New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- For years, skincare has been treated like a checklist: cleanse, serum, moisturise, repeat. Bathroom shelves are overflowing, routines are elaborate, yet skin concerns stubbornly persist. According to Dr Blossom Kochhar, pioneer of aromatherapy in India, this is where most people get it wrong. Skin health, she says, doesn't begin with what you apply; it begins with how you live.

What is the mind-body skin connection?

"The skin isn't a separate entity," beauty expert Dr Blossom Kochhar tells Health Shots. "It is deeply connected to the mind and the body. Whatever we experience internally, emotionally or physically eventually shows up on the skin," Dr Kochhar explains. In an era of constant notifications, rising stres...