‘I’m Not Encouraging People To Look Like Me’ – Kylie Jenner

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Reacting: Kylie Jenner took to Twitter on Tuesday to respond to the craze sweeping social media that is encouraging teenagers to plump up their lips to grotesque proportions using a shot glass - in an attempt to emulate the star

Speaking out: The 17-year-old star took to Twitter with this message

Kylie Jenner has responded to an internet craze where teens are enlarging their lips to grotesque proportions, by sucking on a shot glass, to try to emulate the reality star.

Embracing individuality: She added that she wanted people to be themselves but also experiment

It follows the emergence of a trend sweeping social media dubbed the ‘#kyliejennerchallenge’ whereby youngsters attempt to blow up their lips using bottles or shot glasses. The reportedly painful method involves participants placing their mouth over the opening of a cup, jar or other narrow vessel and sucking in until the air vacuum causes their lips to swell up – all in the hopes of emulating Kylie’s bee-stung pout.

Countless teens, both boys and girls, have been sharing the disturbing results of their experiments on Twitter and Instagram, which in many cases has led to severe bruising around the mouth. See some pictures below

Craze: Countless teens, both boys and girls, have been sharing the disturbing results of their experiments on Twitter and Instagram

Dangerous: The reportedly painful method involves participants placing their mouth over the opening of a cup, jar or shot glass and sucking in until the air vacuum causes their lips to swell up
Don't try this at home: The method works by way of the airlock created in the opening of the glass or jar, which increases blood flow to the lips and causes them to swell
 'I screwed up,' wrote one teenage girl along with her #kyliejennerchallenge selfie, while another complained she looked 'gross'