The Wholesome side
This blog is a project for Study Unit DGA3008, University of Malta.
The giant world of tiktok holds countless videos starting from DIYs to animal fails. Amongst all this one can find professional doctors who willingly help people for free in their spare time. They post helpful content that might help solve everyday issues that one might go through.
The first doctor in the list is Dr Mike, a Russian born internet celebrity and family medicine physician. He has been creating content for both YouTube and tiktok . His videos vary from educational ones about covid and its variants, as well as the vaccines. He also debunks theories about certain things, such as over showering or swallowing gum.
Apart from educating the public and answering questions from his viewers, he also creates funny content and lighthearted reactions to certain videos that people tag him in. He also shows and educates people on the struggles that doctors go through, that people might not know or be aware of.
The next doctor is Dr Jess, a pediatric and sports doctor. Her videos consist of videos that help answer her viewers’ questions and also solve problems. She frequently duets videos with help on videos that show someone struggling with something, for example the fear of needles.
She also offers affordable skincare products and helps with videos that educate on how to get well rested. As one looks through her content you can find a vast range of topics that she covers, from sexual health to period problems and even first aid.
Krysten Mayers is not a licensed doctor, but she does her best to provide as much education regarding sexual health and ways to protect yourself. She always talks about taboo subjects around certain body parts in hopes of educating people on their own body as it is sometimes not taught by the parents. Her videos vary from ways to safely use feminine hygiene products to tips for men with erectile problems.
She helps both genders with the most uncomfortable topics and finds a way to make them lighthearted and also informative to give the information needed. This helps people who are either too shy to ask someone in real life or have never even been told about certain topics and issues they could face.
Watching these people create content that steps out of a lot of people’s comfort zones shows that there is still hope for the internet, media, and humanity. These people not only help others with their job but decide to do so for free in their free time, creating communities within their platform and showing people that their problems can be. Solved and also preventing people from injuries and also showing them how to recover from them. I will be talking about the people who use their platform to help homeless people and people in need in my next blog.