People think we are cousins. ?????? @honeybunchz

A photo posted by Kylizzle (@kyliejenner) on Apr 15, 2015 at 5:27pm PDT

Here’s a photo of Kylie Jenner with a friend. They both have the same plumped lips, but Kylie’s the one on the right. I’ve talked a lot about Kylie’s lips, mostly because she wants us to talk about them. Kylie insists that her lips are so boring and not worthy of discussion, but she spends 40 minutes plumping them every day. She Instagrams the lips all the time to remind us that, yes, her lips are much bigger than they were last year.

Kylie’s lips are an internet trending topic. She’s influencing teens who want to live a life of lip-plumping luxury too, and there are pictures to prove it.

(WARNING: The following links contain very graphic photos.)

A disturbing new Twitter tag, #KylieJennerChallenge, has come out. The trend calls for sticking one’s lips into a shot glass or bottle, which causes lips to swell (because blood vessels burst). Teens are taking this asinine challenge, and they’re in a lot of pain as a result. USA Today gathered up a bunch of disturbing selfies of teens who did this. The results are just awful — these kids are achieving (temporarily) larger lips, but they’re unable to eat, and they’re experiencing some nasty bleeding and scarring. Seventeen spoke to a dermatologist who says the challenge can lead to “permanent disfigurement.” TMZ says some teens have been hospitalized after doing this.

Kylie’s lips say she wants no part of this challenge. She distanced herself on Twitter.

I’m not here to try & encourage people/young girls to look like me or to think this is the way they should look. (Cont…)

— Kylie Jenner (@KylieJenner) April 21, 2015

I want to encourage people/young girls like me to be YOURSELF & not be afraid to experiment w your look. ??????

— Kylie Jenner (@KylieJenner) April 21, 2015

This is so sad and horrifying. Teens are hurting themselves in an effort to be like Kylie, who has provided a tutorial on how she plumps her lips with liner and makeup. She never talks about the injections, of course. All of this risk, just to imitate a Jenner girl.

One more very important thing. Tyga’s ex, Blac Chyna, performed her own version of the #KylieJennerChallenge with wax lips! #shade

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A photo posted by www.Lashedbar.co (@blacchyna) on Apr 21, 2015 at 4:34pm PDT

Hehe my sneak peak vid of my contact look they put on me got bigger than I intended. They let me keep the contacts ???? I’m obsessed. Also wanted to let u guys know I’ve been working on something new for the summer so I can start to connect with u guys more again. So excited x

A photo posted by Kylizzle (@kyliejenner) on Mar 20, 2015 at 9:30pm PDT

Photos courtesy of Kylie Jenner on Instagram, Fame/Flynet & WENN