Serena Williams astonished many of her followers when she revealed on TikTok that her bre-ast milk helped treat her sunburn. The 42-year-old woman, who had her second child in August, resorted to social media to describe her unorthodox treatment.
Williams initially put her br-ast milk to her burnt undereye, claiming that it eased the area. However, several of her 1.6 million followers were skeptical about the treatment.
Williams is dressed casually in a black crop top and jeans in the TikTok video, which has received over 47,000 views. The tennis legend shared a story about getting sunburned under her eye, prefacing it with a playful “don’t ask.”
“I have sensitive skin. I was in the sun. Long story. Anyway, I’m trying some br-ast milk.
‘It works for my kid. They say put br-ast milk on everything and I have a lot of extra so I’m going to try it for a week or so under my eye and see how it goes,” she said, as reported by Daily Mail.
Williams commented that rubbing br-ast milk on her sunburned undereye offered her immediate relief, saying, “I mean it already feels better because it hurts.”
She promised to keep her fans updated and asked them in the caption what they thought about the unusual medicine and its apparent strangeness.
“I have to say after a week of using MY br-ast milk under my eye – it worked! I’m dying to hear your thoughts. Be nice lol.”
Social media reactions to Williams’ unorthodox medicine have been divided, with some dissatisfied with the TMI aspect and others finding it innovative, offering their own solutions such as using honey for burns.
Williams and her husband Alexis Ohanian had their second child, Adira River Ohanian, in August. Olympia, the couple’s five-year-old daughter, was born in Rome in 2015.
Br-ast milk not only has nutritional worth, but it also has natural antimicrobial characteristics, according to extensive studies.
A 2019 research titled “Milk Therapy: Unexpected Uses for Human Br-ast Milk” indicates that due to its natural antibacterial qualities, br-ast milk can be used to treat a variety of skin ailments, including cuts and scrapes.