Thai women’s hair falls out after using popular TikTok hair cream

A Thai woman lost clumps of her hair after using a popular DIY hair straightening cream she bought from a TikTok shop.Sirirat Homkul, 25, from Chaiyaphum, Thailand, bought the popular 'hair relaxing cream' for 140 Baht (4 USD) from a beauty vlogger using it in their live-selling videos.Wanting silky straight locks of her own, Sirirat tried out the DIY treatment at home on January 4. She diligently massaged the chemical through her strands and into her scalp and left the cream on for several minutes.However, she began to feel a painful burning sensation on her head 15 minutes later. Sirirat took a shower to wash off the product - only to find small clumps of her hair that had also fallen out. Blood was also seeping from the bald area.The horrified young woman said: 'My scalp is still bleeding and burning. It feels tight, and there is an ugly bald spot where I applied the cream.'Sirirat consulted a doctor, who told her the cream she used was excessively strong.She said she has filed a complaint with the online store from which she bought the cream, but was only offered a refund and denied any responsibility for the alleged side-effects.Sirirat said she wants them to pay for hospital fees, as the incident damaged her self-confidence, leaving her too afraid to go out.She said: 'I want the brand to take responsibility for my treatment. This incident has damaged my self-confidence. Now, I am too embarrassed to go out.'Chinese social media app TikTok, owned by ByteDance, is throwing vast resources at the lucrative e-commerce market. It hopes the live-selling format will help it to rival Amazon in the United States.However, TikTok has been accused of spying on behalf of the Chinese government and pushing degenerate trends on young people in the West.