Spot-on advice? Dr. Sasha Haddad is sharing three hacks she’s learned since becoming a family medicine physician, including how to prevent acne after a sweaty workout session. In a 10-second TikTok set to “Fireball” by Pitbull, Haddad recommends spraying hypochlorous acid on your face after going to the gym, treating sunburns with cicaplast balm and taking magnesium citrate to ease constipation.
Her Saturday clip was not the first time she’s dished “health basics” to her 1.1 million TikTok followers . In a video last month , Haddad recommended ginger for nausea, oatmeal baths for eczema and spearmint tea for hormonal acne .
Hypochlorous acid after the gym for acne Hypochlorous acid is produced when chlorine gas dissolves in water. The body’s white blood cells naturally create it to combat bacteria and infection. “Hypochlorous acid is a powerful killer of bacteria, viruses and even fungus,” Dr.
Jaimie DeRosa , a double board-certified plastic surgeon, told Allure this month . The chemical compound is used in wound care, food safety, water treatment, surface cleaners and facial cleansers. The antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory benefits of hypochlorous acid were touted at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and they continue to be popularized on TikTok .
“I see so many uses for it,” Dr. Sheilagh Maguiness, a dermatologist and president of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology , told CBS News in May. “After the gym, after sweating, they can use it just to .
