TikTok Myth of the Week: Tick Hoaxes
by Beth Skwarecki from Lifehacker on (#6ECJY)

The first time I saw one of these videos on TikTok, I couldn't bear to look too closely. A doctor was cutting a man's pants off, and asking him what happened; under the pants were dozens of dark, oval lumps embedded in his skin. They almost looked like ticks-but not ticks. Something else. I flicked the video away, not...