INDIAN women, watch out!
Think twice before you place that
innocent-looking, stick-on vermillion dot on your forehead. Or,
before you slip your plastic purse
into your blouse. At least that's
the message from dermatologist R
K Pandhi of the All India Institute
of Medical Sciences in Delhi.
Investigations by his team
reveal an increased incidence of
leucoderma - a progressive loss
of skin pigmentation that results
in white patches - in women
regularly wearing stick-on bindis,
plastic slippers or carrying plastic
purses tucked inside their blouse.
It may be too early to say
whether these elements actually
induce leucoderma, but Pandhi
says they seem to hasten the
appearance of the white patches.
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