Trending TikTok skincare routines can be harmful for young girls, study says

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Young girls connected TikTok are sharing their "Get Ready With Me" regular online.

"They're looking astatine influencers and they privation to bash what they're doing and beryllium similar them," dermatologist Dr. Kathleen Behr.

But probe from Northwestern University recovered that the TikTok tegument regimen seen online, tin beryllium harmful for young girls.

Researchers looked astatine 100 videos from children 13 and younger. Of the 25 astir viewed, they recovered respective ingredients that could irritate the skin.

"They don't truly request to usage harsh chemicals due to the fact that their tegument is inactive delicate and is producing a batch of collagen," Dr. Behr says.

Doctors accidental those kinds of products astatine a young property are not necessary.

Dr. Kathleen Behr is simply a dermatologist astatine Behr Laser & Skin Care Center successful northeast Fresno. She explains astatine that young property the tegument is already astatine its peak.

"Some of those things, particularly the harsh chemicals, tin impact the obstruction of the skin," she said. "If you're affecting the obstruction of the tegument you mightiness get adust skin, you could get excessively overmuch irritation, you mightiness get antithetic pigmentation issues."

She says the champion mode to present your kid to skincare is with sunscreen.

"We bash person immoderate sunscreens that person immoderate tegument code successful it and they're chemic free. That's going to beryllium 1 of the biggest things they tin bash for rejuvenation if that's what they're trying to going for," Dr. Behr said.

Dr. Behr showed immoderate of the products that enactment good for each ages and are harmless for the skin, including a pulverization sunscreen oregon adjacent 1 that has a small spot of a tint.

"If they bash privation a small spot of a amusive popular astatine that age, this is simply a small spot of a tinted surface with a glow," she showed.

In summation to the sunscreen, Dr. Behr says a look lavation and moisturizer is besides a bully spot to start. But adds, astatine that young age, it's champion to support the facial regular simple.

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