TikTok "Health" Products You Should NEVER Buy 

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@@NemesisFromResidentEvil pretty sure you're the bot lol.

I agree but why are you referring to yourself this way... Very strange

People who think TikTok or Facebook are sources, people who actually fall for such scams, don't watch Doctor Mike.

@@netraven5000 I have a friend that refers to them self as a “we” because they have more than one personality or something like that, or “identify” as several people I don’t really know but maybe it’s something like that

Exactly. Like if my mom didn't have her seizure medications, she wouldn't be able to live

@@hannahhester8376 exactly. And the makers of those snake oils know it. They are convincing desperate people to commit suicide by throwing out the thing that keeps them alive and replacing it with something that will let them die. All for a quick buck.

Funny story: I work at a pharmacy and someone called me to tell me they wouldn't be picking up their Creon (pancrelipase) because they didn't want to take a pill for the rest of their life. Patients that need Creon who stop taking it will slowly die of nutrient deprivation while having horrible symptoms. I was horrified.

Yes... Don't throw the meds away... Gently toss them aa

Deadly *and expensive* . Some of those meds get into thousands of dollars per dose per month.

Tales of the Unusual is amazing, (I share the same name as Magician Demon man) and everyone should stay far away from Beauty Water 🙌🙌

God the ending to that manhwa scarred me...

Literally redownloading Webtoons just because i want to tead this one 😅

I literally thought ''Im not getting my body melted today'' when i heard the video lol

oh i will definetly watch that webtoon. thank you

That would be a great collab with Dr. Elliot Carthy

That's been happening for much longer than TikTok has been a thing. I saw a ton of it on Tumblr back in the day, too, and I'm certain it's been a thing for way longer than that.

I agree with you. Based on IG post, Tik tok test I have: Autism, ADHD, depression, anxiety, etc etc. and spoiler, I don’t have any of this. People are oversimplifying the diagnosis and spreading misinformation about some pathologies. At same time, I think is okay to use platforms to spread awareness about mental disease, but they are not a valid place to diagnose. The worst is some professionals are believing false information and sharing it. A classic is saying: people who has Asperger syndrome has a higher IQ and it’s the difference between autism. NO, the only difference is that AS patients don’t have language difficulties…

Yeah I'm 27 and this kind of thing was rife when I was in highschool. Everyone wanted to be the mysterious sick girl. Made it harder for me to get proper mental health help because everyone was like, yeah sameee..

No, because, you can’t just say western mental health that was written by a very homogenous group of people, takes in the factors of what different demographics experience and how those factors affect how they experience mental health. So , yes someone knows their body and yes someone can make educated guesses to try and find help. Interesting fact, did you know in many Asian countries they study both western medical medicine AND spiritual holistic medicine, and use them in conjunction. I just want you and others who have takes like this to challenge he idea that the only things that’s legitimate is being diagnosed by western Medicine

Ngl, that's the exact script my doctor uses at my annual physical 😂😂😂😭😭😊

So true... Finally someone said it, you are ageing the moment you are in your moms womb lol, thats how you get the birthdays, in fact you age every moment. Apart from that, about the ear cleaner tho, i totally understand what he says about the wax being necessary etc and its scary how not knowing how to use it or misusing it and damage the eardrums etc can be scary. But if theres a way people can be taught how to use it with a video tutorial safely without damaging the ear then i wonder if having it at a normal ppls home can help especially if ppl get stuff stuck in their ear and they have gone to the doctor but they said theres nothing in there. Because not every doctor is reliable in certain areas,and sometimes even reliable doctors can be wrong. which just cones with being human and it just makes patients even more reassured about not having anything in there but without any way of checking it themselves if there is something that they feel is stuck after going home, in which case may be the ear cleaner with camera can be used to just detect if somethings in there and then go to the doctor to take it out than trying to take it out yourself. i ll give an example of a person who went to the doctor complaining about occassional odd noise in their one ear, doctor said theres nothing wrong and situation stayed that way for half a year till they used a ear wax remover tool that looks like a pimple popper tool sets circular ring on top to remove the wax and they saw an ear bud come out that ear that was stuck in their ear. and having foreign thing stuck in there, going unnoticed by doctors can cause mild to serious infections, and they can go unnoticed when the thing is moving around and there are no other symptoms Sometimes doctors ignore it as the patients misunderstanding/imagination.and then patients are convinced they were wrong too. Or when its an emergency to remove things like bugs/ants that went inside but you cant see it easily and you will have to bear with a painful ride and it may cause damage till you reach the doctor, in those cases having an ear scope with camera and light attached to your phone can be helpful. Either that or in case of something being stuck but not being found by the doctor, may be one would rather go to a bunch of different doctors to get it solved, until person is convinced themselves that theres nothing in there but there is and it causes infections. However idk which risk is worth it..ignoring that doctor/multiple doctors missed what's in there or risking damaging the ear, imo neither but for ppl that know how to use it safely and those that only use it in emergency i hope its helpful.

