removal and correction procedures would have increased peeling laser botox and plastic surgeries may not be a taboo and in the coming years people will openly discuss these things men will also increasingly opt for hair treatmentstransplants and belly fat reduction she says adding waxing will be pass and laser hair removal will become more popularembryo banking will declinemore women will come forward to freeze their eggs opines dr kamala selvaraj renowned gynaecologist and associate director of gg hospitals now many women are opting to get married late and hence oocyte banking will become more prevalent however issues related to infertility will be on the rise but there will be a decline in embryo banking since stable relations are becoming a thing of the past when no one is sure as to how long a marriage will last not many may want to freeze an embryo and use it later to get pregnant she saysdr geetha haripriya md prashanth fertility research centre says that the modalities of treatment in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology will even take care of screening for downs babies she adds chennai hospitals have stateofart techniques to increase the success rate of ivficsiwhile there is an alltime increase in cases of infertility fibroids and pcods the silver lining would be that ayurveda would have made advancements in exploring this aspect say practitioners in the coming years people need not depend on hormonal therapies the increasing popularity of ayurvedic interventions is expected to bring down the cases of infertility caesarians and uterus removals drastically says dr sai deepa ayurveda physician and researcherlife expectancy will increasedr arunachalam director arun vijaya hospitals says in a decades time the overdependence of parents on children will be a thing of the past elders may opt for community living with facilities like common kitchen and elderfriendly accommodation and care will become the norm he adds climate change may throw certain challenges and we cant rule out the outbreak of vectorborne diseases but increased awareness will ensure that communicable diseases will come down drastically but dr arunachalam also foresees a comeback of the good oldfashioned family physician as against the popularity of the superspeciality hospitals even insurance companies have now started insisting on visiting a general medical practitioner as the initial step people will increasingly become aware of the role played by a family physician and thats going to be a healthy trend he saysnano technology ai and automationby 2028 we might all get a chip that contains our vital statistics and the entire patient history which the doctor can access with just the click of a button soon thanks to nanotechnology one may not have to take a handful of medicines for different conditions but one single tablet may take care of a set of diseases says dr arunachalam sandeep balakrishnan founder one glance one of the healthcare startups from the city says in the coming years ai electronic medical data and telemedicine is going to revolutionise the way we consult