TikTok star Charli D'Amelio, easily the most popular content creator on the mega-popular app, recently posted a video of herself in a hospital with tape, gauze, and blood on her nose, leading some fans to wonder exactly what was going on. As it turns out, D'Amelio recently had surgery to fix an issue she was having with her nose, stemming from an incident back in August of last year.
According to D'Amelio, she broke her nose in August 2019, which has caused her to struggle with breathing issues ever since. D'Amelio recently had surgery on her nose to fix her breathing problems, which explains her recent videos. The TikTok video of Charli post-surgery currently has 8.4 million likes and over 214,000 comments at the time of this writing.
Charli D'Amelio has built an immense following on TikTok, popularizing a variety of trends and joining in on ones that were already established, like the LEGO Star Wars profile picture trend that dominated the social media app this past winter.
As far as TikTok celebrities go, Charli D'Amelio has broken into the mainstream more efficiently than most. Not only does her account continue to dominate the platform with absurd follower numbers, but D'Amelio has also appeared on late night talk shows, participated in the Jennifer Lopez TikTok challenge at Super Bowl LIV, and danced at the 2020 NBA All-Star Game.
Source: Charli D'Amelio - TikTok