Jun 16, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min · 14 segments
Kids Skincare, Sunscreen & the Truth About Sephora Routines with Dr. Angela Casey Skincare has become a full-blown trend among kids and tweens, but how much of it is actually helping—and how much…
Angela CaseyGuest
Samantha SlinskyHost
And when you're sitting at that level and you're reviewing national health content, what do you see being misunderstood or maybe oversimplified the most when it comes to kids' health and skin care?

I think there's a lot of confusion about skin care ingredients because there's a lot of fear mongering out there.

And you have people, whether it's on social media or the general media, they're saying like these ingredients are really dangerous.

And when you really look at the evidence, you find maybe that's not always the case or maybe they took one little aspect of a story and kind of blew it out of proportion

So I would say that that's one of the biggest things is just these very opinionated stances when it comes to skincare products, which then when we consume that as moms, it makes us very anxious.

And we start thinking like, oh my gosh, we're poisoning our kids with these ingredients, which is not necessarily the case.

With all, like with the sunscreens, it's like you're trying to figure out, okay, oh my gosh, is this, oh, you can't use the spray sunscreens.

What am I going to be killing them with these chemicals instead of the sun giving them, you know? Right.

glad you brought that up because I think there's been a lot of coverage of that recently on social media.

The way I, so when parents are concerned about that and they're really confused, you can almost never go wrong with a mineral-based sunscreen.

And when you're sitting at that level and you're reviewing national health content, what do you see being misunderstood or maybe oversimplified the most when it comes to kids' health and skin care?

I think there's a lot of confusion about skin care ingredients because there's a lot of fear mongering out there.

And you have people, whether it's on social media or the general media, they're saying like these ingredients are really dangerous.

And when you really look at the evidence, you find maybe that's not always the case or maybe they took one little aspect of a story and kind of blew it out of proportion

So I would say that that's one of the biggest things is just these very opinionated stances when it comes to skincare products, which then when we consume that as moms, it makes us very anxious.

And we start thinking like, oh my gosh, we're poisoning our kids with these ingredients, which is not necessarily the case.

With all, like with the sunscreens, it's like you're trying to figure out, okay, oh my gosh, is this, oh, you can't use the spray sunscreens.

What am I going to be killing them with these chemicals instead of the sun giving them, you know? Right.

glad you brought that up because I think there's been a lot of coverage of that recently on social media.

The way I, so when parents are concerned about that and they're really confused, you can almost never go wrong with a mineral-based sunscreen.
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