Gen Zers are pointing the finger at their cellphones as the cause of a new disease that victims say squishes roses — and leaves lasting holes and unnatural gaps.
Nicknamed the “red phone,” the syndrome refers to a bend, bump, or scratch that they say is caused by the weight of a phone when it rests on the fifth digit for long periods of time.
The trend exploded on TikTok in recent weeks when curvy influencers began sharing and comparing their little fingers, sparking the viral trend, with over 163 million posts about it so far, Bustle magazine reported.
“I’m afraid I have the worst pink iPhone,” TikToker kendall.rene complained to her followers in July, comparing both hands and showing how her phone fit perfectly in the crook of her finger its deformed.
“There’s a noticeable difference that I’m super obsessed with,” musician @Galalee captioned a video examining her point.
“Time to take a brain break,” Florida influencer Morgan Houghton wrote on TikTok after noticing the shocking scratch on her right pinky, which inspired her to ditch her phone.
“We all got it,” one woman with a crying emoji responded to Houghton’s post.
“I think I win this trend,” tweeted TikToker girlboss4lyfe, showing off her fiercely curvy pink pout, which stood out from the rest of her appendages. Her video received 1.4 million views.
The confessions have scared some spinners straight.
“I took my pinky out from under my phone so fast,” one horrified person commented on girlboss4lyfe’s video.
Experts, however, claim that pink anatomy varies widely – and there is no official diagnosis for the phenomenon.
“It’s also possible that people who think they have a pink smartphone may have an underlying condition,” said Dr. Peter Evans, an orthopedic surgeon at the renowned hospital.
Resting a phone on the pinky can press on a nerve and cause numbness or tingling, he said, and excessive cell phone use can cause a variety of joint problems, including in the elbows and thumbs.
And many of the images being shared don’t necessarily highlight a problem, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
The condition is reminiscent of Blackberry Thumb, which caused complaints of thumb pain and motor function problems from using devices that were extremely popular in the early 2000s.
Some social media users used the trend to highlight being double or having an abnormality after a bone fracture.
Some helpful tips to address distortion concerns include reevaluating how you hold your phone, using a phone holder, or attaching a PopSocket or similar device to the back of the device to make it easier to grip. her.
How long the condition can take to clear up depends on how long someone has had it, an expert told Bustle. Serious concerns should be referred to a physical therapist, who may suggest exercises and stretches.
The obvious solution is to limit screen time. Members of Generation Z spend over six hours on their phones a day, recent studies have found, while millennials are plugged in for more than four and a half hours.
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