India, July 15 -- High humidity, sudden downpours, and constant sweat can make the monsoon tough on both skin and hair. In this week's HT Health Talk - Hindustan Times' weekly medical advice series - Dr Shireen Furtado, senior consultant, medical and cosmetic dermatology at Aster CMI Hospital, Bengaluru, busts common rainy-season myths and answers your most pressing questions. Also read | HT Health Talk: You asked, our experts answered how to manage migraine

Skipping sunscreen because the sky is grey? Dr Furtado called that a major mistake. Washing your face non-stop when humidity spikes? Also a no, she warned.

From telling apart a regular breakout and a monsoon fungal infection, to what to do the moment you're caught in a downpour - he...