Psssssh I can't believe how many people don't know that aging is caused by toxins and not part of the natural process. I've been sitting in the fridge since I was 10 and I haven't aged a day in 20 years!

OF course a lot of people want to reduce aging if possible, that's where these come into play, whether it works or not. Like Dr Mike can shout that to plastic surgeons providing unnecessary procedures to make people feel good (not talking about the surgeons for horrific accidents or bad birth defects of course). They should age just as everyone else but will pay even with a risk to attempt to look younger (which they don't, just looks like they got work done). There is always a risk of death if going under and even with basics, due to infection.

@@tinntinnamp did you reply to me before? I got a notification accidentally starting with "i m with you on the ear thing".

I know! allergy family, got plenty of friends with allergies. People are always saying “ oh, they wiped the ice cream machine off its fine” or “ ohh they just made a peanut product with that spoon it’s fine “

I want an allergy video too! I have had allergies to things before like peanuts, some beans and they went away? I didn’t receive any treatments and they miraculously appeared then disappeared. That’s so weird

​@@noelsmaison685Sometimes, allergies are temporary. Allergies are just your body mistaking an allergen for an infection. Just like you can possibly lose immunity to a virus, you could possibly lose an allergy

As somebody that has celiac myself, I totally agree. That shouldn't be the case today, maybe 20 years ago, even 10 maybe that was understandable but there's no shortage of research or people suffering from it these days that it shouldn't still be overlooked so often.

Oh yeah….chronic pain can go a few ways when it’s due to incurable (and at most manageable) conditions. It’s easier to hold onto some hope and try different things….rather than the alternative. This is why we suffer from so much depression, and then it become a vicious self feeding cycle.

Also certain oils can have some effects - herbology is the root of modern medicine, after all. However they CANNOT replace modern medicine and WILL NOT do a better job.

Wow! Clearly they failed everything

Bro after seeing the price of this garbage I had a stress reaction 😂

@@samreallylovescoffee me too!! BAHA 😂✋

Did you know? The cells in your body are rapidly aging from exposure to... time. Turns out, time ages stuff. Who knew? Did you?! =D

@@hazukichanx408 magic 😱

Why not let natural selection go its way? 😉

@@Silberwolf01 like when you die of a broken heart because you couldn't stop being negative and pushed everyone who could have loved you away? Should we let that happen too?

@@vidhoard Well I've seen so many horrible things people do to each other and themselves and after some time you can either completely break down because you let all that too close to your heart or you try to not care at all about it and make fun of it. The latter thing is healthier imho.

or just dont belive everything you see on the internet

but the first one was actually quiete cool. 5g conspiracy believing idiots who pay this much for garbage dont deserve any better then having their money used by someone else who can do something useful with it.

You said it's a sap. So it sounds like it's just an exotic sugar like honey. Too bad it's difficult to farm outside the area. I've never heard of this place, so perhaps the environment is specific for that substance.

Underrated comment!

