Dermatologists are sounding alarm after some TikTok influencers are recommending calamine lotion as a makeup primer, claiming the hack helps improve blemishes and keeps makeup in place. It’s the latest viral beauty hack popularized on the social media platform.
Be ready for the hacks your patients may bring up in their next office visits by perusing this list of articles in the consumer press:
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- ABC News: Tips for selecting sunscreen
- Allure: Apple cider vinegar benefits for skin and hair
- Allure: How to apply spray sunscreen
- Allure:How to shrink pores
- Allure: Stress and the skin
- Allure: What psoriasis patients should know about biologics
- BestLife: Hands give away age first
- CBS News: Diagnosing and treating people of color
- Cosmopolitan:Lasers for acne scars
- Coveteur: Beginner’s guide to tretinoin
- Everyday Health: Calamine lotion makeup primer hack
- Everyday Health: Topical steroid withdrawal
- GMA:TikTok calamine lotion hack
- GQ:How to prevent hair loss
- Good Housekeeping: Castor oil for hair growth
- Good Housekeeping: Hormonal acne
- Healthline: Makeup for eczema-prone skin
- Healthline: Most common type of acne
- INSIDER: Tips to reduce chafing
- HuffPost/Yahoo! News: TikTok’s dangerous skincare lies
- New Beauty: Menopause skin care
- Parade: Ear blackheads
- PureWow: How to prevent sunscreen pilling
- Scary Mommy: How to wash armpits
- SELF: Dark spot treatments
- SheFinds: How to grow longer eyelashes
- SheFinds: Worst cleanser ingredient for dry, aging skin
- Teen Vogue: How to treat back acne
- The Washington Post: Calamine lotion as makeup primer
- The Zoe Report: Damaged nails from swimming
- USA TODAY: What to know about sunscreen
- VeryWell Health: Red spots on the skin
- VeryWell Health: Reducing your skin cancer risk
- Well+Good: How to protect against melanoma
- Well+Good: Staying safe in the sun
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