Trend Leaves Kids With Second-Degree Burns

The "Deodorant Challenge" dares kids to spray aerosol deodorant onto their bare skin or onto someone else's bare skin for as long as they can stand it, with the aerosol rapidly cooling the skin and causing a frostbite condition similar to a burn. A 15-year-old in South Gloucestershire, England is still recovering after taking part three weeks ago. The burns are so severe on her arm she may need a skin graft, the teen's mom Jamie Prescott Her post included photos of her daughter's severe burns weeks after she participated in the challenge on April 18. She urged parents to talk to their children about the "damaging results of something known as 'The Deodorant Challenge.'"

"For any parents who have children, please, please sit them down and show them these pictures. These are the damaging results of something known as 'The Deodorant Challenge,' which is currently doing the rounds," Prescott's post said.

Her daughter, Ellie, said the second-degree burn is "really painful," Fox News reported.

"It's a hole in my arm and there's all this yellow stuff coming out. My friend did it a year ago and has a scar but said it wasn't as painful as mine. When I show people my injury they lift up their sleeves and show that they've all had it done too," Fox quoted the teen as saying.

Although Ellie has recently moved schools, she said this dangerous trend is prevalent at both her old and new schools.

Prescott told Somerset Live her daughter was with friends when the incident occurred, and "when they asked her to put out her arm she did it but she had no idea of the consequences."

Ellie said that when she put her arm out, a deodorant was sprayed onto it. Now, when others ask her what's wrong with her arm and she tells them, they show Ellie their scars from participating in the challenge, the teen told Somerset Live.

"Even if we can prevent just one more child from going through this, it will be worth it," Prescott told Somerset Live. "I absolutely hate being in the limelight and writing public posts and having attention, but in this particular instance, this challenge really needs to be made as public as possible. It's just horrendous and needs stopping."