damircudic via Getty Images By now the Sephora baby trend has gone rampant, as tween children flock to high-end anti-aging skin care products , completely unnecessarily . Their TikTok-fueled skin care “education” has turned them on to products like Drunk Elephant retinol serums, leaving parents and dermatologists equally horrified. Still, if we’re looking for a silver lining here, it may not be the worst thing that kids are increasingly interested in taking care of their skin.
If you can channel that enthusiasm and point them in the right direction, there can be incredible long- and short-term benefits. But it’s paramount to understand the difference between helpful (SPF) and hurtful (vitamin C) products for young skin. Advertisement To help you guide your child toward a healthy, age-appropriate skin care routine, we tapped four dermatologists who are all too familiar with TikTok’s widespread skin care misinformation.
They provided a roadmap detailing the aisles a Sephora baby actually can shop and which ones they should steer clear of for now. Sunscreen should be used at all ages. By the time your child is old enough to utter the words “Take me to Sephora,” they should already be using sun protection regularly, dermatologists insist.
“Children as young as 6 months old can wear sunscreen,” said Dr. Dendy Engelman , a board-certified dermatologist and Mohs surgeon practicing at Shafer Clinic Fifth Avenue in New York City, who advised an SPF of 30 or higher. S.
