Browsing by Author "Lal, Maria"

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    Cosmetico vigilance of skin lightening agents: Patient utilization pattern versus virtual need in Mumbai metropolitan region
    (AIKTC, 2021-05) Lal, Maria; Pophlunkar, Mustapha Javeed (14PH33); Gabhrani, Mehandi Reza Shabbirali (17PH09); Logde, Arjuman Nazir (17PH30); Parveen Saima, Mohammad Gulam Gaus (17PH35)
    The preference to have white skin has driven the skin lightening (SL) industry. This phenomenon was reflected in the domination of skin lightening products in Asian skincare market with 60 percent of sales. Skin lightening products are readily available from major cosmetics companies, from local convenience stores, and widely over the internet. These types of products are marketed as skin-evening creams, skin lighteners, skin brighteners, skin whiteners, skin tones, fading creams, or fairness creams.
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    Extraction of natural colorant from biowaste dates pits (seeds) for pharmaceuticals and cosmetics
    (AIKTC, 2020-05) Lal, Maria; Bawani, Al Fahad Firoj (16PH08); Kazi, Afsha Jalaluddin (16PH19); Khan, Saiqa Salamt (16PH26); Khan, Sabir Mohd. Aslam (16PH30)
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    Role of moisturizers and people reference towards it
    (AIKTC, 2021-05) Lal, Maria; Khan, Farheen Salman (17PH08); Halde, Rafat Zubair (17PH13); Kazi, Aqsa Mohammed Husain (17PH18); Syed, Shahnawaz Abdul (18DPH07)
    The skin is the largest organ of the human body, which protects us from entry of microorganisms, regulate our body temperature. It serves as a barrier against physical and chemical attack. It also acts as a thermostat in maintaining body temperature, shields the body from invasion by micro-organisms, protects against UV rays and plays a role in regulation of blood pressure. There are thousands of diseases that we come across now-a-days among which, dry skin called xeroderma, acne, seborrhea are the most commonest for which the people are getting introduced to skin moisturizers; which are available in varieties in market with different brands and many ingredients. Therefore, skin moisturizer is used by many people to keep the skin hydrated and make it feel soft and smooth, maintain skin health and treat seborrhoea. With the increasing demand of skin moisturizer by people, we did a survey to examine people preference towards it, why they use moisturizer and what’s their expectations from it.