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My junior year of high school, my formerly sporadic, mild acne that had been contained through measures like consistent courses of antibiotics and hormonal contraceptives bloomed into a case so severe that my dermatologist took one look at the constellation of painful, purple lumps dotting my jawline and declared it was finally time for Accutane.<\/p>\n

Accutane, also known as Isotretinoin (my generic was called \u201cClaravis,\u201d and we bought it at Sam\u2019s Club during our monthly bulk trail mix and paper towel hauls), is the Big Daddy of acne treatments. It\u2019s so intense that you have<\/em> to be on birth control while taking it (because an \u201cAccutane baby\u201d is so severely deformed that it\u2019s inhumane to give birth to one, according to the March of Dimes<\/span><\/a>) and<\/em> agree to monthly blood draws to closely monitor your liver health, as it can seriously damage your organs.<\/p>\n

Given these major risks and side effects, you\u2019d think I would\u2019ve been a little apprehensive about going on the medication\u2014au contraire, my friend! You underestimate the superficiality that reigned supreme in my teenage girl consciousness. <\/p>\n

The day Dr. Eisner agreed to write that magic prescription was the greatest day of my young life. I practically skipped to the pharmacy counter. What did I need a liver for? As long as my skin was clear, everything else came second. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A skincare menace<\/h2>\n

After suffering through puberty and the resultant overly active oil glands, my love affair with skincare products\u2014exfoliate! cleanse! tone! moisturize!\u2014became a persistent feature in my life. <\/p>\n

Raised on a steady stream of Jessica Simpson\u2019s relentless Proactiv infomercials<\/span><\/a>, I was the kid at 7th grade sleepovers spending 20 minutes in the bathroom before bed, carefully applying layers of serums and lotions and spot treatments. I was constantly on the hunt for the \u201cbest cleanser for oily skin\u201d or the \u201cperfect primer,\u201d chasing the elusive dream of having \u201cgood\u201d skin. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n \u201c<\/span>If you had skin problems, you bought something to fix it.\u201d<\/span>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n
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The idea that my skin\u2019s issues should<\/em> be money-responsive was a given<\/strong>; every piece of advertising I consumed on MTV and VH1 told me as such. If you had skin problems, you bought something to fix it.  <\/p>\n

The Claravis, which runs anywhere between $185 and $360<\/span><\/a> per 30-day supply, was the final, unglamorous stop on the winding road up Mt. Epidermis. It was dangerous, clinical; it didn\u2019t come in pink packaging. It came in a small box with tiny, cartoon pregnant women stamped with large red \u201cX\u201ds on every single pill\u2019s perforation, warning\u2014a dozen times!\u2014that getting knocked up while taking these little orange Vitamin A bombs would ruin your life. <\/p>\n

I remember my mom being floored by the price, but similarly hopeful that it would be the last<\/em> thing we\u2019d need to do to solve this problem once and for all.<\/p>\n

Miraculously, the product worked (and my liver didn\u2019t fail; bonus!), and my obsession with skincare subsided in the aftermath. I felt as though I had seen through the matrix: The aisles of pastel products with punchy branding and bold promises that roped me in so effortlessly before seemed quaint and cutesy compared to the medical-grade treatment I\u2019d just endured, the skin on my lips and ears flaking off repeatedly along the way. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Real results don\u2019t come cheap<\/h2>\n

A few years later when I was in my early twenties, I went to a plastic surgeon for a consultation to \u201cremove\u201d the remaining scars from the acne cysts. \u201cAh, yeah,\u201d he said, knowingly, zeroing in on my imperfections before I had even pointed out the areas I was insecure about, \u201cI can see why that would bother you.\u201d <\/p>\n

The cost to laser away my flaws under anesthesia? Between $3,000 and $4,000, followed by two weeks of indoor recovery time (because the skin on my face would be peeling off in sheets). There were no promises that one treatment would do the job; it would probably take a few. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n \u201c<\/span>The idea that being perfect should be fun is the beauty industry\u2019s masterful sleight of hand.\u201d<\/span>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n
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I left his office in tears, realizing that the self-inflicted acne scars from picking at my face for hours in AP European History were, for all intents and purposes, permanent. I wasn\u2019t going to subject myself (or my checking account) to his recommendation.<\/p>\n

