Discover Your Dosha: Ayurveda-Based Skin Care for Lasting Radiance

Ayurveda, which has its roots in ancient knowledge, promotes the use of natural substances to nourish, cure, and revitalise the skin. Beyond merely improving appearance, ayurveda promotes holistic wellbeing by treating the underlying causes of skin issues and encouraging harmony and balance in all aspects of life.
As per ayurvedic methods the skin care routine varies with the dosha predominance on skin.

Types of skin according to ayurveda
• Vata
• Pitta
• Kapha

Features of different types of skin

• vata
Dryness, roughness, and thinness are characteristics of vata skin. These characteristics might make it more prone to wrinkles and make it seem cool to the touch. Additionally, it may be quite vulnerable to cold and wind. Vata imbalance can also show up as dark pigmentation and dark spots since it tends to produce dark discolouration.

In order to balance out excesses of cold dry, dark, and rough skin, we want to bring out the opposing features while dealing with Vata type skin. Inside and out, the focus is on hydration, warmth, and oileation. Dryness and other Vata imbalances can be sustained by overusing astringent products like toners and excessive skin cleaning.
• pitta
Pitta’s natural characteristics cause its skin to be prone to oiliness and a reddish or pink tinge. Additionally, it may feel heated or hot to the touch and be prone to inflammations like acne and rashes. Pitta personalities typically have heightened sensitivity to heat and sunlight. Freckles and moles could appear more readily on them.

Astringency and coolness are the greatest ways to counterbalance the heated, oily characteristics of Pitta type skin. The skin detoxification process should be supported by the items we use on Pitta skin.
• Kapha
Typically, kapha skin is smooth, moisturised, and even over the face. It has a natural glossiness, is pale, and feels cold to the touch. It is comparable to that of a stunning statue made of marble. Compared to Pitta and Vata skin, the skin itself will be thicker and stronger.

Tonning, gentle washing, and detoxification are important when working with the element Kapha skin because of its tendency towards the accumulation and stagnation due to its heavy & static characteristics. Kapha-type skin will benefit greatly from a small amount of astringency.

Ayurvedic skin care

To achieve healthy, radiant skin, Ayurveda does, however, also provide a variety of topical or external aids. Ayurveda often only applies organic, all-natural ingredients to the skin. Don’t apply something on your skin that you wouldn’t eat!

Ayurvedic skincare suggests oils like sesame, sunflower, or coconut to moisturise the skin, based on the skin’s doshic characteristics. The wonderful qualities of Ayurvedic herbs like Manjistha, Sandalwood, Neem, and Turmeric, together with other ingredients like milk and pearl extract, are found in several “herbarized” Ayurvedic oils that support skin healing and luminosity.
• Vata skin care
Cleanser- rose water and milk
Exfoliating – rice/almond powder
Steaming- fresh water with mint leaves
Massaging- milk cream,aloe vera gel,oils
Moisturiser- almond oil
• Pitta skin care
Cleansing – rose water
Exfoliation – milk+sugar,lemon
Steaming – neem leaves
Massaging -kera taila,Chandana taila
Mask- milk +Chandana
• Kapha skin care
Cleansing – citrus-orange lemon
Exfoliating – salt+honey
Steaming – mint leaves
Massaging- aloevera+turmeric
Mask – Multani mitti+honey+rose water+manjishta+neem+Tulasi+turmeric

Face massages

It is generally accepted that receiving a quality massage increases skin softness, lymphatic drainage, and circulation.

The Marma points on our faces and bodies serve as the foundation for Ayurvedic facial massages, also known as facial abhyangas. When activated, marma points—which are seen as “doors” to the inner body—can serve as healing and calming agents.
Applying an appropriate Ayurvedic oil and massaging it into your skin in a circular motion while successfully activating all of the Marma Points is the most basic type of Ayurvedic facial massage. While almond oil works best for Vata and Pitta doshas, sesame oil is advised for all doshas. manjista oil is used to treat acne-prone skin. Regular massage with coconut oil can also provide smooth and soft skin.
Similarly, to get a smooth and flowless skin body abyanga also helps the prson.it eliminates the accumulated toxins over the skin and corrects the lymphatic flow.
Other medicated oils- for face kumkumadi oil,eladi oil,nalpamaradi oil
For body – ksheerabala oil,danwantaram oil,mahanarayanam oil

Benefits
Glowing skin
Decreases dark marks and pigmentation
Smooth skin
Reduces ageing
Improves skin tone

Ayurvedic Detoxification

Ayurveda views health and beauty as an internal and emotional journey that extends beyond appearances. Ayurvedic detoxification is a method for getting rid of toxic chemicals, environmental pollutants, stress, and bad emotions that build up in the body and eventually impact our skin, health, and even mental health.
In order to eliminate these toxins from our body, we can do panchakarma treatments. The circulation of toxins throughout the body can affect the radiance of skin. By doing pachakarma like vamana and virechana can bring a marked difference in the appearance of skin.

Diet

Since the Ayurvedic diet is also tailored to your dosha, identifying your dominant dosha is crucial to getting the most out of it.

vata skin

food which are warm and fresh have to include in diets.
Fruits that are sweet, such as pineapple, oranges, peaches, figs, berries, bananas, apples, coconut, grapefruit, mangoes, and so on
Soft, easily digested foods, such as leafy greens, sweet potatoes, and asparagus
oats
Rice that has been brown
most lean meats and eggs made from wheat
dairy products (yoghurt, cheese, ghee, buttermilk, and whole milk)
Seeds and nuts
The majority of spices

Kapha skin

most fruits (such as pears, apples, cherries, mangos, peaches, and raisins)
most veggies, particularly those that are “bitter” or cruciferous
barley corn
Low-fat dairy products with basmati rice eggs
Legumes and white meat
Pitta skin
dairy, non-starchy veggies, and sweet fruits
barley, oats, and eggs
White rice or basmati rice, wheat, beans, and a few spices (such cardamom, turmeric, cinnamon, cilantro, and mint).

Ayurvedic diets emphasise natural foods that are essentially nutritious for your body, mind, and soul, but they are not restricted. Ayurvedic diets have been shown to provide you with good skin, lower cholesterol, prevent diabetes, encourage weight reduction, and have a relaxing impact on the mind, which lowers anxiety.

common skin issues and remedies

acne
aggravation of kapha,vata and rakta leads to the formation of pimples over face
cleaning and washing with triphala powder or neem decoction
application of paste of triphala or juice of Tulasi,curry leaves or turmeric creams.
Acne scars
Kasthoori manjal with rose water
Manjishta powder with honey
Black heads and white heads
Steam
Peel off mask-green gram+egg white or greem gram+rose water/honey
Triphala powder +curd scrub
Hyper pigmentation or melasma
Eladi choorna application
Potato,cucumber,njavra rice paste application
Dark circles
Massage with ice packs of aloe vera,licorrhice
Potato juice+cucumber juice
Pigmentation of lips
Application of sathadoutha grita
Coconut oil applicationbeet root juice application