I was bed bound by a sunbed, I got face burns so bad I lost all my freckles but trolls say it’s totally my own fault
A WOMAN who decided to go on a sunbed was left with blisters all over her face and left bed bound by the experience.
Naomi Tolan, from the UK, went on the faulty sunbed five years ago but is still feeling the consequences of it.
In a recent TikTok video posted to her account @, the beauty fan claimed that the faulty face tanner gave her third-degree burns which made her lose her freckles and left her stuck in bed.
"It's so bad I look insane, this was about five years ago and my skin is completely ruined," she captioned the post.
Despite the ordeal Naomi went through, it seemed people had little sympathy.
At first, Naomi didn't think anything of it as her face was only uncovered for two minutes to get a bronzed glow.
She wrote: "At first I was humoured by the eye protection tan lines."
But throughout the day, her face began to get redder and redder and started to feel like it was on 'fire.'
Naomi accompanied the text with a picture of her bright red face which over time began to swell and get redder.
After noticing the swelling, Naomi realised it had also spread to her eyes and she ended up bedridden from the pain.
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"Felt so weak, swollen, burnt, horrendous," she added.
A few days later, Naomi's face began to blister and start oozing.
She showed a picture of her face which looked surprisingly shiny and she revealed it was all because of the blisters that covered her entire head.
Once the blisters began to pop, Naomi revealed her face started to fall off.
Her skin, covered in sunspots began to peel, removing all of her freckles.
After her skin had stopped peeling, Naomi was left with age spots and rosacea.
"Btw you can't sue sunbed shops regardless if the bed is faulty, I tried, so thank you tanning shop," she claimed.
The video has since gone viral with over 480k views and 8,500 likes.
People quickly took to the comments section to share their thoughts, and many claimed it was her own fault.
One person penned: "Well if it isn't the consequences of my own actions."
Another commented: "Moral of the story, don't use sunbeds."
"It's almost like everyone your whole life told you tanning was dangerous and you didn't listen," remarked a third.
A fourth wrote: "Sorry, what you get for using tanning beds."
Others were more sympathetic, one added: "Not third-degree burns, but terrible regardless."
"So pleased you survived to tell the tale queen," another person commented.
Sunbeds have long been linked to skin cancer and have even been banned in countries like Brazil and Australia.
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According to the , there is significant evidence to show that using tanning beds causes melanoma.
They report that sunbeds increase the risk of skin cancer by up to 20 percent, and also state that they have no positive benefits to our health.
Are sunbeds safe? Carol Cooper, Sun Doctor, responds
''Let’s be clear about sunbeds. It’s not just ‘some’ experts that say they’re bad for your skin. It’s almost all of them.
''All three common skin cancers are linked with excess UV rays.
''And there’s overwhelming evidence that, compared with natural sunlight, sunbeds are far more likely to cause skin cancer.
''Actually, anyone who’s ever used a sunbed is at least 20% more likely to develop malignant melanoma, the deadliest skin cancer.
''UV rays damage the DNA in skin cells, so they’re more likely to mutate into cancer. You don’t even have to burn for it to happen.''