A woman who says she was only in the UK sun for an hour got so badly burned her face blistered and swelled to twice its usual size.

Parts of Britain have been experiencing a real heatwave in recent days.

In fact, temperatures were as high as 100 degrees on Tuesday, which is pretty incredible considering the country isn't exactly known for its sunny climate.

And the sun has been so scorchingly hot that one woman experienced horrifying sunburn after only being outside for around an hour.

TikToker Eva Jones says she was left with painful blisters, extreme swelling to her face and heatstroke after sunbathing for an hour.

"British weather," she captioned a video featuring images of her sunburn.

"Tanning for an hour won’t do much," Eva said in the clip, in which she is seen wearing a black shirt and white pair of shorts.

Then, after said hour of tanning, she is suddenly seen with a very red face. Apparently having messaged her friends about the ordeal, she wrote over a photo of herself smiling: "Guys I'm laughing but it’s not actually funny."

Eva's face then began blistering, as she shared another image and wrote: "An update girlies, my face has swelled up."

Some days later, Eva's face began peeling too.

Needless to say, the comments on her video, which has since racked up more than 2 million views, began pouring in. Some of the commenters offered her advice, with many sharing horrifying sunburn stories of their own.

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One said: "Girl the same thing happened to me my face has been swollen for the past 2 days, any products you would recommend to lower the swelling."

Another wrote: "Bless you. Glad you’re feeling better. Just an fyi, if it’s sunny but breezy you’ll tan/burn more as the hair follicle will stand up because it’s cool."

A third penned: "I’m going through the same thing but my skin is horrible and whenever it seems to be getting better, it burns one day and I’m back to square one."

A fourth insisted: "You’re def not stupid! Burns happen to everyone. Next time check the UV report. it’s not about the degrees bestie."

A final commenter shared: "The beach is always where it gets you, I got sun stroke before even though I had factor 50 and stayed in the shade."

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With summer on the way, it's always worth reminding yourself how important it is to wear sunscreen.

But one woman has taken to social media to warn her followers that sometimes, simply applying sunscreen isn't enough.

TikTok user Morgan Vacala - who goes by @morganvacala on the platform - found herself suffering second-degree burns after she put on sunblock that had passed its expiration date.

Morgan first teased her shocking injury in a TikTok video, which showed her forehead covered in the painfully blistered burns.

In a text overlay, she explained that even doctors were astonished by the nasty burn, writing: "I'll never forget the look on the doctors' faces."

Check out the video below (warning - it's not for the squeamish):

"Don’t be stupid, check the expiration date on your sunscreen," she captioned the clip. Unsurprisingly, the shocking injury quickly racked up 5.4 million views, as well as calls from other TikTok users to explain the full story of how she had gotten so burnt.

"Story time fully explaining please," one person commented, while another begged for answers, writing: "HOW EXPIRED was it??? How old was it?"

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In a follow-up TikTok, she explained from a swimming pool how it had happened.

"One year ago today, I was standing in this exact spot right here, without a hat on, wearing expired sunscreen," she said, before panning to her friends who shouted in unison: "Yeah, don't buy Banana Boat [Sunscreen]!"

She also created a second follow-up TikTok, where she revealed that the burn took "about 2-3 weeks to fully heal".

"I grew up boating and always in the pool. Never had an issue burning like this," she explained, adding: "Hats are my new best friend."

Per SkinCancer.org, sunscreen is crucial to fighting the negative effects the sun can have on our health, and can even "lower your melanoma risk by 50 percent."

Additionally, protecting yourself from the sun also helps "prevent premature skin aging caused by the sun, including wrinkles, sagging and age spots."

The site recommends applying sunscreen on all exposed areas - preferably 30 minutes before going outdoors. Sunscreen should also be reapplied every two hours.

SkinCancer.org also recommends using water-resistant creams, and stressed the importance of wearing sunscreen even in cloudy weather.

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There are a lot of different skin types out there, and it's not just how you look that it affects. This all becomes clear when you get to summer, at which point some people have a much harder time than others. Personally, I can somehow get away without getting burned for all the hottest months of the year, and that's when I'm barely remembering to buy sun lotion.

For others, however, they can get sun damage much more easily, and have to take some precautions.

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In fact, it can get so bad that you just want to stay indoors and not have to deal with it at all - but as this woman shows, there is a way of making some serious recovery after the fact.

In a Reddit post titled 'Years of sun damage vs anti-aging skin care,' a woman who goes by the username NeverMeant125 presented two photos of herself that are four years apart.

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The first photo shows her at the age of 23/24, whereas the other is from more recently, at the age of 28. She also points out that while the angle is slightly different, the lighting and the make-up (just some mascara) are the same.

"In high school and in to college I tanned regularly," she wrote. "I never wore sunscreen OR moisturizer ?"

However, things have significantly changed in the last few years. She said she's been using a new skincare routine for a few years now, and has seen incredible results - especially after a few years.

