A young woman has claimed that her skin was "ruined" after following skincare advice on TikTok , prompting a doctor to issue a warning about potentially damaging routines. Many people spend years experimenting with different skincare products in search of the one that gives them the most radiant complexion. Skincare enthusiasts are bombarded daily with social media posts advising which products to purchase and techniques to use for a flawless look.
However, the truth is that not all methods work for everyone - so if you're replicating your favourite influencer's hacks, it might actually be causing more harm than good. "Your skin probably doesn't need as much skincare as you think," stated NHS doctor Karan Raj. Dr Raj has become one of the most followed online doctors - boasting 5.
3 million TikTok followers and 344.2 million likes on his videos - where he provides a variety of health advice and verifies whether certain hacks are beneficial or not. Recently, the expert responded to a woman's predicament after she confessed that her skin was "destroyed in less than a year because I was influenced by SkincareTok".
Her skin was clear in 2021 and 2022, but after adopting trending skincare hacks online, her skin began to deteriorate as 2023 commenced and continued to worsen until February of this year. Dr Raj emphasised that our skin does a lot of self-cleansing and pointed out: "Your skin can moisturise, exfoliate and cleanse itself pretty well if you allow it to. "[There are] natu.