We’ve all tried some beauty hacks or tips thinking they’d make us prettier or give us glowing skin, and most times they backfired in ways we never expected. As women, it is sort of normalized that we will try to keep up with the latest beauty trends and if we fail, we’re usually our own toughest critics.
Whether it’s because of the media, the society, or boys, it’s way too easy for teenage girls to get sucked into a wormhole trying to fit beauty standards.
Recently, some women took to TikTok to share those moments when they realized, way too late, that all the things they were doing to their bodies to feel “prettier” — the stuff that felt normal at the time — were actually hurting them. Some of the hacks they tried are totally wild and we hope no one ever tries them again.
Woman’s teen beauty 'hack' sparks a wave of confessions
#41
I used to purposefully put bruises on my legs when I was younger so that I looked cool. I would push corners into myself so hard, that now I'm stuck with dents, marks, and easily bruise-able legs.
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7points
#42
I used to wake up at 4am everyday in freshman yr to do my makeup cause i was so insecure and felt like i needed to put on a mask.
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7points
#43
I’m flat footed so I would purposely stand on the outside of my foot but now I permanently walk bowed legged & my spine is crooked.
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7points
#44
I faked needing glasses when I was 9 to cover a mole on the side of my nose and now I cannot see anything beyond my hand.
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7points
#45
Used to be obsessed with smirking and smirked every time I was asked to smile when I was younger. now whenever I smile my smile is lopsided and whenever I talk I talk lopsided.
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7points
#46
Oh and I painted my hair red with edding because I wasn‘t allowed to dye it yet. Needless to say it didn‘t work and my neck, my clothes etc. Got red from it :)
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7points
#47
one of my eyebrows is permanently lifted in photos and in general bcuz I rly liked how Bella Swan did it so I forced myself to do it automatically.
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7points
#48
When I was younger I hated my blonde hair and so I took my black mascara and spread it all over my eyebrows and I used coffee grounds and eyeshadow to dye my hair 😭 my eyebrows stayed dark the rest of my teen years.
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7points
#49
I used to not be able to raise one eyebrow, but I really wanted to. So I would practice all the time in the mirror, holding one down with my finger while I tried to raise the other. It worked, but now one of my eyebrows is pointy and the other isn’t.
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7points
#50
After a while i stopped losing baby teeth. So one day I just started pulling and got the last 3 out in like an hour.
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6points
#52
When I was 9 i was so sick of sweating because i got made fun of my sweat patches in pe and thought spraying deodorant all over my body would make me never sweat again. To this day I am covered in burn scars.
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6points
#54
I used to purposely stay up late and not sleep so i could have "cool" under eye bags now i just constantly look slightly sick.
6points
#55
Me laughing at the comment section till I remembered how I created my back dimples in middle school😂🤦🏽♀️welp guess we all had no dollar and a dream.
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5points
#56
I thought it’d be cute and quirky to have a high pitched “adorable” sneeze and now I can’t stop I literally reprogrammed my freaking sneeze.
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4points
#57
In 5th grade I was obsesses with Quinn Fabray from Glee and I copied the way she purses her lips when she talks and the way her voice is very airy and I realized literally like a week ago that I STILL talk like that. I was sick.
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4points