That viral 'put ice on your face before makeup' trend wrecked my skin

I saw this slicked-back bun girl on a short video saying ice cubes before foundation would shrink pores, so I tried it last Wednesday. Three days later, my cheeks look like a pizza with red bumps everywhere. Turns out the cold can actually break capillaries if you do it too long, which I totally did. Anyone else fall for a beauty hack that backfired this bad?

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mark_green18h ago

Did you use direct ice or a gel pack? Frozen gel packs are worse because they stay too cold. Learned that the hard way too. @colescott's right about pores, but the real damage is from shocking your skin too fast.

colescott1d ago

Pores don't actually open or close like doors.

green.noah14h ago

You know, that reminds me of when I tried to do one of those fancy Korean glass skin routines and my face looked like a tomato for two hours. I think my "pores" were just mad at me. But yeah, you're totally right about the skin shocking thing, ice on bare skin is just asking for trouble.