"In a matter of seconds, it exploded, causing burns to his face. "He was crying and just yelling, 'It burns, it burns,'" said Whitney Grubb, Caleb Chabolla's mother. Grubb says her son's Needoh Cube had burst. Inside the popular sensory toy, a thick, gel-like substance became hot because of the microwave and stuck to his face. "The right side of his face was kind of melting off, basically," Grubb said."
"Nine-year-old Caleb was left with severe burns after following a TikTok video of people microwaving a toy to make it more pliable. Caleb says he doesn't remember much after the explosion. But he does remember where he got the idea to put it in the microwave. "It's like a stress toy. I didn't know it was a trend on TikTok before, because my friend did it before, but she didn't get hurt," Caleb said."
""These people don't know the repercussions of what these challenges and goofy trends can do to kids, especially the younger ones," Grubb said. Loyola University Medical Center in Illinois says Caleb is the fourth case they have seen this year involving Needoh Cubes. "We see the negative results of TikTok challenges all the time," said Loyola University Medical Center Burn Outreach Coordinator Kelly McElligott. "The people who are getting hurt don't necessarily post the TikToks. You're just seeing the fun ones where it looks cool.""
A 9-year-old boy in Illinois suffered severe facial burns when a Needoh Cube sensory toy exploded after he microwaved it to make it more pliable. Thick gel inside the toy overheated and adhered to his face, causing immediate burning pain. The child recalled a friend microwaving the toy but did not fully remember the explosion. Loyola University Medical Center reported this as their fourth Needoh Cube case this year and linked injuries to social media trends. Medical staff warn that viral challenges can produce unseen harms because only successful videos are shared. Family urges parents and children to exercise common sense and think before acting.
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