Olympian goes viral showing his \u201cPlay-Doh\u201d legs caused by deadly infection TIKTOK: fullheartedpush \/ WIKIMEDIA: Ludovic P\u00e9ronOlympian and former NFL player Lawrence Okoye went viral on TikTok, after showing his \u201cPlay-Doh\u201d legs caused by a deadly skin infection. The British Olympian and former NFL defensive tackle left viewers horrified after sharing a video of the skin on his legs, which dimpled when pressed. \u201cWARNING!! THIS IS NASTY,\u201d the football player wrote on the 20-second clip, which has garnered over 8.5 million views. \u201cLooks like a normal leg, right? Watch this,\u201d Lawrence said, before using his thumb to press into his skin on his lower right leg. When he pushed his thumb into his leg, the skin visibly depressed and remained dimpled for several seconds. \u201cIt\u2019s like I\u2019m made out of Play-Doh,\u201d the TikToker said. Most TikTok users in the comments were concerned for Lawrence. \u201cDon\u2019t put it off, see your doctor very soon,\u201d one user urged. \u201cBro you need the doctor,\u201d another said. \u201cHi see your doctor ASAP check your kidney and liver don\u2019t even waste time, run,\u201d a third wrote. Others, however, cracked some jokes about the circular impressions on his leg. \u201cBro turned into memory foam,\u201d one quipped. \u201cBro can play connect the dots anywhere,\u201d another joked. Some users rushed to diagnose the Olympian, speculating that the dimpling was caused by \u201cfluid retention\u201d or \u201cpitting edema.\u201d In a subsequent TikTok video, the 31-year-old revealed that he had a skin infection called cellulitis. The infection developed after he \u201csmashed up\u201d his leg a few weeks prior, he explained. \u201cI have a skin condition called cellulitis, which is basically bacteria that gets into your system when you have an open wound,\u201d he said. \u201cThose crazy holes that were in my leg no longer exist, so I\u2019m pretty much back to normal,\u201d he added. For more TikTok news and other viral stories, head over to our entertainment hub.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Olympian goes viral showing his \u201cPlay-Doh\u201d legs caused by deadly infection TIKTOK: fullheartedpush \/ WIKIMEDIA: Ludovic P\u00e9ronOlympian and former NFL player Lawrence Okoye went viral on TikTok, after showing his \u201cPlay-Doh\u201d legs caused by a deadly skin infection. The British Olympian and former NFL defensive tackle left viewers horrified after sharing a video of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56935\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}