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Posted on 05/07/2025 1:30:32 AM PDT by Libloather
People are swapping Botox for hemorrhoid cream — and experts are begging them to stop.
TikTok’s latest wave of unhinged beauty hacks comes with concern: dabbing hemorrhoid cream on under-eye bags to supposedly smooth and de-puff without ever stepping into a derm’s office.
On the social media platform, women are claiming that Preparation H is a miracle fix for puffy eyes, saying that it supposedly tightens skin and mimics the effect of under-eye filler — an expensive non-surgical treatment used to reduce dark circles and hollowness by adding volume.
But dermatologists are popping the puff-reducing bubble.
New York City-based dermatologist Dr. Shereene Idriss — a board-certified expert in facial rejuvenation — has long warned against the hemorrhoid hack, especially since some creams contain phenylephrine, a vasoconstrictor and steroids.
Using a cream with phenylephrine “plus the steroid around the eyes” can “increase your risk of glaucoma,” Idriss warned in a TikTok video.
Steroid creams, she added, “worsen the look of your wrinkles and the redness around your eyes” and give you a “shrivelly” appearance.
Fellow New York City-based dermatologist Dr. Mark Strom agreed, advising those who are adamant about trying this bizarre trend to be “especially careful not to choose a hemorrhoid cream with hydrocortisone in it, as that’s a topical steroid that will thin out your skin with everyday, long-term, continuous use,” he said in a TikTok video
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I heard it’s popular on Uranus.
BS. Why would doctors be “begging” people to stop when they encouraged people to get the deadly jab and boosters too?!
Preparation H, it was used in beauty pageants 50 years ago that i remember, for bags under the eyes.
Only meant for the brown eye.
,,, I worked out years ago that if I shave my butt and walk backwards I can save a fortune on all the potions I don’t need.
are these the same people who were sunning their sphincters?
“worsen the look of your wrinkles and the redness around your eyes” and give you a “shrivelly” appearance.
I mean...look what it does to yer butt!
I seem to recall this “hack” from many years ago...
Marie Barone did this on Everybody Loves Raymond so it’s not new.
Does it help when you are sh!t-faced?
I think a doctor saying botox is safe but hemorrhoid cream for eye bags is not may have a bit of a conflict of interest. At the end of the day, one of them is a toxin, and one is not. One they make money off of, one they do not.
Ed Zackery!
Preparation H has been used on the face for years. This is nothing new. What is a growing concern is the number of faces that look like azz.
Only with Klingon’s.
Lol!
It’s akin to using nasal decongestant Afrin. Works great but continued usage will eff you up.
Yeah, if it was as bad as they’re saying it is, all those beauty-pageant winners from 50 years ago would just be a bunch of shrivelly red-eyed old harridans today, right? :)
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