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Acne
Active acne is settled medically first — nothing resurfacing goes near inflamed skin. Adult and hormonal acne gets investigated, not just prescribed for.
A skin, hair and nail clinic in Civil Lines, Nagpur, led by two consultant dermatologists. Every visit starts with an examination and a plan written for you — not a package chosen off a menu.
It's an old idea about balance — the state where things are clear and settled rather than agitated. It happens to be a fair description of healthy skin, and of how a clinic should feel to sit in.
That's the standard this practice is held to: nothing rushed, nothing oversold, and no treatment started before someone has properly looked.
Skin, scalp and nails are looked at under magnification before anything is recommended. The plan follows the examination, never the other way round.
Dr. Siddha Joshi and Dr. Darshana Deshmukh are both MBBS, DDV, DVL, and both fellowship-trained in cosmetic dermatology and lasers. You see a doctor, every visit.
Dermatology, cosmetology, dermatosurgery and nail surgery under one roof — so the medical problem is solved before the cosmetic one is treated.
Between them they cover general dermatology, cosmetology and dermatosurgery — which means a second opinion is available without a second appointment somewhere else.
Nine years in clinical dermatology, cosmetology and dermatosurgery, with a fellowship in cosmetic dermatology and lasers from the USA. She treats skin, hair and nail concerns across the range — acne, pigmentation, scarring, ageing and hair loss.
Her procedure list runs from PRP, medical-grade facials, lasers, peels and skin boosters through to Botox, fillers, mole, cyst and skin tag removal, and nail surgery.
Consultant dermatologist and cosmetologist, with a fellowship in cosmetic dermatology and lasers from Mumbai. She consults across general dermatology and the clinic's cosmetology and dermatosurgery work.
Years in practice and special interests still to be added — send these across and this panel reads exactly like the one beside it.
Grouped the way the doctors group them. If what you need isn't here, ask — and if it isn't something Sattva should be doing, you'll be told that too.
Anything unusual is examined and investigated before it is removed. That order is not negotiable.
Injectables are anatomy work. Follow the needle — every stop is a decision made long before anything is drawn up.
Live dose · units placed along the path
Skin, scalp and nails examined under magnification, and photographed the same way each visit — so change is measured rather than remembered.
Tone and texture sit here. This is the layer creams reach, which is why routines plateau and pigmentation keeps coming back.
Oil, keratin and bacteria in one duct. Treat the duct — and whatever is driving it — not the spot sitting on top of it.
Collagen and elastin. Lasers, PRP, peels and boosters all aim at this scaffold. Nothing sitting above it will do the same job.
Hyaluronic acid holds a thousand times its weight in water. How much, and exactly where, is the entire skill.
Reception, then three rooms off a single corridor. Nobody walks past a treatment in progress to get anywhere.
The stairs come up from West High Court Road, above Vinayak Panchakarma Chikitsalaya.
Appointments are spaced so the waiting area rarely holds more than a few people. Prior appointments, please.
Where the history is taken, the skin is examined under magnification, and the plan is written.
Botox, fillers, PRP and dermatosurgery — mole, cyst and skin tag removal, and nail surgery.
The quiet room. Dimmed, no through traffic, and the longest appointments of the day.
Active acne is settled medically first — nothing resurfacing goes near inflamed skin. Adult and hormonal acne gets investigated, not just prescribed for.
Melasma, tanning and post-acne marks. Treated slowly and medically before any device is switched on, because aggressive treatment is what makes pigment return.
Boxcar, rolling and icepick scars don't respond to the same treatment. Mapped under raking light, then treated in combination rather than one machine for everything.
Scalp examined and bloods checked before anything is injected — a treatable cause turns up on a report more often than people expect.
For pigment, unwanted hair and texture. Settings chosen for the skin in front of us — Indian skin pigments in response to heat, so conservative isn't timid, it's correct.
Prescribed, not picked from a menu. Strength steps up over sessions, and the downtime is explained before you book rather than after.
Dosed by how the muscle actually moves, and structured before anything is added to lips. Most first-timers leave with two areas treated, not five.
Moles, cysts, skin tags and nail surgery. Examined first — anything unusual is investigated rather than simply removed. Local anaesthetic, same day.
Most people arrive with one of these six. A fair number arrive with two, and find out the second one was causing the first.
From first breakouts to adult and hormonal acne that ignores everything that worked at nineteen.
Melasma, sun damage, dark circles, and the marks acne leaves long after it has cleared.
Acne scarring, surgical and injury scars, and keloids that kept growing after everyone said they'd settle.
Fine lines, volume loss and laxity — treated in the order the face needs, which is rarely the order it's asked for.
Thinning, patchy loss and post-illness shedding, in women and men. Investigated before it's injected.
Ingrown and infected nails, moles, cysts and skin tags — examined, then removed or referred.
No filters, no soft focus, no flattering angle on the second photograph. Progress you can see in a picture is the only kind worth showing you.
Photographs are only published with written consent — and plenty of patients say no, which is entirely fine.
Sample rendering · replace with the clinic's own consented photography
Pick one and we'll show you the route we'd usually take. Your actual plan gets written in the room, after we look.
Indicative pathways · clinical sequencing to be confirmed by the doctors
You can walk out having bought nothing. That's a normal, expected outcome, and it's the reason people send their friends.
History first — what you've tried, what reacted, what changed. Bring your current products and prescriptions if you have them.
Skin, scalp or nails under magnification, and photographs for your file so the next visit has something to compare against.
What's going on, what it will take, how long, and roughly what it costs. Including the parts that won't work.
Treatment isn't started on day one unless you ask and it's appropriate. Going home to think about it is a perfectly good outcome.
These are on the clinic's consent form, and they get said out loud too. None of them are the small print.
The same protocol on two people rarely gives the same picture. What you'll get is an honest estimate, not someone else's photograph.
Very little in dermatology finishes in one appointment. You'll be told the likely number before you start, not after the second one.
Redness, swelling or irritation after a procedure is common and usually short-lived. You'll know what's normal and when to call.
Clinical photographs are taken for your medical record. They're used publicly only with separate written consent, and you can decline.
Civil Lines, a minute from Law Square. Come up one flight of stairs and reception is straight ahead.
First floor, above Vinayak Panchakarma Chikitsalaya.
A first consultation is an examination and a plan in writing. You'll leave knowing what's actually going on with your skin, what it will take, and what it won't.
Call +91 77180 35207