Kyland Clark Indianapolis teen victim of hot water challenge gone wrong after friend pours hot water on him during sleep, leaving him with 2nd degree burns.
Captivating the imaginations of teens is a new social media challenge known as the hot water challenge which has left one 15 year old Indiana boy seriously burned.
Following Indianapolis teen, Kyland Clark (unwittingly) partaking in the dare, WXIN reported the boy being left with second-degree burns following a friend pulling a prank on him last week.
Before the incident, Kyland and the pal looked up the social media craze on YouTube and decided to try the challenge, which involves pouring boiling hot water in tenuous circumstances.
It was while Kyland was sleeping, his friend, allegedly as a ‘joke’ dumped boiling water on him, causing serious burns on his back, chest and face.
Told Kyland, ‘My skin just fell off my chest, and then I looked in the mirror and I had skin falling off here and, on my face’.
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Kyland Clark Indiana teen hot water challenge gone wrong: extent of injuries.
The teen was admitted to a local hospital, where he remained under treatment for a week. However, doctors reportedly told Kyland that his skin will take several months to heal.
There are three layers to the skin: the epidermis (top), dermis (middle) and hypodermis (bottom).
First-degree burns affect the epidermis, and third-degree burns reach the hypodermis.
Second-degree burns affect the epidermis and dermis.
Breaking through to the second layer, which is what Kyland endured is incredibly painful: the dermis consists of nerve endings, blood vessels and sweat glands.
Told the boy’s mother, Andrea Clark, ‘To see my baby, all burned up like that, it was heartbreaking’.
The family is now speaking out about the dangers of the ‘Hot Water Challenge.’
‘There’s a limit to what you should do in a challenge and what you shouldn’t,’ the teen said. ‘Don’t take it overboard.’
The dare is believed to have begun in 2013 or 2014 and has already left an eight-year-old girl, Ki’ari Pope dead, and several others seriously injured.
At present it is not thought authorities seeking to press charges against Kyland’s ‘friend.’
Ki’ari Pope dies after drinking boiling water on a dare.
Hot water challenge really? How stupid do you have to be to pour boiling hot water on yourself?
— J.D (@JD01976) July 30, 2018
Are y’all getting stupider or what? Hot Water Challenge? Lmao. I’m ready to start the Pick Up A Book Challenge
— branganronpa V3 (@youvebeenSLAIN) July 28, 2018
Hot water challenge? Either drink hot water through a straw or get doused in it. People stupid enough to try that should try the stop breathing forever challenge. #hotwaterchallenge
— MojicaSan (@MojicaSan) July 27, 2018
