<div><p>Avocado hand is a real thing and it's being called a middle class menace. </p><p>According to the secretary of <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/holy-guacamole-that-s-got-to-hurt-zjzvx3j7d?_ga=2.229594394.709085350.1494599950-353156513.1494599950">The Times</a>, knife injuries related to cutting avocados has grown at such a significant rate that The British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons is actually calling for safety labels on the fruit. </p><p>Apparently, the phenomenon is not isolated to the U.K. either. In an intereview with <a href="http://jezebel.com/beware-avocado-hand-1795087934">Jezebel </a>regarding 'avocado hand,' Dr. Nader Paksima, explains that it's a classic injury that typically spikes around the celebrations of Cinco de Mayo.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/C_j6d_RWsAQopB9.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/C_j6d_RWsAQopB9_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/C_j6d_RWsAQopB9_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/C_j6d_RWsAQopB9_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/C_j6d_RWsAQopB9_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>Paksima, an orthopedic surgeon at NYU Langone's Hand Center, explains that it's a seasonal injury that happens when people aren't paying attention. The doctor explains that "avocado hand" is a seasonal occurance: "All the sudden, it's Cinco de Mayo, people are making a bunch of guacamole, and then you'll see a couple."</p><p>While some injuries are less severe than others, some serious injuries can result in nerve laceration and outpatient surgery. </p><p>As a result of this seasonal phenomenon, some <a href="http://www.avclub.com/article/doctors-suggest-warning-labels-stop-scourge-avocad-255358" target="_blank">doctors </a>are advocating for warning lables on avocados. "We don't want to put people off the fruit, but I think warning labels are an effective way of dealing with this," British plastic surgeon Simon Eccles told <a href="http://www.avclub.com/article/doctors-suggest-warning-labels-stop-scourge-avocad-255358" target="_blank">The Times</a>.</p><p>In light of the growing wave of avocado injuries, please take a moment to review the proper way to cut an avocado - without lacerating a nerve or chopping a tendon:</p><div><div><div><amp-youtube height="9" width="16" layout="responsive" data-videoid="7PcMDk1XX5U"></amp-youtube></div></div></div><p>[h/t <a href="http://www.ladbible.com/more/food-avocado-hand-is-a-new-horrifying-injury-trend-20170511">LadBible </a>/<a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/holy-guacamole-that-s-got-to-hurt-zjzvx3j7d?_ga=2.229594394.709085350.1494599950-353156513.1494599950"> The Times</a> / <a href="http://jezebel.com/beware-avocado-hand-1795087934">Jezebel</a>]</p></div>
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