Charcoal can also affect the absorption of medications in your system, so that little bit of charcoal may mean your not having the appropriate amount of required medication. That's why if you overdose or consume something you shouldn't that doctors pump a charcoal liquid into you (it also helps you throw up). I don't think a lot of people think about that.

@@plumblossom44 Not to contradict you or promote any use of a charcoal toothpaste, but unless you swallow a shitload of the charcoal toothpaste, it's not gonna prevent the absorption of your medication. I have had to drink activated charcoal twice and it is thick as bituminous sands and they make you drink 1 liter of it. It takes a lot.

toothpaste only has one active ingredient ,flouride .i laugh when idiots pay £10 for toothpaste when 20p paste does the same job

@@girlsdrinkfeck Fluoride is poison and does nothing for cavities.Wake up

@@stevendeveau2250 what the hell are u on about ? u DO NOT digest fluoride lmao !!! u rinse with it and spit it out ,and tell me what ingredients on your overpriced paste does do ? u keep paying Colgate £10 a pop as I laugh

Plus a podcast!

He actually only works in family medicine part-time.

@@HSMfanatic17 bro doesn't matter, a doctor has so much work each day. My father also does the same thing and still only gets few hours to spend time at home each day.

@@daphenomenalz4100 it does actually make a difference, part time means less hours working. Which also means more time for anything else

​@@daphenomenalz4100 if he only gets a few hours at home each day then I doubt he works part-time. Part-time is less than 32 hours a week. Full-time is 32 or more hours a week.

This, please. more people need to hear this. I'm not seeking to date currently for mental health reasons, but every time I attempt to date, I ALWAYS see an overwhelming amount of people who want taller partners. Like there is some urge to have only 6'7" partners and no one else, ignoring other attributes that are more important. It's honestly downright infuriating even when I am not seeking to date. Gives off this "I want and/or want to be this alpha male! Everyone smaller than X height is a beta and not worthy of reproducing!" vibe. Like dude... we're in the Era of Infomation. We don't need to selectively breed based on physical capabilities anymore. And I find that relationships not based on height are healthier anyway.

I know and want to think like this but people just make fun of my height and make jokes of being short. Even my parents blame some random stuff then mention my height. If you wanna know, I'm a teenager whose height is 4'11 (short I know). And yes I can grow soon but I just can't take it anymore with these. And I even thought before of trying to plan surgery.

@@strawberrycrepecookie4422 hope things get better for you. Don’t let others shape your life ❤️

@@YukimareThePsion Do people really say 6'7'' and above only? I remember people making memes about 6 feet some years ago, how quickly do these goalposts move? Soon we will be up to 8 feet. And i bet that TikTok will have a product for us to grow that tall.

people worry about their heights too much when it really doesn’t matter it’s fine weither your 5ft or 6, no need to change

Image if your asking a doctor about Your product and he can’t even answer 💀💀💀

More doctors need to be that way a lot just won’t admit they don’t know things and won’t listen to patients trying to tell them what’s wrong with their own body which they know well and live with w every day. A lot of doctors will dismiss women and overweight women especially by telling them they’re just trying to get drugs or they aren’t experiencing what they say they are. I feel like Doctor Mike is one of those doctors who listens to his patients and if he doesn’t know what’s wrong will admit that and try to find out how to best help them.

Yes, I think that's very important. I guess some people see not knowing things as a kind of weakness and won't admit not knowing something because of that. But only if you admit you don't know something you can improve your knowledge in that area.

i just want to know who looks at "this water is pH 2.5" and thinks "oh yea that's a good idea to drink as water, same pH as straight up vinegar"

@@TjPhysicist I think the 2.5 stuff was supposed to be for washing hands, but... even so, some of it would still be absorbed into the skin, and it seems like it'd be potentially uncomfortable to wash with. So why not just save 5000 dollars and use soap and water to wash? Probably works better, too. It's alarming how many people would rather make up a bogus reason to be needed, rather than help people in need.

@@TjPhysicist That's practically just coca cola. Not great for your teeth, but that's only if you drink it regularly.

