What is \u201csugar waxing\u201d? Dangerous TikTok trend leaves teen scarred for life Facebook: Natalie RenkenA mom is warning others about the dangers of the DIY \u201csugar waxing\u201d trend on TikTok after her teenage daughter was left with a \u201csignificant\u201d 2nd degree burn. A new cosmetic trend has taken over TikTok, teaching users to save money at the salon by cooking up their own sugar wax at home. Sugar waxing, also known as sugaring, refers to a method of hair removal that has been used since 1900 BC. It involves making a paste of sugar, lemon, and water before applying it while heated to unwanted hair. The paste is then quickly removed, taking the hair with it. That\u2019s how it\u2019s designed to work, on paper at least. According to reports online, the process is supposed to be less painful than regular waxing and won\u2019t cause as much irritation\u2026 but Iowa mom Natalie Renken would disagree. Renken\u2019s 17-year-old daughter had to be rushed to the emergency room after suffering 2nd-degree burns while making sugar wax, leaving her with a blister \u201cbigger than her thumb.\u201d Taking to Facebook, Renken issued a warning on the unseen dangers that many TikTokers have failed to mention in their sugar waxing tutorials. \u201cIf your child comes to you [and] says \u2018I\u2019m going to make sugar wax,\u2019 caution them against it. The ER doctor said that those videos are not giving the disclaimer that when you reheat the wax, it\u2019s uneven, and then when you stir it, there\u2019s a reaction between the hot and cold elements to this homemade wax,\u201d Renken explained. \u201cThat is what happened here. She stirred it and it POPPED on her thumb [causing] a significant 2nd-degree burn that will take weekly trips to the burn clinic [and] months to heal.\u201d The blister popped by itself overnight, with the burn reportedly taking four weeks to heal. As per the New York Post, Renken claimed her daughter now feels \u201cdeceived\u201d by the TikTok videos on her For You page advertising sugar waxing. \u201cI think with every DIY project video [on TikTok] there should be some parental consent or age recommendations on the video just like there are on toys,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What is \u201csugar waxing\u201d? Dangerous TikTok trend leaves teen scarred for life Facebook: Natalie RenkenA mom is warning others about the dangers of the DIY \u201csugar waxing\u201d trend on TikTok after her teenage daughter was left with a \u201csignificant\u201d 2nd degree burn. A new cosmetic trend has taken over TikTok, teaching users to save money […]<\/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-63998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63998","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=63998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63998\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}