead of ORS. Why is this kind of misleading product still available in the market?
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Association of Leisure-Time Physical Activity Patterns With Constipation: Evidence From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
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@manish__aman Had the same feeling, that God bless, this motivated and curious child shouldn't die because of this rigged system! Feelings are mutual my friend.