Young people get a flammable substance — isopropyl alcohol or acetone in the past, hand sanitizer more recently — and set fire to it.
Washington’s daughter, Khai, ended up at the MUSC Health Burn Center, which recently expanded to become the only burn center in the state to treat both children and adults.
Steven Kahn, M.D., leads the MUSC Health South Carolina Burn Center and serves as an associate professor in the Medical University of South Carolina’s College of Medicine.
But hand sanitizer takes the fire challenge to a scary new level, Kahn said.
Kahn and Lesher have both seen social media challenges result in the need for surgery, terrible scars, permanent deformities and life-threatening injuries.