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Young girls using anti-aging products seen on social media with bad outcomes

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• RcouF1uZ4gsC 2y ago
  Actually the whole influencer health and medical advise in social media in general is harmful. In addition, because they are receiving money for it (from ads and monetization) it is getting pretty close to practicing medicine without a license (dispensing medical advice in exchange for money). This doesn’t need to be banned, just demonetized. Basically, every medical advice and health care advice social media video/post needs to be aggressively demonetized. This would prevent a lot of problems.
  • cedws 2y ago
    The skincare industry is harmful and needs to be regulated. The majority of products on the market have no solid scientific backing. They are predatory towards people with low self esteem looking for a quick ‘fix’ for their beauty. They’re also often filled with crap like microplastics and chemicals that shouldn’t be going down the drain. When I had acne I was sold countless homeopathic skincare products for it - moisturisers, cleansers, scrubs, none of them worked. I needed actual medical treatment. When homeopathic treatments get in the way of people getting real treatment that should be cause for alarm.
• greatgib 2y ago
  Again, the same rant about "social medias" and "internet". But it is just correlated to the problem. The same kind of depression and mental issues of kids were encountered at schools in all times. It is not just social media and AI that are showing perfect girls. It is on TV, and magazines and advertisements since like forever. And some people, like Sephora, are selling these products to kids without even a second thought, too happy by the generated benefits of not asking questions...