12/11/2025
I must admit, I have been watching the whole kids’ face mask debacle unfold over the past few days with amazement and a bit of horror and watched fellow dermatologist get a bashing for expressing her views. But dermatologists across the globe have expressed widespread concerns about the marketing of face masks to children as young as 3y.
There are multiple concerns over the absorption of chemicals into young skin, the application of an adult concept onto young children, the general why-oh-why of why these things were created, and the future mental health issues that may be created when facial appearance is made of such importance.
I get the whole mother-child bonding thing, I am a mother of 3 children, a mix of boys and girls but think of all the things a mother does that are not appropriate for a 3y old to do and put this in there with those things.
And finally, children under 11y do not have the means to purchase these things. They do not have debit or credit cards, so the simplest thing really is to not buy one on their behalf at all.