And by negative feedback, it increases the chances of acidity/gastic problem multiple folds. People are really stupid, they believe everything written on the label.😂😂

@@hazukichanx408 they should try washing hands with vinegar 😂

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Yeah I think if it blocks 5g then uhh we would never know it existed

Yes. Because working in healthcare, I get to experience how misinformed the general public is about health. Some things patients believe will do them good unfortunately makes me facepalm but I try to educate my patients in a non-judgemental and positive way.

Dr Mike is good because he ACTUALLY explains why certain things are misinformation. Hearing claims from your doctor but not knowing why doesn't mean you should trust them, and explanation should. Please remember drs are humans with flaws and there are some who just recommend things for a commission or are complacent with teachings from YEARS ago that may have changed. While rare, it still happens. This is why I love Dr Mike, he's able to let us know his true feelings and expertise on things despite money being involved.

Well.. Ex president comes to mind

Just got my jaw joints replaced at 19. The way your mouth moves is important

Do you have suggestions for people with oral fixation? I feel the need to chew due to anxiety, and also in general to focus at work and school (I will totally zone out unless ive got something to chew on. I turned to gum to cut down on snacking and stop chewing my cheeks) but I am starting to get jaw pain :(

@@fleurmal7648 carry a ball of pins and chew on them. Let the pain do it's work. Or a bite guard so you can't fully close your mouth. Either way

I actually had a patient come in with gum stuck behind their ear (I work in a nephrology practice and noticed the gum during a BP check). I said “ma’am you have gum stuck in your hair!” And her response was “oh no it’s not stuck, I put it there for my TMJ. It helps my jaw not to lock up”. I just said “oh, ok” and let the doctor know. He said they had a nice long discussion that that doesn’t work that way. She was so genuine about it too. I have no idea who told her to do that but I’m sure it wasn’t someone in the medical field.

Why would you feel bad? You're doing her a tremendous favour.

The foot bath is cool if you need a bowl to clean or exfoliate your feet. But for health... nah.

I literally just like the smell 😅

Essential oils can be good for some things… upset stomach, muscle relaxation, natural cleaning products, etc. but they are by no means a cure all. They can be helpful, but they certainly can’t replace medications or antibiotics like some people think.

​@@franciscocota6440 Seems like it could be useful for cleaning rusty metal.

Don't think that's true at all... these products aren't targeted towards the elderly, they're targeted towards the stupid. At any age.

Hopefully elderly people don't have tiktok. I am more concerned for younger and especially teens who follow "influencers" of nothing and believe in all they say and do....

@@teresadiodato I'd say this issue goes beyond TikTok or other social networks, the stuff in Mike's video is only scratching the surface. Seems to me that people, especially the young ones, aren't taught to fact-check or at least exercise a healthy amount of skepticism. Which is why scammers have such a grand time fishing for fools who will believe in whatever nonsense they're selling.

@thejacksquatch1992 oh yes, for sure. All social networks are dangerous nowadays. We could talk for hours about it.

So true. It makes me so angry!😡 I have seen this told junk promoted even in magazines (one example) Reader's Digest & the crossword puzzle books marketed at the elderly.I think the ones that disgust me the most are.when they claim to cure cancer in the terminal stages. It is beyond cruel. Then all the fake vitamins. My grandmother had a whole closet full of about 20 different types. Then all the weight loss ones I get everywhere including youtube ads. It is so depressing. My husband was like well this one ap says for $60, I can lose 60 lbs in a month. I was like omg you idiot. Then of course the younger people. A lot of this stuff can hurt everyone of all ages. I have noticed with at least my daughter's generation (she is Gen Z, I believe, she is was born in 2000) they are a lot more skeptical. That could just be that she is starting out being an adult. I just hate all of this fake holistic bs, then those people become very judgemental, which is the opposite of the yoga 🧘‍♀️ lifestyle. Sorry, for any grammatical errors above. Blame it on menopause lmao. Another thing they send a billion bs products about when you hit 40.

Yes!!! That's why I can't get on there at all. I spiral into madness the same way Dr Mike does to these videos 😂🤣

Right? 😂 I don't know I could have stopped myself from a comment along the lines of, "You don't need this device, just get a boyfriend."

