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Fifteen students at Exeter University have been left with permanent scars after branding themselves with heated coat hangers.
The "group challenge" at a house party saw each student brand themselves with the initial of the hall they lived in last year.
Participants held a reshaped metal coat hanger to heat on a hot stove for 30 seconds. Individually, they then took turns to have the burning metal pressed against their chests for ten seconds.
After visiting hospital, at least three of the branded were given antibiotics to fight infection. A burns specialist also warned they will have permanent scarring.
One of the branded men, who asked not to be named, told student newspaper Exepose: "We are a tight group, all very close friends. It wasn't a spontaneous thing, we had talked about it before."
He added that the whole episode was viewed as a "group challenge" and that within the group of friends there is "a bit of a daredevil culture."
A spokeswoman for Exeter University said it would not be investigating the matter.
The "group challenge" at a house party saw each student brand themselves with the initial of the hall they lived in last year.
Participants held a reshaped metal coat hanger to heat on a hot stove for 30 seconds. Individually, they then took turns to have the burning metal pressed against their chests for ten seconds.
After visiting hospital, at least three of the branded were given antibiotics to fight infection. A burns specialist also warned they will have permanent scarring.
One of the branded men, who asked not to be named, told student newspaper Exepose: "We are a tight group, all very close friends. It wasn't a spontaneous thing, we had talked about it before."
He added that the whole episode was viewed as a "group challenge" and that within the group of friends there is "a bit of a daredevil culture."
A spokeswoman for Exeter University said it would not be investigating the matter.
