A cross-sectional analysis of TikTok's most popular dermal filler videos. de Baun, H., Cerri-Droz, P., Khan, S., Alper, D., & Rao, B. Skin Health and Disease, 4(4):e390, August, 2024.
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BACKGROUND: Dermal filler injections pose serious risks when administered by untrained individuals or when food and drug administration (FDA) guidelines are not adhered to. This issue may potentially be compounded by a growing reliance on social media platforms for health information. OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to analyze the quality of health information in videos published on dermal filler on TikTok. METHODS: We searched three hashtags, #filler (2.4 billion views), #dermalfiller (132.8 million views), and #fillersinjection (137.0 million views) and assessed the top videos returned by TikTok's algorithm that met inclusion criteria. The quality of health information was evaluated using the DISCERN instrument, a validated tool that uses a 1 to 5 scale to assess consumer health information. RESULTS: Videos received a mean DISCERN score of 1.64 (SD 0.33), indicating significantly low quality. 7% of the videos promoted non-FDA-approved uses of filler. Notably, videos posted by physician assistants or physicians received the highest mean scores (1.92 and 1.72) as well as videos categorized as educational (1.99). CONCLUSION: Dermatologists should be aware of the high viewership of low-quality TikTok videos on dermal filler. Dermatologists shall, therefore, understand the importance of their role in providing education to patients on this topic.
@article{de_baun_cross-sectional_2024,
	title = {A cross-sectional analysis of {TikTok}'s most popular dermal filler videos},
	volume = {4},
	issn = {2690-442X},
	doi = {10.1002/ski2.390},
	abstract = {BACKGROUND: Dermal filler injections pose serious risks when administered by untrained individuals or when food and drug administration (FDA) guidelines are not adhered to. This issue may potentially be compounded by a growing reliance on social media platforms for health information.
OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to analyze the quality of health information in videos published on dermal filler on TikTok.
METHODS: We searched three hashtags, \#filler (2.4 billion views), \#dermalfiller (132.8 million views), and \#fillersinjection (137.0 million views) and assessed the top videos returned by TikTok's algorithm that met inclusion criteria. The quality of health information was evaluated using the DISCERN instrument, a validated tool that uses a 1 to 5 scale to assess consumer health information.
RESULTS: Videos received a mean DISCERN score of 1.64 (SD 0.33), indicating significantly low quality. 7\% of the videos promoted non-FDA-approved uses of filler. Notably, videos posted by physician assistants or physicians received the highest mean scores (1.92 and 1.72) as well as videos categorized as educational (1.99).
CONCLUSION: Dermatologists should be aware of the high viewership of low-quality TikTok videos on dermal filler. Dermatologists shall, therefore, understand the importance of their role in providing education to patients on this topic.},
	language = {eng},
	number = {4},
	journal = {Skin Health and Disease},
	author = {de Baun, Heloise and Cerri-Droz, Patricia and Khan, Samavia and Alper, David and Rao, Babar},
	month = aug,
	year = {2024},
	pmid = {39104643},
	pmcid = {PMC11297439},
	pages = {e390},
}

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