Putting garlic up your nose to clear congestion is among the latest TikTok trends, and a health expert has warned against it.
There’s a string of trends and viral hacks which are doing the rounds on the app but this one you may want to miss out on.
The online craze sees people putting cloves of garlic up their nostrils to try and help clear congestion.
TikTok trends
The videos of people trying out the trend sees them putting peeled garlic cloves up their nostrils and leaving them for 20 to 30 minutes.
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Then, when they take them out, their noses stream.
However, a health expert has now insisted people should avoid the trend at all costs.
@hwannah5****warning: Snot*** This is not dangerous. the garlic just clean your sinuses out. #comedy #safe #fyp #garlicinnose #shaquilleoneal @jdean40? original sound – hwannah5
Doctor warns against TikTok craze
GP Dr Ross Perry, who is the Medical Director of Cosmedics skin clinics, told us that there’s no “medical evidence” that garlic is good for clearing sinuses.
Mr Perry told Entertainment Daily!: “Just like other TikTok trends, putting garlic inside the nose to try and clear sinuses is a really bad idea.
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