The Influencer-Doctor Nexus That's Luring Young Women To Injectibles
By Riddhi Dastidar In 2014 Shraddha* was in college, studying to be a chartered accountant. She spent hours on YouTube watching vloggers like Sherry Shroff and Cassandra Banks who documented their “amazing lives, their amazing travels, their amazing skin”. At that time, Shraddha had a bad case of painful cystic acne, related to her diagnosis of Polycystic ovary syndrome. The 18-year-old hated the degree she was pursuing to please her parents; desperately wanting to feel better about her life, she decided that the first step was to fix her skin. She booked a consultation with a nearby dermatolo...