Neonatal nurse Charlotte Oliver suffered extreme second and third-degree sunburn midway by way of her vacation to the island of Tenerife along with her household final month.
Despite making use of issue 50 sunscreen, she was left needing hospital remedy, The Sun stories.
Her physician even described it because the “worst sunburn he had ever seen”.
Charlotte, who lives in Glasgow along with her fiancé Craig Fraser, 34, a joiner, and her two youngsters, 12, and 9, says: “While I do always use suncream, I’ve been burnt in the past from not putting on enough, or not wearing a high enough factor.
“This was the first year I’d packed factor 50.
“But on the first day it was cloudy, so I forgot about putting suncream on.”
Charlotte, 32, ended up barely burning her again and shoulders, which began to blister.
She says: “I made sure that I was more careful after that, and applied factor 50 before going out and when I remembered throughout the day.”
However, midway by way of the vacation, after a visit to the water park, Charlotte skilled “agonising” red-raw burns to her again and chest.
She says: “My partner took a picture of my back to show me and I gasped – it looked like I’d been in a house fire.
“I felt I was being sensible by applying a high factor, but didn’t take into account that it didn’t mean I was protected for longer.
“I got distracted making sure the kids were careful in the sun, and didn’t apply it again to myself enough times throughout the day.
“I always paid attention to the SPF rating, but I didn’t think about the UV rating.
“At certain times in Tenerife the UV rating was 11 – which is really extreme, and meant I needed more protection than I realised.”
The results of this oversight was horrifying.
Charlotte says: “My skin was raw, I had what looked like open wounds, I felt shivery and sick, couldn’t sleep and was in agony.
“I felt so ill, the rest of the holiday was ruined.”
After getting back from vacation, Charlotte went to the emergency division, and needed to have her burns handled with medicated dressings and gauze.
She was prescribed robust painkillers and antibiotics to combat an infection, and was off work for every week.
She says: “I’ve been warned I could be permanently scarred, and my risk of skin cancer has increased.
“I feel really anxious about burning again, and have realised I need to be a lot more careful and aware.
“Just applying suncream isn’t enough, especially if it’s not applied regularly.”
This story was printed by The Sun and reproduced with permission
Originally printed as Woman’s ‘agonising’ ache after forgetting to make use of sunscreen
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
