Elaborate skin care routines among teenagers on TikTok might look like a harmless trend at first glance, but could this habit be something more dangerous? CBS News medical contributor Dr. Céline Gounder joins to discuss.

A recent study published in the journal Pediatrics analyzed 100 TikTok videos by users aged 7 to 18, finding that teens use an average of six skin care products at once, with a monthly cost averaging $168. Only about a quarter of the products featured included sunscreen, and researchers noted the use of racially-coded language promoting lighter skin.

CBS News medical contributor Dr. Céline Gounder explained that these routines serve as coping mechanisms for anxiety and a means of seeking validation on social media. She advised parents to approach the topic with open-ended questions and to emphasize the importance of sunscreen in skin care routines.

Study examines harm from teens' use of TikTok skin care routines

All right, we're taking a closer look at a trend that's all over TikTok and Instagram. You can't avoid it. Elaborate skincare routines among teenage girls. At first glance, it might look harmless, but could these routines actually be something more dangerous? Well, a study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics examined 100 TikTok videos created by users aged 7 through 18. It found that these content creators use an average of six skincare products at once, with the average total cost adding up to $168 per month. And as summer gets underway, just over one quarter of the products reviewed in these videos contain sunscreen. Researchers also noted racially-coded language emphasizing both brighter and lighter skin. And CBS News medical contributor Dr. Selene Gounder joins us now. She's also an editor-at-large for Public Health at KFF Health News. So Selene, tell me, why do girls post these long, detailed skincare routines online? These routines are really a way for girls to manage their anxiety, to assert control, and to seek validation in a world where they're constantly being looked at under a microscope, under the microscope of social media. And you could think of these routines as a self-worth report card, or what the author Jonathan Haidt in his book, The Anxious Generation, calls the prestige economy. Yeah, it's really something that even as someone who's not particularly into the long skincare routines, they show up on my feed even. Now, is this behavior really a coping mechanism, or is it just a fad or part of something bigger? Well, we know that teens today, especially girls, are experiencing record levels of anxiety and depression. We know from previous research, Instagram, for example, has been driving this trend, as is TikTok. There are a lot of parallels there. And what these girls are doing is, it's not just about caring for their skin. It's really about curating their identity for social media. Yeah. Well, if parents do notice that they have a child who's doing this, what can they do? It's really not about accusing them or calling out the behavior. The approach should really be about asking open-ended questions, understanding a little bit where they're coming from, keeping taps, perhaps, more on their social media use. And then, by the way, just in terms of the skincare routines and the risks of those, I think the key point is sunscreen is the most important thing anybody can use at any age, and as a parent, making sure that your kids are doing that. All right. So I'm going to take a hard turn from TikTok and skincare to other news of the day. At the White House, in other health-related news, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy has removed all members of the CDC panel that makes vaccine recommendations. How concerning is this to you as a doctor, and what does it tell you about the way that health policy is shifting in the U.S.? This is really unprecedented. These decisions in the past have been nonpartisan, not political, made by scientific experts. Really boring process, normally. And the fact that we're seeing the entire slate of advisors being eliminated all at once, and this is even as we're hearing rumors that the information presenting, being presented or to be presented at these committee meetings, will be reviewed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services before even deciding whether they can present the data. So really censoring it each step of the way, that is very concerning. Yeah. It's Dr. Selene Gounder covering a wide range of issues on The Medical Beat. Doctor, we appreciate your time. Thank you.

Russia pummeled Kyiv with the largest drone attack of the war, injuring at least 23 people and damaging buildings across the capital only hours after U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with Russia's Vladimir Putin, officials said.

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Russia hits Kyiv with largest drone attack after Trump-Putin call

U.S. President Donald Trump marked the passage of the new spending bill, which includes changes to food assistance, student loan programs, and clean energy credits. Robert Costa joins "CBS Mornings" to break down what's in the legislation.

