Mom issues warning about viral ‘chroming’ challenge after daughter almost dies

A mom from the UK feared her preteen daughter would die after inhaling several cans of deodorant while participating in the dangerous “chroming” trend claiming the lives of youngsters around the globe.

“I could’ve easily lost my daughter that day,” Mikayla Solomon, 37 told Kennedy News of the horrific ordeal.

Her 12-year-old daughter Tiegan was caught inhaling toxic chemicals to slow down the nervous system resulting in short-term highs like a discount drug.

This hazardous fad, popularized via TikTok, comes with dangerous side effects, including slurred speech, dizziness, hallucinations, and, in some instances, heart attack or suffocation.

Popular chroming chemicals can include everything from aerosol cans to nail polish remover and even gasoline.

In this case, Tiegan and a friend had reportedly huffed several cans of spray deodorant for a “laugh” while at a sleepover. Her mother, who lives in Rochester, Kent, had been alerted to the situation by her older daughter, 18-year-old Jaymee-Leigh.

“I didn’t really know what she had done but my older daughter said Teigan had inhaled deodorant,” the Brit described. “I didn’t really have a clue what that meant.”

“It was five or six deodorant cans between the two of them,” added Mikayla, who claimed that the pair had obtained them from their house as well as the abodes of several neighbors.

The concerned parent said that Tiegan started complaining of dizziness and heart palpitations, which prompted her to rush her child to the emergency room.

Despite her alarming symptoms, the tests came back normal, perplexing medical professionals.

The patient was subsequently sent home, after which her condition appeared to deteriorate. Tiegan reportedly suffered from a litany of symptoms, including severe diarrhea, sulfuric burps and a sensation that everything was in slow motion.

She also vomited for nearly two weeks straight, leading her mother to deduce that aerosol inhalation was the culprit. “She was sick every day for 12 days, if it was a bug it would’ve gone in 24 hours,” Mikayla claimed.

Unfortunately, a second trip to the emergency room proved equally fruitless as doctors still couldn’t figure out what was wrong with her.

Mikayla says she’s just “grateful” her daughter didn’t experience “cardiac” arrest or other serious complications, although she is still concerned about “long-term damage” such as memory loss.

The parent is now using the harrowing saga as a cautionary tale on the perils of chroming and the social media sites that allow challenges like this to metastasize.

“Parents need to know the dangers,” warned Mikayla. “If you think your child has done this, get them checked — it can cause long-term damage.”

She concluded, “She’s 12 so she shouldn’t really be on [social media] but all their friends are so they’re going to see these trends but [the platforms] need to crack down on it.”

Just last month, an 11-year-old Lancaster boy died after partaking in the trend, after which the devastated family called on TikTok to clamp down on such content.