A Bunch Of Need-To-Know Dick Facts, The Magic Eraser Teeth Whitening Myth, And More From Medical TikTok – BuzzFeed

BuzzFeed Daily: In addition to not using Magic Eraser on our teeth, TikTok is also teaching us about the dangers of wearing eyeliner in our waterline. There was this graphic TikTok showing a patient who has done this since they were a teenager that stopped us all in our tracks. You spoke to the eye doctor behind the TikTok. So, what happened?

KT: So, basically, I did not know this. I grew up in the ’90s era where you’re putting the eyeliner in your waterline. But she put the TikTok out there to basically show us that wearing this eyeliner over time is going to clog the glands in your eyes and it’s going to prevent you from being able to produce healthy tears. So, in this graphic video — because you can’t see it, you don’t want to see it — your tears that come out of these glands, these little secretions, when you pull your eyelid down should kind of have a consistency of almost like an oil. But when they get clogged, you have to express the glands and squeeze them out. And they had a consistency like toothpaste. It’s pretty gross.