Dimples are in demand. Weren’t genetically blessed with a set? No worries, TikTokkers have you covered. If you rub the eraser of a pencil on your cheek vigorously, it will weaken the muscle, leaving a small ridge or dimple.

Not so fast, warns Jeanine B. Downie, MD, FAAD, director of image Dermatology PC in Montclair, NJ. “This is disturbing,” she says. “You are actually just getting a burn in your face on your epidermis and possible permanent hyperpigmentation and permanent scarring that looks nothing like a dimple. Please don’t do this.”

If someone really, really wants dimples, dimpleplasty may be an option. During this procedure, a surgeon crafts one incision for each dimple. As the incision heals, scar tissue is created forming new dimples.

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