FACE FORWARD

Injectable moisturisers are skincare's latest saviours. Bazaar India investigates its rising popularity and whether it's truly as effective as it's made out to be.

- TATIANA DIAS

Eight glasses of water, seven hours of sleep, and six minutes of skincare time—that’s all it took to keep your skin in the pink of health in the past. But in today’s reality, is it really that simple? Stress levels, smoggy skies, and other environmental aggressors may say otherwise. With this in mind, science got a tad innovative and developed a solution—injectable moisturisers—a one-stop shop (read: syringe) that combines the skin benefits of the above. They work on the inside while you work on the outside, leaving you with a healthy and long-lasting glow, sans the extra effort.

POKING IN

Gone are the days when cosmetic injectables were limited to botched botox and overdone face fillers. The once controversial aesthetic procedure has now become more functional, covering a wider spectrum of skin health. “Injectable moisturisers, also known as skin boosters, are a type of injectable treatment designed to hydrate the skin from within and stimulate collagen production,” explains Dr Kiran Sethi, medical director and founder, ISYA Aesthetics, Delhi.