Show Notes
Ten-step skincare routines, anti-ageing serums and wrinkle creams are increasingly becoming part of children’s lives.
This growing obsession with skincare and appearance, sometimes affecting children as young as nine or ten, is known as ‘cosmeticorexia’ a combination of ‘cosmetics’ and ‘orexia’, meaning appetite or desire.
Why are we talking about this now? So, what exactly is the AGCM investigating? But can these products actually damage young skin? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!
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