Arkansas skincare experts give teens advice [Video]

ARKANSAS, USA — You don’t have to scroll far on social media, especially on TikTok and Instagram, to run into influencers pushing products.

Many of them appear perfect, with flawless skin, selling products that teenagers add to their online shopping carts. 

“Everybody is an expert, right?” Dr. Sandra Johnson of Johnson Dermatology in Fort Smith said. “And everybody is here to sell something. And so, most of the influencers are going to be sponsored by the products they’re supporting. You need to be careful, just because it’s not labeled as an infomercial, it’s pretty much an infomercial.” 

This Christmas, your teenager might be asking for a stocking full of moisturizers, eye creams, exfoliators, and more that their favorite influencers are using. 

But can some of those products do more harm than good to young skin?

Alex Wilkinson, …