Woman's face becomes unrecognisable after suffering shocking effects of sun poisoning

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Woman's face becomes unrecognisable after suffering shocking effects of sun poisoning

Her face suffered some serious bloating

One woman's face has become totally unrecognisable after she came down with a nasty case of sun poisoning.

Hoping to catch a tan on holiday, it's clear that she got a whole lot more than she bargained for.

The effects were so serious that she wasn't even able to open her eyes after the immense facial swelling. Take a look:

The woman posted a compilation of photos and videos to TikTok documenting her drastic reaction to too much sun.

She captioned the short clip: "Watch me get sun poisoning."

The first shot showed the woman posing on a sunny beach in the day with the narration: "Me expecting to get a nice tan on holiday."

Flash-forward to the evening and she realised that her forehead 'started to swell', showing the early stages of what would go on to become a full-blown fiasco.

Only slightly swollen at this point, it wasn't until the next morning when things got really bad.

"Woke up the next morning with a swollen eye," she told her followers.

She revealed that the swelling on her right eye was so bad that she 'couldn't open' it.

All she wanted was a 'nice tan on holiday'.
TikTok/@llioeriin

Throughout the day, it was 'still getting worse' and when she went for a nap and both eyes ended up becoming fused shut.

She continued: "Woke up to both my eyes swollen."

Before sarcastically calling her new look 'cute', the woman went on to reveal: "Both of my eyes were shut and I couldn't see anything."

Yikes.

Using her story as some sort of cautionary tale, she warned viewers: "Remember to wear suncream."

And it didn't stop here.

While at the airport the next day, the woman's face started 'peeling'.

After finally getting herself over to A&E looking like a 'chipmunk', the woman's face finally started showing some signs of calming down.

"Remember to wear suncream."
TikTok/@llioeriin

The video has since received over seven million views, with thousands of people rushing to share their reactions to the woman's holiday from hell.

One TikTok user commented: "New fear unlocked."

"The way I would think I was dying," admitted another.

"So..." asked a third, "sun poisoning is a thing!?"

It most certainly is.

WebMD explains: "Sun poisoning doesn't really mean you've been poisoned. It is often the term used for a severe case of sunburn."

Such symptoms include skin redness, swelling, nausea and blistering.

"You can become severely sunburned if you stay in the sun a long time and don't wear protection," the site adds.

So, be sure to slap on that factor 30 next time you're sunning it up.

Featured Image Credit: TikTok/@llioeriin

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