@@edene.4870SCREAMING

I bet he has seen things worse than this 🤣😂

It... seriously looks like a blowjob training device, more than anything else. Bonus points if you use it at the same time as a Shake Weight! (aka Handjob Trainer)

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I got the same feeling when I saw a video saying to stop clenching your jaws and I realised I was clenching HARD lol

reduced to nothing but some bloody mush in your sink

They will certainly be clean!

@@itsmeaiden8788 down to bone clean

Oh I always wanted to go to Greece.

i’m greek too 😊

As a macedonian ( sorry greece), we use mastic or masticos as we call it for making a hard liquor - mastika ( really similliar to ouzo, again sorry greece).

I wouldn't say sweet, but rather neutral taste; but its flavour is unique, I love it. Known since ancient times for its use as a remedy, highly priced and widely traded, since it is only found on the island of Chios. Today it's being used in pastry, cosmetics and medicine, ideal for mouth, teeth and gastrointestinal protection.

@@yeon-hwalyi7343 agree with everything except that the mastik trees are common and native to most of the medeteranian although from quickly searching Production is said to be mainly in Chios today

i doubt it'd even actually produce water of that acidity since that would probably be an FDA violation or something so if anything it's an overpriced water fountain that relies on a placebo

eh, you joke but there is a mantra of sorts in the alternative medicine crowd that "pain is healing" they seem to think that "well, when you cut yourself it hurts even though its healing so therefore all pain is just a sign of healing." Which is a pretty dangerous idea, you see how, I'm sure.

Ever since my mom stopped trying to clean my ears I feel like I haven’t had issues with my ears being clogged. No idea if it’s related or if it’s because I always thought the issue was worse than it was. Could also have just been minor ear infections or excess fluid causing issues that I and my mom assumed was caused by wax. My doctor telling me my ear was clear kind of was the thing that made me realize that I shouldn’t just assume wax.

I produce an excess amount of earwax and have had over 3 ear infections in 1 year alone. i never cleaned my ears before that, and it caused me muffled hearing, earwax literally leaking out of my ear, and alot of pain. i visited the doctor recently and when he looked in my ear, he asked my mom why there was so much scarring. my dad has been cleaning my ears with mineral oil, and it helps, but the sensation of removing earwax also just feels amazing. i also hate wearing earbuds.

Mineral oil should not scar. Hydrogen peroxide is more effective. I find the Japanese Seki Edge tool most effective. Asians have dry ear wax rather than more gooey wax found in the West so tradition picks aren’t as effective as the Seki Edge. I also have a camera tool to see the canal.

i would rather have wired earbuds inside of earpods wireless

Wired earbuds get just as gross

The scammers aren't morons, their customers are. That's why it's an issue that they make money off it.

I like this idea haha

Same here

Yes

Fortunately, little bobby doesn't know how to read yet

This comment deserves way more likes! I hope he sees your comment and makes a video on this topic! Have a blessed day ❤

This is actually a great idea! And super under rated

I am often that friend and I think people get more annoyed than anything 😩 the placebo effect is strong, and people don't like to admit they fell for a scam. Also sometimes they are fully aware and just do not care. 😂

Hmm. So sad. They're literally pushing people to torture their bodies with items meant for those with real health problems already. All in the name of "prevention" or "staying healthy "

Yeah Thanks yt!

True.

They aren't all bad. Shamwow worked pretty good.

You can also install like an alarm on your cell phone or computer or leave little "awareness" notes in your usual day to day surroundings, e.g. on your coffee cup or on your computer

😂😂😂that’s what he gets, scammer

There are correctors or braces that can help with things like that, but they should be gotten from doctors, especially if it's causing you n discomfort. Doctors will need to first evaluate if it will be beneficial for you or if other interventions may be more appropriate, and if they do decide you may benefit from a corrective device, it will still need to be properly fitted and instructions for how/how long you wear it will vary depending on your specific situation.