Episode 107 · Beauty of the world

The Beauty of the World (Chapter 2): India and Sub-Continental Asian patients with Dr Rashmi Shetty

With Dr Rashmi Shetty, Dermatologist, Mumbai, IndiaHosts Dr Jake Sloane and David Segal

About this episode

In Beauty of the World we host globally renowned key opinion leaders to discuss their region's beauty standards, aesthetic trends and injectable market, celebrating the similarities and differences between people's faces and skin tones.

In Chapter 2 we explore the beauty ideals of India with Mumbai dermatologist Dr Rashmi Shetty, while also reflecting on attitudes to aesthetics across the subcontinent.

We discuss the diversity of facial features across India's regions, respecting cultural identity, understanding patient motivations, social media and celebrity culture, stigma and privacy, the growing middle class, ageing across skin types, skin tone preferences and the history of skin lightening, male aesthetics, training and safety, and pricing and business models in India.

What you'll learn

  • The diversity of beauty ideals across India
  • Why stigma and privacy still matter
  • Skin tone and the history of skin lightening
  • How the Indian aesthetics market is growing

Topics

  • Beauty of the world
  • Beauty standards
  • Skin of colour
  • Pigmentation
  • India

Full transcript

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