Your Mental Health Impacting Your Grooming Ritual?

Can poor mental health have behavioural and physical effects all at once? We ask the experts

- By Sukriti Shahi

If you are someone who's dealt with or dealing with mental burnout, you'd know that self-care and grooming is the last thing on your to-do list.

An everyday skin and hair care routine seems like a task that’s low on priority. Because who cares about slapping on sunscreen when there are bigger issues to sort out! The studies show that people struggling with poor mental health often find routine tasks like brushing their teeth, showering, going for a cut or taking of their body challenging. Moreover, modern men talk about gains, glow, and grooming; they optimise everything from protein intake, step count, skincare steps, hair density, even sleep scores but there's one metric that quietly influences all of it: mental health. Sadly, no one talks about it. Anxiety, burnout, and depression don’t just live in your head. They show up in your skin quality, hair density, posture, body composition, and even how consistently you brush your teeth. “This is mainly because our mind and body do not function separately, and naturally, what we experience emotionally often reflects outwardly,” says Dr Devanshi Desai, Counselling Psychologist & Couples Therapist. Between relentless work culture, social media comparison, family expectations and the pressure to ‘have it sorted’ by 30, most people are carrying a psychological load that doesn’t just stay internal.

STRESS SHOWS ON THE FACE