#VampireTeeth
On TikTok in the fall of 2020, on the eve of Halloween went viral #VampireFangs contest where participants bond their toy teeth to their teeth using nail glue or superglue. Not for everyone, this venture ended harmlessly.
There are many cases when users were not able to remove their teeth on their own – they recorded vlogs, how they tried to pull their teeth in tears and panic.
Some had to turn to dentists – there, home-grown vampires were waiting for very long and rather unpleasant procedures.
At some point, the problem became so pervasive that dentists from popular media pages and TV channel studios began to explain that sticking vampire teeth is dangerous – at least later attempts to remove them yourself can damage and damage teeth. The glue itself is usually toxic.
#SkullBreaker
At the beginning of 2020, two dangerous challenges went viral on TikTok simultaneously – #SkullBreaker (“Skullbreaker”) and #TrippingJump (“Swipe to jump”). Despite the different names, they had the same essence. The two agreed-upon call the third party under the pretext of making a video for TikTok. On the count of three, everyone should jump. When the moment of the jump comes, the invited comrade jumps and the other two cut him so that he falls from his own height with his back or chest.
These challenges have found particular popularity in schools in Miami, New Jersey, and Arizona, as well as Brazil and Venezuela.
#SkullBreaker and many members of #TrippingJump have been severely affected with skull and base fractures, neck deformities and fractures, long-term complications from concussions, brain hemorrhages and more.
At least one death is known in Brazil due to the #SkullBreaker competition perish 16-year-old Emanuela Medeiros.
#blackout
Since the spring of 2022, a scandal in the Western media has not subsided due to another difficulty, whose frenzy easily outstripped the previous two cases. This phenomenon is called #Blackout. To complete this challenge you need to do only one action – hold your breath in any way until you lose consciousness.
The children began to stuff their noses and mouths, grunt and gasp in front of the camera, trying to achieve their cherished goals. Such experiments did not result in anything good for the authors.
For example, 12-year-old Archie Battersby in April 2022 sank He fell into a coma from #Blackout and stayed in it for several months. As a result of prolonged suffocation with a cable from a smartphone charger, brain cells began to die in a schoolboy. After the diagnosis, the doctors did not give him a single chance to recover. A few months later, in early August, Archie was taken off life support. Thus, the 12-year-old blogger added to the list of underage victims of the deadly challenge, which already has more than 10 lines.
#FrozenHoney
It seems that honey is a very useful product. However, TikTok users have managed to take a dangerous challenge out of it. It’s called #FrozenHoney (“Ice Honey”). To do this, you need to pour honey into a plastic bottle, mix it with maple syrup or starch and water, and then remove the resulting mixture in the freezer. After a few hours, a very viscous substance forms in the bottle and this substance is squeezed out of the bottle, resulting in a honey sausage with a fudge texture. The blogger’s task is to eat this dessert.
The problem is, they can be easily poisoned if you consume too much honey in a short time. An overdose of fructose and sugars in honey causes bloating, diarrhea and nausea at best, and convulsions at worst.
How notes NBC News reports quite a few bloggers have reported stomachaches in the videos below. At least one went to the hospital for gastric lavage, according to the publication.
#Corncob
Sometimes the victims of dangerous challenges are not just gullible kids or desperate adults doing crazy things in pursuit of a moment of fame, but also highly successful celebrities. American rapper Jason Derulo in May 2020 I decided Take part in the #Corn_cob challenge where you have to gnaw a corncob as fast as possible.
After watching videos from other bloggers, Derulo decided to repeat the task in his most spectacular performance: he placed his cob in the drill bit and gnashed against his teeth. The rapper stopped the fight a few seconds after it started. At about the tenth turn of the cob, the artist screamed in pain, pulled out the drill and was very surprised to find that two front teeth were missing in the upper jaw.
It’s interesting that Derulo isn’t the first victim of this ridiculous corn fight. However, after his injury, the media began to write massively about his danger.
#Benadryl
In the summer of 2020, when everyone was quarantined and dying of boredom, the controversial #Benadryl challenge went all-around viral on TikTok; the essence of it was to swallow as many allergy pills as possible and then talk about their feelings. Already by September, news began to appear in the media about cases of Benadryl poisoning. and in september it happened The first human victim is also known – a 15-year-old girl in Oklahoma died from an overdose of this antihistamine.
The fact is that the drug in question causes various serious side effects in humans in large doses. The most common symptoms of overdose are cardiac arrhythmia and convulsions.
In addition, a person may fall into a coma or even die.
#Fire
About a year ago the #fire challenge was popular on TikTok. To accomplish this, you need to draw a shape or word with a flammable liquid and then set it on fire in the dark.
Of course, there were many victims – both adults and children. There are media reports about the events in many states of the USA. Adolescents have at least two cases. gone He was hospitalized with first- and second-degree burns after failing to extinguish the fire using rubbing alcohol.