Again, I learned: Achieving the type of results you see in Kerry Washington\u2019s flawless<\/span><\/a>, air-brushed Neutrogena ads in Seventeen<\/em> magazine aren\u2019t achieved via a fun stroll through Sephora. The idea that being perfect should be fun<\/em> is the beauty industry\u2019s masterful sleight of hand. In reality, perfection requires brutality; distinguished by needles, blood, and lasers, not creams, essences, and sprays. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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New \u201cconcerns,\u201d new marketing<\/h2>\n

But somewhere in the 10 intervening years, the intensity of this lesson waned. I found myself more frequently perusing the aisles at Ulta for a scrub that would promise to minimize the appearance of aging, or gelatinous under-eye patches that would make me look less tired. My obsession with curing my acne went away with the acne, but it was replaced by an acute awareness of (the very normal) fine lines appearing around my eyes and forehead.<\/p>\n

Did I look overworked? Overburdened? Surely there was a cream for that. <\/p>\n

I was drawn to these products like a moth to an open flame, unable to pass by the cosmetics section of Whole Foods without seriously considering a new \u201corganic\u201d nighttime mask. <\/p>\n

My spending on skincare\u2014now the target of \u201canti-aging\u201d marketing, at the ripe old age of 28\u2014began to tick up again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sometimes, we just need an intervening force<\/h2>\n

I interviewed beauty culture critic and journalist Jessica DeFino for The Money with Katie Show<\/em><\/span><\/a> this week, and we talked about skin health. She told me, \u201cThe [beauty] industry serves us the science of aesthetic manipulation, and we receive it as the science of skin health. The skin\u2019s function on a human body is to be a layer of protection. And what we\u2019re doing with skincare, much of the time, is bombarding it with the things it\u2019s designed to protect us against, and wearing away that level of protection. The skin has the inherent ability to self-cleanse, self-moisturize, self-exfoliate, self-protect\u2026self-heal.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n \u201c<\/span>The [beauty] industry serves us the science of aesthetic manipulation, and we receive it as the science of skin health.\u201d<\/span>
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— Jessica DeFino<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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She described the way our skin needs to communicate with its surroundings to know what to do: whether it\u2019s time to shed old cells, produce more oil, respond to aggressors in the environment, or something else\u2014but by smothering it with products, we interrupt the feedback loop, and create a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy.<\/p>\n

The moment I heard this explanation, I felt a deep, intuitive knowing that it was true. The ghosts of a thousand empty St. Ives Apricot Scrubs visited me with visions of the ridiculously aggressive way I used to try to beat my skin into submission, assuming that it was too dirty, too shiny, or too dull on its own. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Seeing through the quick fix matrix<\/h2>\n

I have the benefit of hindsight and context as I reflect on the cystic acne flare-ups that landed me in the Sam\u2019s Club pharmacy line, searching desperately for a cure.<\/p>\n

It was an incredibly tumultuous time in my life: I had recently experienced a personal trauma that I was trying to overcome by repressing it. I was applying to colleges and managing the workload of several AP courses. I was in the midst of a hormonal tidal wave. I was drinking alcohol every weekend and lying to my parents about it. <\/p>\n

Of course<\/em> my skin was freaking out\u2014I was a walking bundle of nerves. <\/p>\n

But at the time, I didn\u2019t understand the connection between my mental health and physical health, or the way our bodies react when we\u2019re under duress. To me, the acne was just another problem to be solved, not a symptom of a larger root cause. <\/p>\n

This is, I think, common: We don\u2019t notice the way our struggles might be interconnected, so instead, we self-medicate them separately (with alcohol, or drugs, or shopping, or food, or escaping into TikTok for hours), and then wonder why things aren\u2019t improving. <\/p>\n

And it\u2019s precisely when we\u2019re in the depths of our search to placate some of the uneasiness inherent to the human condition that marketing departments the world over welcome us with open arms! <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n \u201c<\/span>We don\u2019t notice the way our struggles might be interconnected, so instead, we self-medicate them separately, and then wonder why things aren\u2019t improving.\u201d<\/span>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n
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It\u2019s those moments of vulnerability, mid-TikTok scroll (the 2023 version of being pummeled with Proactiv campaigns on MTV), when we\u2019re feeling burnt out and low energy that the undisclosed influencer ad for AminoLean swoops in to \u201csave\u201d us. <\/p>\n

