A woman has divided opinion online after sharing a video of herself using ‘dimple makers’ as part of a bizarre beauty trend.
Dutch TikToker Preety’s video, which was posted under the handle @xpreetyyIt has already been seen by more than a million people and accumulated more than 600 comments.
In the clip, she is seen removing the cherry-shaped contraptions from her mouth, with the text: “Pulling out my dimples together” on the screen.
Grimacing as if she was in pain, she added: “I was being dramatic, it doesn’t hurt” in the caption.
However, the unusual device has sparked debate in the comments, with viewers questioning whether it “really exists” and saying it makes them “sad.”
Dutch TikToker Preety’s video, posted under the name @xpreetyy, has already been viewed by more than a million people and has accumulated more than 600 comments.
The devices, which already went viral last year, are cherry-shaped, similar to tweezers, with two balls at the ends of the cables.
They are placed on both sides of the face, where one ball will squeeze from the inside of the cheek and the other from the outside.
The goal is to pinch between the inner and outer cheeks to create a dent, hoping to achieve the cute dimpled look that some people are lucky enough to be born with.
But not everyone on the Internet believes a device like this is necessary in the beauty industry.
One user wrote: “I can’t imagine being that insecure about my appearance,” and a second insisted: “You can’t make dimples.”
Other unimpressed people added: “That’s kind of sad,” “How stupid,” and “Nothing’s real anymore.”
“They look too close, I thought they were more on the cheeks,” another commented.
Meanwhile, someone else wrote: ‘As someone who has a dimple, it makes me laugh.’
Others joked: “I remember being so insecure about my dimples when I was younger, I even tried making a dimple remover” and “I don’t get it, you’re so beautiful.”
Someone else chimed in with: “I guess nothing is real anymore these days,” and others added: “Exactly why” and “I wish women would leave their faces alone, it’s so sad to see.”
People who naturally have dimples also didn’t understand the fuss, with one writing: “Take my dimples, I don’t want them.”
While this video caused the trend to resurface, it was previously all over social media in 2023.
But the effects of the devices are temporary and could cause lasting damage to the face.
Dr. Ari Hoschander, a board-certified plastic surgeon based in New York, told DailyMail.com last year that wearing dimples carries a “risk of skin necrosis and subsequent scarring.”
Skin necrosis or tissue death can occur due to trauma, such as having your cheeks pinched for a long period of time.
But not everyone on the Internet believes a device like this is necessary in the beauty industry.
Dr Samuel Lin, associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, based in Boston, also told DailyMail.com: ‘Any device that compresses the skin in any way has the potential to cause scarring, chronic pain and may not last.
‘Ultimately, there is no long-term data on how this works. Any medical device not approved by the FDA may have risks that have not been fully studied.
Additionally, experts say there has been a huge increase in requests for ‘dimpleplasty’ procedures in the United States, in which patients shell out up to $1,500 in exchange for having dimples surgically added to their faces in a bid to look more youths.
The Guilford, Connecticut-based plastic surgeon told FEMAIL that over the past six months to a year he had noticed “more inquiries asking to add this to their facial rejuvenation procedures and increased demand for this procedure alone.”
He attributes the rise of dimpleplasty to “celebrities and images in the media” and said many people come with photos of stars, most often Brad Pitt, Harry Styles, Jennifer Garner, Mario Lopez and Ariana Grande.