
#Sunburned teen tubbler skin#
"Prevention is always better than a cure when it comes to sunburn, as the 'cure' will only do so much, and the damage to the skin can't be reversed," the official told the Sun, advising that cases of severe sunburn and blistering should immediately be seen by a doctor. Likewise, a spokesperson for the British Association of Dermatologists recommended that swimmers and snorkelers wear protective clothing when spending long periods of time in the sun as an extra precaution against dangerous UV rays. "Hopefully it'll be a good warning to other people," Dean Squires added. We know teenagers don't listen, but she was wearing cream and was still burnt." "She was wearing sun cream on front and back," he told the outlet. The girl's father, Dean Squires told The Sun that his daughter's sunburn was "much worse in real life" and verifies that his daughter had been wearing sunscreen on the front and back of her body during the unfortunate snorkeling trip. The Teenage Book list is selected annually by librarians from the. Squires has shared her story to Facebook, where her post has since gone viral with over 12,000 shares and 20,000 comments as of Saturday afternoon. 33 of the best new fiction titles for your secondary school Library.

"I just hope that people see how dangerous the sun actually is and hopefully my horrific mistake has been a big lesson to most people and also me myself." "If I had not of put sun cream on my back, it would've been so much worse," she continued. "My back burnt like this as I was not aware of the heat that was directly on my back and also I have very fair skin, meaning I burn easily," she said. In the days since, the 16-year-old has been resting at home under the care of her family, telling Fox News that her back is "healing very well" although "it is still very painful and sore." Taking a cold shower or applying cool compresses can help, New York dermatologist. When your skin feels hot, your first move should be to cool it down. Doctors told the girl that her blisters would pop on their own and to let them be or risk infection. Cool the skin down with a shower or compress. "My whole back was soaking from the fluid," she said.Īfter arriving home, Squires and her mother rushed to the emergency room. Upon deplaning, Squires revealed that her little sister ran past her and nudged her side, accidentally popping the biggest blister in the process. "For the whole flight I had to sit with my back arched forward with my head in front of my knees," she remembered. his namesake felt ever so closer in the constant cacophony, and sometimes, he thought he could just reach out and grab it, as if his destiny was some gilded, tangible thing.
he felt boundless, a hero of old, straight-backed and light-hearted. "The massive blisters were appearing through the back of my top causing everybody to look at me." percy had always loved the sound of waves crashing, the constant rush of sea spray as light dappled over the frothing blue. I could feel the fluid in the blisters moving around," she recalled. "When walking it felt like I had water balloons on my back.

By the time the family went to the airport for their nine-hour flight home to the U.K., Squires said her blisters were growing by the hour.
