A video currently trending on Instagram credits a special roti mask for tightening face skin. According to Face Yoga expert Mansi Gulati, if you want tight skin naturally, “Mix whole wheat and milk to prepare dough, shape the dough in circular way as shown in the video. Place it on your face and spray rose water over the dough.
Keep it on your face for 5 minutes and see the transformation for yourself!” But it is simple click-baiting or does it actually work? Roti mask craze: Mansi Gulati elaborated that while whole wheat helps in the regeneration of skin cells, rose water provides hydration and milk helps in cleansing pores, black heads and white heads. While Mansi seems quite confident about her ‘beauty hack’, hundreds of comments on her post are calling it quite nonsensical. The doctors aren't quite sold on it either.
A post shared by Mansi Gulati (@mansifaceyoga) Truth behind this Instagram trend In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Rinky Kapoor, Consultant Dermatologist, Cosmetic Dermatologist and Dermato-Surgeon at The Esthetic Clinics, asserted that using whole wheat dough, milk and rose water on the face is not backed by any scientific evidence. She insisted, “There is no proof that it tightens the skin. In fact, a large number of people will experience reactions such as rashes or irritation due to gluten sensitivity or wheat allergies.
This is especially prevalent among those with conditions like eczema, where the consumption of wheat-based products could .