after her mother told her it prevented wrinkles. “Instead of the health concern, it was the vanity concern, even at 10 years old,” she says with a laugh.
As a teen, McPhee—who recently launched her own jewelry line, —visited her favorite aesthetician at least once a month for extractions. “I used to show up to our musical theater rehearsals after school bright red because she would just go to town.
But I never had breakouts in high school, and I think it's because I was really diligent about going to get my skin cleaned out.”These habits continued on into adulthood. “It was always a real thing for me,” McPhee says. “Then I got pregnant.” She had developed melasma, a condition that causes patches and spots darker than your natural skin tone, while pregnant with her son with .
She tried at first combating it with bleaching creams and peels at first, before eventually settling on a more natural approach. “I realized it wasn't something I was going to be able to really fully combat,” she says. “So I just let my hormones pass and change.
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