TikTok: An Opportunity for Hand Surgery Awareness Which Plastic Surgeons Should Acknowledge

Georgiou, Andreas; Duarte, Medina

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“…Applications (apps) for social media may quickly and easily disseminate content to a large audience [29]. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that healthcare providers, including doctors, have begun utilizing social media to increase patient understanding and advertise their own clinics [30][31][32].…”

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An Emerging Ophthalmology Challenge: A Narrative Review of TikTok Trends Impacting Eye Health Among Children and Adolescents

Al Hassan,

Bou Ghannam,

S.Saade

2024

Ophthalmol Ther

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In today’s digital age, children and teenagers are deeply entrenched in the world of personal electronic devices including laptops, tablets, and smartphones. These serve as gateways to captivate online content. With children as young as 4 years old having access to these gadgets, the potential benefits of technology coexist with many possible risks. One such risk is the growing global issue of myopia. TikTok, a mobile application that gained immense popularity since its inception in 2016, has garnered 1.7 billion active monthly users in 2023 and is expected to reach two billion in 2024. A significant portion of TikTok’s user base consists of adolescents, with approximately 41% falling in the 16–24 age group and a third aged 14 or younger. This social media platform has given rise to the phenomenon of “internet challenges,” where users complete and share various tasks through videos. While most of these challenges are harmless, some pose serious risks to teenagers who eagerly seek validation and attention from their peers. This manuscript sheds light on a specific subset of TikTok challenges, namely those related to ophthalmological risks. These challenges include “rubbing castor oil trend,” “bleach/bright eye challenge,” “mucus fishing challenge,” “eggsplosions”, “beezin challenge”, “Orbeez challenge”, “blow-drying eyelashes”, “sun gazing,” and “popping styes”. The manuscript emphasizes the importance of monitoring and regulating potentially dangerous content on social media platforms like TikTok. While these platforms offer educational opportunities, they can also promote life-threatening actions, necessitating efforts to protect vulnerable young users and promote safe online engagement.

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An Emerging Ophthalmology Challenge: A Narrative Review of TikTok Trends Impacting Eye Health Among Children and Adolescents

Al Hassan,

Bou Ghannam,

S.Saade

2024

Ophthalmol Ther

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“…1 Social media applications (apps) can deliver information to a wide audience in a quick and accessible way. 2 In 2021, there were 4.48 billion people actively using social media in the world, representing a 13.1% increase from 2020. 3 Social media platforms that primarily house videos, such as TikTok (TikTok Inc) and YouTube (YouTube Inc), provide accessible and direct information to viewers.…”

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Evaluating the Quality and Reliability of Gender-affirming Surgery Videos on YouTube and TikTok

Song

Park

Phong

et al. 2022

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open

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Background: Social media platforms have changed the way medical information is disseminated. Transgender patients may utilize social media to learn about gender-affirming surgery (GAS). Although videos on social media are readily accessible, their content is not verified or peer-reviewed. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the quality and reliability of YouTube and TikTok videos related to GAS. Methods: YouTube and TikTok were queried for gender-affirming top surgery, metoidioplasty, phalloplasty, breast augmentation, and vaginoplasty. Quality of video content was analyzed by the DISCERN scale. Quality scores were compared among the type of GAS, account user, and content category. Results: There were 275 YouTube videos and 55 TikTok videos. Most videos focused on masculinizing top surgery (P < 0.001). Overall, videos on masculinizing GAS had higher quality and reliability than videos on feminizing GAS (P < 0.001). Chest surgery videos were of higher quality than those on genital surgery (P ≤ 0.001). Videos on masculinizing top surgery had the highest quality, whereas vaginoplasty had the lowest quality and reliability (P < 0.001). Videos produced by health care professionals and academic institutions had the greatest quality and reliability, respectively (P < 0.0001), whereas videos produced by patients were the least reliable (P < 0.0001). Conclusions: Videos on GAS ranged from poor to good quality and reliability. Health care professionals, especially plastic surgeons, should create high-quality videos on social media to educate transgender patients. There should also be greater efforts in disseminating existing high-quality videos on social media. Resources posted on social media platforms can reach a wide audience through accessible means.

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TikTok: An Opportunity for Hand Surgery Awareness Which Plastic Surgeons Should Acknowledge

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An Emerging Ophthalmology Challenge: A Narrative Review of TikTok Trends Impacting Eye Health Among Children and Adolescents

An Emerging Ophthalmology Challenge: A Narrative Review of TikTok Trends Impacting Eye Health Among Children and Adolescents

Evaluating the Quality and Reliability of Gender-affirming Surgery Videos on YouTube and TikTok

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