I thought I’d caught a tan but things went from bad to worse in a couple of hours – I wasn’t even in the sun that long
A YOUNG woman has shared the horrific images of getting sun poisoning after a weekend in Cornwall.
Social media user Orla was determined to one day become ”TikTok famous” – and looks like this unfortunate fail will certainly boost her profile online.
The young woman had travelled to Cornwall for a weekend, where she soaked up some sun.
But whilst initially her skin appeared to be only slightly burnt, it all took a drastic turn for the worse in a matter of hours.
As Orla was boarding the flight, her face became more red and she also began to notice some swelling.
By the time she had landed, both of her eyelids had ballooned in size and Orla was barely able to open one of them.
Mortified and unsure what to do, she decided to contact NHS, calling 111 for urgent care service.
When she was finally able to see a doctor face to face, Orla had to hide behind massive sunglasses.
It is here when she found out she had, unfortunately, got sun poisoning, the video revealed.
Sun poisoning symptoms can appear a few hours after exposure and these include extreme inflammation of the skin, blisters, headache, nausea, dehydration, as well as fever.
Armed with medicine, Orla still went to work the following day – but she soon realised it was a mistake.
Sending a snap to her pals, the young woman said: ”Jokes over, now tears are forming.”
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According to Orla, whose video has since blown up on TikTok, the initial burn was even that bad.
Urging other social media users to be more careful, especially in the summer, she wrote: ”wear suncream and look after your skin everyone!”
The unfortunate fail has gone viral, racking up a whopping 1.9million views, with thousands flocking to comments in sheer horror.
One couldn’t believe their eyes, writing: ”No way!!! You were sat behind me on the plane coming back from Cornwall.
”As if you’ve popped up on my FYP [For You Page] hope you’re ok.”
Another also had a traumatic experience: ”I got this in turkey at age 13, no idea that it was sun poisoning at the time so parents stuck a bandana on me& a pair of sunglasses and carried on [sic].”
”When that happened to me, i used chamomile tea bags on my eyes and legit in like 2 days my face was back to normal,” a person shared some tips.
”Didn’t realise Cornish sun could do that. I live here and don’t catch nothing!” someone else exclaimed.