Degloved Face

About

Degloved Face or Record Yourself Before and After Looking Up Degloved Face refers to a Don't Google and before and after trend on TikTok in which users are prompted to look up "degloved face" on Google, resulting in a graphic gore image of a face avulsion. The trend began on TikTok in late October 2022 and went viral throughout November with users posting their reactions on the platform to the shock media.

Origin

Googling "degloved face" results in articles from NCBI^[1] and Healthline^[2] about face avulsions and degloving, which is a type of severe injury where the top layers of the skin are torn from the muscle, bone and connective tissue, requiring facial reconstruction surgery to fix. The top Google Image result is a gory image of a degloved face.

On October 28th, 2022, TikToker^[3] @its_edieluker posted a video where she shows her reaction before and after Googling "degloved face," garnering over 368,000 views in just over a week (shown below). On October 29th, TikToker^[4] @myk3nziiee_ posted a similar video, garnering over 1.2 million views in a similar span of time (since deleted).

Spread

The trend spread over the following weeks as people encouraged viewers to Google the term. On November 2nd, 2022, TikToker^[5] @juliasantos_25 posted a video following the trend, garnering over 220,000 views in six days (shown below).

On November 3rd, TikToker^[6] @noahglenncarter posted a video about the trend, garnering over 3.4 million views in five days (shown below, left). On November 5th, TikToker^[7] @serahfaulkofficial posted a video recording her reaction to the search term, garnering over 195,000 views in three days.

Various Examples

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