“We’re six minutes in now, and she’s applied almost ten products.” That’s how Dr. Molly Hales begins the video abstract for her recent Pediatrics study on TikTok skin care trends. The clip she’s referring to features a young girl layering product after product—acids, toners, serums—each promising glowier, cleaner, brighter skin. This child isn’t an outlier.
What teenagers on TikTok are saying about skin care—and why that’s a problem originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
