Full lips? Even doctors are now warning of this TikTok trend

2021-02-02T16:35:00.119Z

Full lips thanks to erection cream? This supposed beauty tip is spreading among TikTok users. But doctors warn: If you do that, you will get anything but a kiss. 

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Some curious make-up and beauty tips have spread virally among the more than 800 million users of the TikTok social media app: from fake dark circles to suggest a stressful life, to soaped eyebrows and socks in your hair.

Most of these styling tips, which are primarily aimed at women, are harmless.

Currently, however, a clip by TikTok user Jerry Mal is causing a stir, promising full lips using erection cream.

His short video has already been viewed more than 3.5 million times in which the young beauty influencer tries out the wonder drug himself.

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Doctors warn: Better not do that!

In the comments under the TikTok clip, many write that they want to try it out for themselves, because the result looks fantastic.

But doctors warn: The beauty routine could have unpleasant side effects.

In an interview with the British newspaper "Metro", the general practitioner Dr.

Ross Perry prefers to use the sexual enhancer only for what it is actually intended for.

People who do this could experience allergic reactions such as stinging, pain, blisters, and uncomfortable swelling.

Dr.

Ross Perry, general practitioner

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The risk is just too high just to get pouty lips à la Kylie Jenner.

In addition to the allergic reactions already mentioned, users could also face severe headaches, increased blood pressure and circulatory and even heart problems.

The reason: Most creams contain the vasodilator and anticoagulant active ingredient alprostadil.

In the human body, it occurs as prostaglandin E1 and in men it ensures the erection of the penis.

That is why the active ingredient alprostadil is mainly used in the treatment of erectile dysfunction.

If used incorrectly, for example on the lips, it can lead to excessive blood flow.

Thin lips can even burst

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The only medically safe way to fuller lips over a longer period of time is to inject hyaluronic acid by trained medical staff.

Special lip creams and lip glosses with collagen and rich plant-based oils can also provide a brief, plump kissable mouth.

TikToker Jerry Mal also felt a strong burning sensation after about three minutes in his self-experiment and then removed the cream again.

But that didn't seem to have particularly impressed him: In a follow-up clip, he still revealed to his fans which erection cream he had used and that it was now part of his daily beauty routine.

By the way, he got the crazy idea of getting fuller lips in this way from a movie.