Thigh gap, bikini bridge: Young India's health at risk

A bikini bridge is the hollow space that is created between a person's bikini bottom and hip bones when lying down.

Started off as an internet hoax, the bikini bridge has somehow found its way into the wish lists of thousands of young girls across the globe.

A mere prank pulled off by a 4chan user -- an image-based site where users post and comment on a number of topics -- was enough to create an online stir which has now come to witness mass participation in this unhealthy fixation.

Once the trend caught pace, what ensued were an increased number of fake tumbler accounts, photoshopped bikini bridge pictures shared on Instagram and fiery tweets both for and against this new body fad.

How is one supposed to achieve a 'bikini bridge'?

The Bikini Bridge has so far affected thousands of girls who are either posting pictures of their bikini bridges online or are busy starving themselves to achieve one.

Crazy diets, strenuous workouts, starvation and unrealistic and unhealthy fitness goals are all being used to build bikini bridges.

Young girls are also readily succumbing to substance abuse to lose what they deem as being unnecessary weight.

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Image: A bikini bridge like the one Mimi Blix endorses is not healthy either.