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More than 80 Palestinians were killed in Gaza on Thursday (July 3), according to health officials, as Israel intensified its strikes, hitting a school-turned-displacement facility. CNN’s Paula Hancocks looks at the damage and humanitarian toll.

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More than 80 people killed in Gaza in one day

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv will do "anything" to advance EU accession talks. Zelenskyy spoke alongside Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, President of the European Council António Costa and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.

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President Donald Trump said Washington will start sending letters to countries on Friday specifying what tariff rates they will face on imports to the United States, a clear shift from earlier pledges to strike scores of individual deals.

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Trump: Letters telling countries their tariff rate going out Friday

Indonesian rescuers on Thursday (July 3) temporarily halted a search for 30 people still missing after a ferry carrying 65 people sank near the island of Bali with the loss of six lives, the national search and rescue agency said.

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Indonesia suspends search for 30 missing after ferry sinks near Bali

After marathon debate sessions in the Senate and House, President Donald Trump’s budget bill passed in the House. Republicans secured the biggest win of Trump’s presidency.

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U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday (July 3) that he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and that he plans to hold a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. CBS News White House reporter Willie James Inman has more.

Trump speaks with Putin, plans call with Zelenskyy

CNN’s Priscilla Alvarez reports on a lawsuit from lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia alleging he suffered “torture and mistreatment” after he was wrongfully deported and held in El Salvador’s notorious mega prison.

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia claims he was tortured in El Salvadoran prison

The Kremlin welcomed the development, with spokesman Dmitry Peskov claiming it proves Western arsenals are being depleted and predicting that less aid will hasten the end of the conflict.

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CBS News political contributor Caroline Polisi joins "CBS Mornings" to break down the jury's verdict in Sean "Diddy" Combs' federal trial and the judge's decision to deny bail for the music mogul ahead of his sentencing.

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Liverpool soccer player Diogo Jota has died aged 28, just weeks after marrying his childhood sweetheart. The footballer passed away in a car crash in northern Spain.

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The Pentagon said that U.S. strikes 10 days ago had degraded Iran's nuclear program by up to two years, suggesting the U.S. military operation likely achieved its goals despite a far more cautious initial assessment that leaked to the public.

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Iran nuclear program degraded by up to two years: Pentagon

Days before his 90th birthday, the Dalai Lama announced the Gaden Phodrang Trust, a non-profit he founded, will have the sole authority to recognize his future reincarnation, but China insists it will choose the successor of the Tibetan spiritual leader.

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The U.S. Congress inched towards approving President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, despite attempts by Democrats to stop it. The bill is Trump’s signature legislation which includes massive spending increases on the military and immigration enforcement while slashing social programs.

Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill nears approval

Sean (Diddy) Combs was found guilty on prostitution-related charges, but was acquitted on more serious charges of racketeering and sex trafficking giving him a maximum sentence of 20 years. But the courtroom victory was subdued following a judge’s ruling to deny him bail.

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Bryan Kohberger changed his plea to guilty Wednesday for the 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students. CBS News national correspondent Carter Evans has more on the case.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down a state abortion law that was adopted in 1849 in a 4-3 landmark decision. CBS News' Shanelle Kaul reports.

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President Trump toured “Alligator Alcatraz,” a migrant detention center he teamed up with Ron DeSantis to build in the Everglades.

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Former criminology graduate student Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to killing four Idaho college students in 2022, a move that would spare him the death penalty under a deal with prosecutors, ABC News reported on Monday (June 30).

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Thailand's Constitutional Court on Tuesday suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from duty pending a case seeking her dismissal, adding to mounting pressure on a government fighting for survival on multiple fronts.

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Thai court suspends PM from duty pending case seeking her dismissal

Israeli strikes killed at least 60 people across Gaza on June 30 in some of the heaviest attacks in weeks as Israeli officials were due in Washington for a new ceasefire push by U.S. President Donald Trump.