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TikTok is gasoline for a lot of traits, together with a skincare craze amongst teenagers, pre-teens — okay, and us.
The “glass pores and skin” development requires a multi-step routine, usually involving dear merchandise. It is all in pursuit of dewy, seemingly poreless, glowing complexion – like glass. Sometimes, the routine begins with cleansers. Then exfoliants to clear lifeless pores and skin. Then, a variety of different merchandise like toners, essences, serums with energetic elements.
However some dermatologists like Carol Cheng says younger youngsters’ makes an attempt to attain the “glass pores and skin” look can backfire, inflicting irritated, purple, peeling, flaking or burning pores and skin. A pediatric dermatologist on the College of California, Los Angeles, Cheng has had sufferers as younger as eight or 9 come to see her with rashes or unhealthy reactions to those merchandise.
That is as a result of sure merchandise like chemical exfoliants or retinols might be harsh on pre-teen pores and skin, which she says is thinner than grownup pores and skin and extra delicate to energetic chemical compounds. Harsh merchandise can compromise their pores and skin barrier.
As an alternative, Dallas-based dermatologist Elizabeth Houshmand recommends teenagers and tweens preserve their pores and skin routines easy: a delicate cleanser, moisturizer and sunscreen. And for teenagers battling zits, Houshmand suggests over-the-counter merchandise with benzoyl peroxide and consulting a pediatrician or dermatologist.
This story was initially reported for NPR by senior science and well being editor and correspondent Maria Godoy. Learn Maria’s full story right here.
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