u/Anhavij

PLEASE save me from scam dermatologists in Nashik Need REAL derma recommendations for SEVERELY damaged skin

I’m visiting my grandparents Nashik for a while (till Saturday evening) and my previous dermatologist’s Nasik Road clinic has shut down, so I’m desperately looking for a good dermatologist around Nasik Road, Indira Nagar, Ashoka Marg, Govind Nagar, or even Devlali.
PLEASE 😭😭🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

My skin is genuinely in horrible condition right now:
- severely damaged skin, constant burning/stinging sensation
- inflamed skin that literally hurts to touch
- possible allergy/sensitivity because my skin reacts to EVERYTHING lately
Someone suggested Dr. Sunil Vartak (from Nashik road) to me, but I saw pretty mixed/negative Google reviews, so now I’m skeptical. If anyone here has personal experience with him, please tell me honestly.

Also PLEASE recommend dermatologists who are actually reasonable and not the “₹5k consultation + another kidney for medicines” type 😭

My previous dermatologist had MBBS + MD qualifications, charged around ₹500, actually listened properly, and prescribed reasonably priced meds. So I know good dermatologists who aren’t money-minded do exist.

I just want:
someone who genuinely listens
understands sensitive/reactive skin
won’t immediately push lasers/procedures/products
won’t prescribe a million expensive things unnecessarily
and most importantly, someone who is actually competent and not running a skincare scam in a white coat
Please only recommend dermatologists you or someone close to you has personally gone to. Would genuinely appreciate the help because my skin is becoming painful to deal with at this point.

TLDR I am a beginner trying to go from fat to fit, but the amount of conflicting fitness advice on the Internet is genuinely overwhelming me. Everyone says something different and it just makes me quit.

Putting the TLDR first because this post is going to be a bit long (and for that I would like to apologise in advance )
…………………………………………………..

I’m a 175 cm / 5’9”, 104 kg / 229 lb college student trying to go from fat to fit/body recomp while building glutes, improving lower body strength, and creating a more balanced/hourglass physique overall.

I’ve been extremely inconsistent in the gym for the past ~3 years. I loved upper body training and kept skipping or half-assing leg day, so now my upper body is MUCH stronger than my lower body and I basically have EXTREMELY weak legs/glutes with almost no glute development (“pancake butt”). I’m also very top-heavy, so I feel super disproportionate. (I’m an H/ I cup and mostly my chest stores fat and that just makes things so much worse )

I genuinely WANT to take leg training seriously now, but I’m overweight, weak, and have vertigo/balance issues, so exercises people constantly recommend for glutes (walking lunges, Bulgarian split squats, step-ups, etc.) feel really difficult or unstable for me right now. And at this point it feels like I’m just bad at anything that involves legs.

I also get overwhelmed by the amount of conflicting fitness advice online:
- PPL (push pull legs split) vs upper/lower vs full body
- glutes 1x vs 3x/week
- “science-based” creators all recommending different things

I recently got diagnosed with ADHD + ASD, which honestly explains a lot of my inconsistency, overthinking, and information overload with fitness.

Unfortunately, due to financial constraints I cannot afford a personal trainer in my country (if I had the means and the luxury to I would’ve indulged already)

I’d really appreciate realistic advice from people who also started overweight, weak, unathletic, and overwhelmed instead of already fit/athletic.

Main things I need help with:
- what split would suit me best
- how to build lower body strength from basically zero
- how to safely progress toward harder glute exercises
- how often to train glutes/legs
- how to stop overcomplicating fitness and just stay consistent
- how to stop hating/avoiding leg day entirely

(CURRENTLY my lower body is so weak I can barely even do 20kg (44.092lbs) on the smith machine squats for barely 6 reps whereas I can do the same weight on barbell bench for 12 reps… yes that is HOW bad I’ve let it get (please don’t make fun of me ))
(I only ever did leg press, hamstring curls and quad extension on the rare occasion that I decided to have a leg day and I’m pretty sure went nowhere close to failure) I also always ran away from squats

Also, in general squats are uncomfortable even with dumbbells i tip forward like a teapot and it is very frustrating and uncomfortable. I know squats are necessary to build legs but I’m just so bad at them and my body structure does not help my case)
(Forgive me for my bad English it is not my first language)
Very grateful to you if you decided to read till the end. Thank you 🙏🏻

TLDR I am a beginner trying to go from fat to fit, but the amount of conflicting fitness advice on the Internet is genuinely overwhelming me. Everyone says something different and it just makes me quit.

Putting the TLDR first because this post is going to be a bit long (and for that I would like to apologise in advance )
…………………………………………………..

I’m a 175 cm / 5’9”, 104 kg / 229 lb college student trying to go from fat to fit/body recomp while building glutes, improving lower body strength, and creating a more balanced/hourglass physique overall.

I’ve been extremely inconsistent in the gym for the past ~3 years. I loved upper body training and kept skipping or half-assing leg day, so now my upper body is MUCH stronger than my lower body and I basically have EXTREMELY weak legs/glutes with almost no glute development (“pancake butt”). I’m also very top-heavy, so I feel super disproportionate. (I’m an H/ I cup and mostly my chest stores fat and that just makes things so much worse )

I genuinely WANT to take leg training seriously now, but I’m overweight, weak, and have vertigo/balance issues, so exercises people constantly recommend for glutes (walking lunges, Bulgarian split squats, step-ups, etc.) feel really difficult or unstable for me right now. And at this point it feels like I’m just bad at anything that involves legs.

I also get overwhelmed by the amount of conflicting fitness advice online:
- PPL (push pull legs split) vs upper/lower vs full body
- glutes 1x vs 3x/week
- “science-based” creators all recommending different things

I recently got diagnosed with ADHD + ASD, which honestly explains a lot of my inconsistency, overthinking, and information overload with fitness.

Unfortunately, due to financial constraints I cannot afford a personal trainer (if I has the means and the luxury to I would’ve indulged already)

I’d really appreciate realistic advice from people who also started overweight, weak, unathletic, and overwhelmed instead of already fit/athletic.

Main things I need help with:
- what split would suit me best
- how to build lower body strength from basically zero
- how to safely progress toward harder glute exercises
- how often to train glutes/legs
- how to stop overcomplicating fitness and just stay consistent
- how to stop hating/avoiding leg day entirely

(CURRENTLY my lower body is so weak I can barely even do 20kg (44.092lbs) on the smith machine squats for barely 6 reps whereas I can do the same weight on barbell bench for 12 reps… yes that is HOW bad I’ve let it get (please don’t make fun of me ))
(I only ever did leg press, hamstring curls and quad extension on the rare occasion that I decided to have a leg day and I’m pretty sure went nowhere close to failure) I also always ran away from squats

Also, in general squats are uncomfortable even with dumbbells i tip forward like a teapot and it is very frustrating and uncomfortable. I know squats are necessary to build legs but I’m just so bad at them and my body structure does not help my case)
(Forgive me for my bad English it is not my first language)
Very grateful to you if you decided to read till the end. Thank you 🙏🏻