Are you caught in the “glow trap”?

A leading dermatologist is speaking out against some viral skincare routines , warning that Gen Z’s obsession with online beauty hacks is leaving their faces red, raw and burning with “influencer inflammation.”

“One patient recently came in convinced she had ‘sensitive skin’ for the first time in her life,” Dr. Sandy Skotnicki , author of Beyond Soap and co-host of Skin To It podcast, told The Post. “In reality, she had irritant dermatitis from overdoing actives she saw on TikTok.” 4

The patient is part of a growing wave — mostly women in their late teens to early 30s — showing up at Skotnicki’s office with inflamed, stinging skin after adopting beauty regimens they found online.

“They’re often well-informed and genuinely interested in skin

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