An influencer has issued a grave warning after having the skin on her face burnt off when trying a ‘dangerous’ sunbed hack.
We all know how important it is to look after our skin when out in the sun, and this certainly applies when it comes to using sunbeds.
Well, the harsh reality of using sunbeds too much or incorrectly has been outlined by an influencer who was recently left in agony and unable to sleep for days after deciding to switch up the way she used the bed.
Natalia Armstrong, 23, has spoken out about the horrific experience she had after lying down on a sunbed the wrong way in a bid to get a better tan.
It all happened on 18 January, when Natalia went on a 20-minute sunbed – something she’s done weekly for around two years.
But instead of lying down like she usually would, she put her face where her feet would normally go after being told by a friend that lying this way would give her a much better tan.
The influencer, from Doncaster in South Yorkshire, UK, explained: “One of my friends previously told me to try it. I just thought while I was down there I’ll give it a go because I had never heard anything bad.
“I didn’t know facial tanners were a lot less strong than the tubes so I did it. I laid for the full 20 minutes that way. I felt alright when I got off the sunbed, I didn’t even feel like I tanned.”
That night, she soon noticed her face was becoming red and over the next few days, Natalia watched on in horror as her skin grew tight and began to blister.
“All of a sudden that night my face started to go red,” Natalia said of the reaction. “I can’t even explain it. You know when you smile and your face is tight and you feel like it’s cracking.
“It tightened up then it blistered, then a really thick layer of skin started peeling off.”
Just days later when her fingers began to swell, she went to Montagu Hospital in Mexborough, South Yorkshire, where doctors cut off four of her rings and gave her antibiotics for her finger and cream for her face.
But the worst was far from over.
