Are hand dryers unhealthy? A frightening viral video shows a hand dryer that ejects a blade while in use. Is the video real? Here's the whole thing we all know.

Kelly Corbett - Author

I've never preferred computerized hand dryers. They're loud, horrifying, and blow scorching air out like a fire-breathing dragon. In reality, I'm convinced they're purely evil.

And now a video that's lately circulating on TikTok most effective further proves my level about those menacing monster-ish machines. Are you ready to be afraid to dry your fingers? Keep scrolling.

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A video that shows a hand dryer with a blade is circulating on TikTok.

From gas stations to outhouses, to even the woods, I've used some beautiful sketchy bogs in my lifetime (and can continue to do so, thanks very a lot!). But this toilet undoubtedly tops my checklist for the grimiest rest room facility I've ever noticed.

And whilst you can not see the entire bathroom in the video (phew!), you can see the hand dryer, which is hooked up to the tiled wall. Graffiti and what looks as if blood decorate it.

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But earlier than the video in truth performs, a message pops up at the display that reads: “Don’t put your hands in a hand dryer, they could reduce them off. Or do, we don’t care.”

Then growth, a blade ejects out of the dryer. While no arms have been present in the video, let's simply say that if there have been hands there, they would surely were sliced off.

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Naturally, customers howled within the feedback. "*New fear unlocked,*" wrote one person. Another added: "This is why I won't use a hand dryer." A third chimed in: "I use my jeans anyway.”

Others shared their thoughts by making their own TikTok in response. In one TikTok, the user was seen washing her hands and approaching a hand dryer before making a sharp U-turn and heading to grab a paper towel. "When you wanna dry your hand, [but] but then you definitely take into accout the video," she wrote.

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Another TikTok showed a Dyson hand dryer with in-video text that read "Never the usage of the sort of again," seemingly in reference to the blade video.

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So, is this scary hand dryer video real?

Among all the users who swore never to use a hand dryer again, there were a few folks who were skeptical of the video. "What’s this from?" wrote one user. Another asked, "Is this real?"

According to the creator of the video, @am_edits104, the video was fake. "AS A REMINDER FOR PEOPLE WITH ANXIETY!!! This video is an animation and NONE of it has come true, if other people say it has they are looking to scare you," wrote @am_edits104 in the comments.

Umm ... good one? It seems the original poster just has a love for editing videos (and also scaring people) and this was all bogus.

Our takeaway? You do you. Every day people use hand dryers without blades trying to take a jab at them. But at the same time, being afraid of hand dryers is apparently a known phobia called manussiccusphobia. So if you wish to steer clear of them, it is your choice. We just hope everyone continues to clean their hands!

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