Dr Vanita Rattan
Dr Vanita Rattan, also known as Dr V, is a cosmetic formulator, skincare creator and author focused on skin of colour, from ingredient reviews to products made for melanin-rich skin.
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- Known as
- Dr V
- Work
- Cosmetic formulator, skincare educator and author
- Education
- Medicine at University College London
- Early business
- Founded The Hyperpigmentation Clinic in 2012
- Book
- Skin Revolution, published in 2022
- Online focus
- Skincare for skin of colour
Mini bio
How it started.
Vanita studied medicine at UCL before learning cosmetic formulation in her parents’ laboratory. In interviews, she traces that interest to her own experience of early-onset melasma and her search for products suited to melanin-rich skin. She founded The Hyperpigmentation Clinic in 2012.
Finding her community.
When Covid forced her clinics to close, she kept the laboratory and concentrated on YouTube and Instagram. Ingredient explanations, product reviews and routines for skin of colour became the centre of her online work. She describes asking viewers which products and ingredients they wanted, then bringing them into the development process.
From videos to books and formulas.
Her first Skincare by Dr V product was a lip hyperpigmentation kit, which she says sold out. Skin Revolution followed in 2022, collecting her skincare teaching into a book. In 2024, she collaborated with The Derma Co. on the five-product Skin Renew range for Indian consumers.
Creditschronological, newest first
Skincare
- 2024Skin Renew by The Derma Co. X Dr VCollaborating cosmetic formulator
- 2021Skincare by Dr VFounder and formulator
Podcast appearances
- 2026Holly & Dr. Vanita Rattan’s Korean Beauty Haul!Guest, Together with Voy
- 2026Mind Movers #49Guest, Dental Leaders
Awards
Quotes
This is much more than a brand. It’s a mission.Dr Vanita Rattan, Darling Magazine
Speaking about why she wants to build a lasting skincare business for skin of colour.
Trivia
- Her first business was medical education: she helped create a video library of patient examinations for medical students, as she explained on The BAE HQ podcast.
- She wanted to study medicine at UCL from the age of 13, inspired by a cousin who had gained a place there.
- Her official book page includes a photograph of her recording the audiobook of Skin Revolution.
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