Agonising scalp popping TikTok trend slammed as dangerous by doctor

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TikTok has been branded "dangerous" by doctors who are urging people to stop doing it.In a TikTok video, user Yana @yanasemerly tries it out with a friend and sits down while her hair is wound tightly around her pal's finger.Her friend then pulls really hard and a sickening popping noise comes from her scalp as she yelps.The noise is made by soft tissue (galea aponeurotica) between the scalp and the skull tearing off the skull, reports the Mirror.The video was watched more than 5 million times and received 830,000 "likes" but there was also some backlash in the comments.One user commented: "This actually made me throw up."A second viewer warned: "Do not try this I did it and not only did it not work I got a big bump on my head."Other people.