What is the \u2018nose gap\u2019 trend? New TikTok trend sparks backlash TIKTOK: Ellie.zoThe new \u2018nose gap\u2019 trend on TikTok has been blasted for being problematic. Here is everything you need to know about it. Over the years, several trends have gone viral on the social media platform. While some are light-hearted and fun, others are more problematic and toxic. Recently, the \u2018hook nose\u2019 filter went viral on the short-form app, as it allowed users to see themselves with a large hooked nose. However, after it was slammed for mocking ethnic groups and fuelling insecurities, TikTok deleted the filter. Now, another controversial trend known as \u2018nose gap\u2019 has been making its rounds on the app, and it\u2019s already facing backlash for making people question their attractiveness. What is the \u2018nose gap\u2019 trend? A \u2018nose gap,\u2019 scientifically known as the philtrum, is the small piece of skin between your nose and top lip. The feature is trending on TikTok, because users are suggesting that having a small gap between your lip and nose is attractive, while having a big one is \u2018ugly.\u2019 However, having a tiny philtrum is actually pretty rare, and most people have similar sized ones. Despite this, plenty of users are uploading videos of themselves checking how big or small their gap is, and sharing their findings. TikTok trend under fire Many people are critcizing the viral trend for unnecessarily making people feel insecure about their nose gaps, which are a normal feature of human anatomy. In a video with over 5 million views, one TikToker said: \u201cTo all the people saying \u2018oh look at the gap between my nose and my mouth\u2019 YOU\u2019RE A HUMAN. \u201cYou are a Homosapien. Humans have eyes, nose, mouth. They can differ but like usually there is space between those features. You are a human, do you not want to be a human?\u201d People in the comments also blasted the new trend, as they couldn\u2019t understand why anyone would be insecure about a feature that most people have. \u201cThey try to make ANYTHING an insecurity,\u201d one commented. \u201cI\u2019m confused. Do they want their nose and mouth touching?\u201d another added. \u201cNah I swear people are gonna start getting insecure about their ear lobes next,\u201d a third wrote. \u201cY\u2019all seriously need to get off the internet and get a reality check. Nose gap? Really? Stop inventing stupid insecurities to make people feel bad. Everyone has a \u2018nose gap,\u2019\u201d someone else shared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What is the \u2018nose gap\u2019 trend? New TikTok trend sparks backlash TIKTOK: Ellie.zoThe new \u2018nose gap\u2019 trend on TikTok has been blasted for being problematic. Here is everything you need to know about it. Over the years, several trends have gone viral on the social media platform. While some are light-hearted and fun, others are […]<\/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-64093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64093","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=64093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64093\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}