Hot take: At-home peels are a disaster waiting to happen

I swear some clients treat their face like a science experiment. This one girl followed a TikTok trend and mixed lemon juice with baking soda, then called me panicking because her skin turned bright red and tight. We had to walk her through a super basic soothe routine over the phone, and the whole thing was just absurd. She learned her lesson, but man, the internet is wild.

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jason_young22m ago

That "science experiment" line hits home. Had a client do the exact same lemon juice mess last year. The only thing that calmed it down was telling her to use a clean washcloth with cold water, then slather on the plainest moisturizer she owned, nothing with actives. These trends make people forget skin is an organ, not a plaything.