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“How Hard Did Puberty Hit You”: 30 People Who Took Part In This New TikTok Challenge And Shared Photos
TikTok is a must-visit place for some of the internet’s most viral challenges, from incredible glow-ups to cooking trends like making a baked feta pasta, and pet-related challenges like “Please Don’t Go.” So no wonder there’s an entire new challenge topping the trending lists every couple of weeks.
This time, TikTok users are going crazy for the “How hard did puberty hit you?” trend that challenges people to use two pictures only that show how much bois and gurls have changed since their careless childhood days.
From badass style transformations to embracing their new identities and letting their confidence shine from within, these are some great examples of self-acceptance and self-love. Both of which we should never rob ourselves of.
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The new “How hard did puberty hit you?” challenge is a spinoff of another widely popular TikTok trend where people share their transformations, also known as glow-ups. The hashtag #glowup on Instagram produces more than 4 million search results, and the same hashtag has over 14.7 billion views on TikTok.
Not only are there 10-year glow-up challenges, there is also an entire genre of YouTube videos dedicated to the “24-hour glow-up challenge.” In these videos, people challenge themselves to become prettier, or to glow up, within the period of one day.
But as with many popular things on the internet, the trend hasn't gone without some criticism. Some claim that the internet’s obsession with dramatic physical changes does more harm than good. On the other hand, there’s a truly inspirational side to the glow-up videos. Gender transitioning or coming out can be daunting experiences for anyone, but looking at how far you’ve come and how much you’ve accomplished can be liberating for many LGBTQ youth. Such TikTok videos reflect a more profound kind of transformation and the sense of liberation that show that any glow-up, no matter what, is possible and that you’re all worth it.
Bored Panda reached out to social media influencer Nina Lin, with a solid fanbase of 2.3M followers and 79.5k likes in total. Nina shared her puberty glow-up video featuring two pics of her incredible transformation on TikTok, which went viral.
“I got into TikTok because my friends wanted me to start posting, they have always been on me about blowing up and always kept saying that people need to see this stuff, because I do the dumbest things,” she recounted.“I used to hate TikTok,” Nina said as she honestly didn’t expect her video to blow up as “everything just happened so fast.”
To everyone else and those who struggle about their identity and finding inner confidence, Nina said that “all I have to say is nobody heckin' cares, so why do you? Everyone is too busy focusing on their insecurity, so do you have to be too?” Nina believes that it takes more courage to be yourself than to be “liked” by everyone. “They DON’T pay your bills,” she added.
Is this the same kid? If so, dark hair was definitely the way to go. Good choice.
The second one looks like they are the star of a 90's coming-of-age story
To Miss Frankfurter, I'm close with a former Miss Nevada and I've got to tell you, there is not a single thing about her that's fake. She's had no work done, loves her time in the sun, she's beautiful inside and out, she's kind and genuine, she's a hard worker, she's incredibly talented, and she's overcome some struggles that I can't begin to image tackling. In short, she's a real-life human being. Maybe we shouldn't paint everyone with such a broad brush?
I know that this is about the glow up, but I love her shirt in the second d pic!
Puberty also gave her confidence. I skill I don't posses, which is why I talk to people to on the internet because I don't have to see them face to face, and I can't talk to people.
Maybe we don't include glow-ups from groomers, Bored Panda? (for anyone wondering, Zoe Laverne at 19 got into a relationship with a 13 year old fan and only stopped because the fan's mom finally found out and intervened; Laverne saw nothing wrong with it and made it out to be both their responsibility, even though she was 19 and he was a child.)
What I really appreciate about this photo is she doesn't have any make up on. It's her face. Natural. No sexy outfit or hair. No "bedroom eyes" look. Looks like a picture taken in her backyard. Puberty was wonderful to her.
He reminds me of my nephew. Average height and a good-looking kid who grew into 6ft 5in very handsome guy who works out and it shows. Puberty was fantastic to him.
Kid sort of looks like Bella Swan? And then Bella grew up and switched Edward for a nice car and the ability to braid her own hair. Maybe if I catch a vampire and sacrifice them to the gods I'll be able to braid my hair...
Skin is sort of scary, but eyes are proof that practice makes perfect!
So call out my nameeeeee (It's a reference to his content)
I suppose this is going to be downvoted into oblivion, but very few of these pictures have anything to do with puberty. Call me old fashioned, but the concept of puberty does not include steroids, gender reassignment, cosmetic surgery, Instagram filters, piercings, and tattoos.
Yeah, ´puberty´. Only I see is a lot of make-up and instagram filters. (Maybe some surgery)
after looking at the pics of the "instragram fails" article i feel like a lot of these photos are also faked...
Yeah, BP, super smart to post a "How Hard Did Puberty Hit You" and a "Instagram VS Reality" article on the same day.
Load More Replies... I suppose this is going to be downvoted into oblivion, but very few of these pictures have anything to do with puberty. Call me old fashioned, but the concept of puberty does not include steroids, gender reassignment, cosmetic surgery, Instagram filters, piercings, and tattoos.
Yeah, ´puberty´. Only I see is a lot of make-up and instagram filters. (Maybe some surgery)
after looking at the pics of the "instragram fails" article i feel like a lot of these photos are also faked...
Yeah, BP, super smart to post a "How Hard Did Puberty Hit You" and a "Instagram VS Reality" article on the same day.
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