This is the natural human tendency that marketing\u2014particularly marketing in the beauty industry\u2014appeals to. Who among us wouldn\u2019t prefer the easy way out? If only it were that easy.<\/p>\n

If I really wanted to improve my skin health, the most impactful solutions to try\u2014in order\u2014were probably:<\/p>\n

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    Drink more water<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Eat more healthy fats<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Get enough sleep<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Manage stress<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    But who wants to do those boring-ass, difficult things? A $78 Vitamin C serum from a company called \u201cDrunk Elephant\u201d is so<\/em> much more appealing.<\/p>\n

    Despite evidence to the contrary, I\u2019m not trying to be the Sephora Fun Police (though hiring a squadron of my own would\u2019ve saved me a lot of money and frustration over the years). There\u2019s nothing wrong with spending money on fun stuff<\/strong>\u2014but oftentimes these purchases are attempts at solving a problem (and more often than not, an invented problem<\/em>; like the way the aforementioned serum\u2019s commitment to \u201cfirm, brighten, and improve the look of photoaging\u201d implies your skin should<\/em> be firmer, brighter, or\u2026less photoaged?).  <\/p>\n

    Things go from light and amusing to, \u201cWait, are these crow\u2019s feet getting deeper?\u201d awfully<\/em> quickly, which is, of course, deliberate. Trying to meet these unmeetable, artificial standards focuses women\u2019s time and money on chasing the impossible fountain of youth, beaming their energy inward like a Fraxel laser, rather than radiating outward on the world around them.<\/p>\n

    So much of impulse spending is, at its core, a search for little more than a quick fix: to make us feel powerful, or more attractive, or more connected. The problem\u2014by design!\u2014is that these fixes are temporary, and usually create a new need for another<\/em> purchase in the future. The financial consequences of this negative feedback loop don\u2019t take long to reveal themselves, as money itself (or the lack thereof) is a leading cause<\/span><\/a> of anxiety in the US. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    \n \u201c<\/span>So much of impulse spending is, at its core, a search for little more than a quick fix.\u201d<\/span>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n
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    These are all, of course, entirely natural human desires<\/em>\u2014it\u2019s not shameful to want to feel attractive, or connected, or powerful. What\u2019s new<\/em> is the way hyper-targeted marketing algorithmically zeroes in on those needs, and serves us a message perfectly calibrated to exploit them. <\/p>\n

    Sometimes it takes seeing through the matrix to zap these messages of their power, realizing that the real<\/em> solutions to our problems, in most cases, aren\u2019t going to be easy \u2019n breezy: In my teenage self\u2019s case, it wasn\u2019t Clinique and Bior\u00e9 pore strips, it was doctor\u2019s offices and blood tests. (Which just goes to show: Even if a quicker<\/em> fix is going to be effective, it\u2019s still probably painful and unpleasant.)<\/p>\n

    When I\u2019m feeling overwhelmed at work, it\u2019s not a trip to the satisfyingly predictable Container Store, with its acrylic organizers and perfectly labeled promises of an orderly life\u2014it\u2019s taking 20 minutes to move around outside in the sun, drink some water, and lie down (the magic trio of human biology). <\/p>\n

    For me, the best antidote I\u2019ve found to succumbing to the promise of a dopamine hit from \u201cadding to cart\u201d is identifying the dopamine providers in my life that are life-sustaining and time-tested<\/strong> (even the cavepeople got a little neurological boost from being in sunshine and getting enough protein, you know?). I would list them here again, but they\u2019re probably the boring things you\u2019re already aware of (sleep, hydration, exercise, journaling, time around other humans). The stuff that resists commodification and leans more \u201cfix\u201d than \u201cquick.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    \n \u201c<\/span>Individuals have the power to influence one another with their choices to abstain.\u201d<\/span>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n
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    The other impactful thing is\u2014and this is a little harder to change\u2014your social circle. I have a few close friends who embrace aging, rarely wear makeup, and focus the vast majority of their energy on interests and goals outside of themselves. Spending time with them almost always reorients me accordingly, building up the areas of my psyche that have been eroded by an onslaught of cultural messages attempting to direct me to the nearest Juvederm specialist. <\/p>\n

    This highlights the way in which the beauty industry (and marketing more generally) might be a broad, far-reaching system with its tentacles puppeteering societal norms, but individuals have the power to influence one another with their choices to abstain<\/strong>. A system is only as strong as its participants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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