A skin awareness session was held in Utsav Hall on 8th July 2024. Students of class 8th and 9th from JSS SMEMS attended the session which was conducted by Dr. Naveen K N. HOD, Dermatology SDM Hospital. He began the session with information about dermatology and dermatologists. He spoke about general problems faced by adolescents which included acne, hairloss, face creams, various bacterias present in our body and dark or fair skin.
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- To ensure that we are going to a good dermatologist, we must confirm their degrees. These degrees may be MD, DNB, DYD, DD or equalent degree.
- Acne or pimples are caused by hormonal changes in adolescents. One should avoid picking or squeezing them.
- Avoid kitchen remedies and products being shown on social media. Avoid junk foods and food containing high levels of sugar.
- Hairloss is caused by stress amongst adolescents. One should consume nutritious food rich in zinc, iron and vitamins A, D and C.
- The human body is host to trillions of microbes most of which are good bacterias.
- Oil released by our skin protects us from the ultraviolet rays of the sun. So one should avoid excessive use of soap.
- Ensure to buy face and body creams that do not contain steroids.
- The importance of dark skin was made clear by Dr. Naveen. He informed that more melanin makes our skin darker and darker skin has lesser risk of skin cancer.
We were pleased to have gotten a chance to attend such an insightful session. We are grateful to the Management for having organized such a session for us.
Inputs by Fiza M (Class 9) , Ramya Naragundkar (Class 9), Soundarya Hiremath (Class 9), Disha Purohit (Class 9), Prajwal A H (Class 9) and Amit Jadhav (Class 9).
