A 40-year-old board-certified dermatologist critiques a viral TikTok skincare routine in a short video. She praises the routine's simplification, notes that the creator double-cleansed using an oil cleanser followed by a foaming cleanser, and warns that oil cleansers (like castor oil) are not appropriate for everyone—especially those with oily, acne-prone skin who risk clogged pores.
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These really expensive skincare companies making your skin way way worse. You have to keep buying their 100 vanilla swirl might be onto something. Let's rate her skincare routine. I'm a 40 year old board certified dermatologist and should you be jumping on the bandwagon because she's gone viral on TikTok? Number one what did she do? She simplified her routine. She got rid of the noise and that is a bonus. Anybody who is acne prone over using skincare products are obviously going to break out if they're not using the right products for their skin. Number two she is double cleansing. Now I am not a fan of oil cleansers. She uses an oil cleanser. It is not for everybody so just beware and cautiously. But the good thing that she's doing is that she is washing off the oil cleanser with a foaming cleanser to make sure that there's no residual oil left behind. So if you are oily and acne prone you are going to want to do this to minimize any sort of clogged pore situation.