Drug Topics June 13, 2025
Researchers conducted a systematic review to summarize research that has addressed social media’s impact on skin health promotion activities.
Social media was found to significantly impact the actions related to users’ skin health, according to a study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.1 Despite varied and inconclusive results regarding skin care promotion, researchers suggested that all skin-care interventions promoted on social be pretested and monitored for safe and effective use.
“Social media browsing is the most popular online activity,” wrote authors of the study. “According to the statistics, [over] 4.26 billion people used social media in 2021, and this number is likely to grow to almost 6 billion in 2027. In April 2023, a total of 4.8 billion...







