Urban Legends

Sesame Seed

Origin: Korea

There was once a young girl who was extremely insecure about her looks. She was determined to always look beautiful and would try any beauty secret at hand.

One day, she heard about a new organic beauty treatment from a friend in school. The method was allegedly going to leave her skin smooth and silky.

The 'wonderful' treatment involved mixing sesame seeds in the bathwater and immersing in it for a couple of hours.

The girl was excited to try it out and rushed home to give it a try. She poured the seeds into the warm bathtub and let herself relax.

When several hours had passed and still the girl didn't come out of the bathroom, her mother began to worry. But every time her mother asked the girl to come out, the reply would always be, "Just a moment." 

In the end, the mother couldn't take it any longer and broke the bathroom door. The mother stood there by the door, in utter shock. To her horror, the seeds had started to grow roots and latched onto the skin of her daughter, between every wrinkle and every pore.

The girl, mad with the grief of losing her beauty, was sitting in a corner and frantically trying to remove the seeds with a toothpick.