Over the past few weeks, 26-year-old Deane de Menezes, the creator of Red is the New Green (a project to raise menstrual health awareness) has been working hard, going from door-to-door distributing free sanitary napkins to low-income households across Mumbai. While the COVID pandemic has lead to closed borders, shuttered businesses and mass movement of… Continue reading Meet the woman who is fighting the sanitary pad crisis during the lockdown
The blessed amongst us get their periods like clockwork every month, and it’s just a normal part of life, but for many it also brings along mood swings, severe pain, and PMS symptoms. Several women visit me with complaints of zits and rosacea flares triggered by hormonal imbalances as well. While in-clinic treatments and products… Continue reading What are your PMS symptoms telling you?
The conversation around our monthly period is slowly changing. Social media is breaking the taboo, phone apps are making it easy to track symptoms (the iWatch OS6 has caught on too), portable gadgets like Livia help soothe period pain, and e-menstrual cups, like Looncup, sync with your mobile phone and send notifications when they need… Continue reading Environmentally conscious alternatives to make your monthly cycle a little better
