Mother warns of TikTok trend that left her 9-year-old son with severe burns

A Plainfield mom is warning parents and kids about the danger of a popular toy that burned half of her son’s face.

In the last couple of months, Loyola Medicine says they have had four patients come in with burns from a Needoh cube — a sensory toy filled with gelatinous material.

The toy itself has no problems, but there’s a TikTok trend going around that encourages kids to put the gel toys in the microwave — causing them to explode and leading to significant burns…

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