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In her post, she explained how she feels about her skin - both in the before and after shots. She wrote:

"When I started my skincare routine about 4 years ago I never anticipated my freckles going away. I was more so targeting the melasma and overall unevenness, also the texture of my skin was awful because it was so dry I honestly wore a lot of makeup back then because I didn’t like how my skin looked- not because of the freckles, but because of all the other things and there was no way I could cover the things I didn’t like and not cover up the freckles if that makes sense.

"I had taken the picture on the right in a Walgreens parking lot on Saturday morning because I felt like I was having a good skin day and texted it to my friend. After taking that I remembered my post from 4 years ago and went to look at it and was shocked my the comparison."

As well as a CeraVe foaming cleanser and silk naturals serum, she's been using Kiehl's midnight recovery oil as part of the routine. Then, for the last few months she's been doing gua sha - a traditional Chinese medical treatment in which the skin is scraped - every night. It helps that, like her, there are plenty of YouTube videos to help out with skincare routines.

If you want to read in detail the routine that's worked out for her, you can read the full post on Reddit here.

These days, it seems that people will go to some fairly extreme lengths in order to achieve what they believe to be a perfect body. Some folks go the healthy route, sticking to a sensible diet and a regular exercise routine, while others splash out on surgery, extreme food fads, and top dollar lotions and potions which claim to make you look 10 years younger.

Unsurprisingly, a lot of these alternative methods of staying in shape and looking sharp can leave people will some potentially nasty damage. Tanning beds, in particular, are notorious for causing damage to people's skin, and have been known to cause cancer before.

And nobody knows that better than Mallory Lubbock.

Lubbock had been using tanning beds since she was just 16 years old, sometimes going in for sessions every single day. Unfortunately, after years of subjecting herself to the ultraviolet rays, she developed skin cancer.

"So, today I got my first cancerous spot removed," said Mallory in an honest Facebook post. "I now get to go back for suture removal/wound check, an appointment to get my WHOLE body checked out, VERY routine check ups for a long while, and then routine check ups for life, and almost 100% certainly many more painful ass appointments of getting skin cancer taken off my body."

She went on:

"Damn it 16 year old Mallory that went tanning every single day for two years. I will try like hell to make sure my daughter will not be laying in a single tanning bed while she is under my roof and I hope her just hearing about and seeing Mama go through this will be enough.

 

"You guys. Get your daughters out of tanning beds. Get your 16 year old sister out of them. Hell, get out of them yourselves! It’s so not worth it. Is tan skin REALLY worth it? This sh*t will scar and this sh*t HURT. I am now the mom at the beach with the umbrella and my spf 100 HEAVILY applied. Never ever ever did I think this would happen to me (who does?)"

Not only does Lubbock now have a gnarly scar on her upper lip, then, she also has to worry about recurring skin cancer for the rest of her life.

Since she was so young when she started the treatments, she had no idea of the risk she was putting herself under. In fact, what many people haven't been told is that many sunbeds actually give out stronger UV rays than a midday sun in a tropical location. Plus, as people obviously don't put on any sun cream before they climb into one of the beds (whereas they probably would if they were heading for a day at the beach), they receive a much higher concentration of radiation than they usually would.

All in all, tanning beds seem to do basically the opposite of what they're intended to do. Sure, they might give you a natural-looking glow for a little while, but excessive use can cause cancer, premature aging, and damage to the eyes.

So, if you're really desperate for that bronzed look, perhaps consider going for the bottled option.

Throughout history, people have been doing all sorts of weird and risky stuff in attempts to keep themselves looking young and beautiful. From lead-based makeup to dangerously invasive surgery, our ongoing struggles to stave off signs of aging frequently venture into dangerous territories. Thankfully, a lot of the more detrimental practices have either been banned, or come with strict age limitations. But that doesn't necessarily stop them from harming people. Ella Ravenscroft, a model from Salford in the UK, recently shared some pictures of herself in order to demonstrate the damage that tanning beds can have on a person's body - and her experience is acting as a stark warning to others who frequently use UV lights to top up their tans. In a post on Facebook, the 20-year-old model imparted some good advice about tanning beds and excessive exposure to harmful radiation: "Girls / boys this is why it’s really important NOT to use the sunbeds , I had 2 tiny moles on my tummy that have grown due to using sunbeds!" she wrote. "Never thought this would happen as I didn’t realise it was possible but they’ve now had to be replaced by scars." She went on: "Just want to make people more aware how dangerous they are as you don’t think something as little as a mole could cause skin cancer, I’ve had 2 removed on my tummy , one on my back and one just below my boob. If your moles feel itchy or grow make sure to get them checked out! Better to be safe than sorry." Along with the message, she shared two pictures of fresh surgical wounds, one on her abdomen, and another on her ribs. When she was first told by her doctor that her moles needed to be removed to prevent them developing into potentially cancerous growths, Ravenscroft was distraught.

"I cried; I wasn't scared about having them removed, but I was terrified of being left with scars," she said. "I'd just signed for the agency so I was really upset in case it affected anything."

However, she acknowledged that her health was far more important than her career - especially as she is at such a young age.

"I realised if I didn't have them taken off I could end up with skin cancer. It hit me then how dangerous sunbeds were."

The model, who also works as an eyebrow technician, credits her mother for spotting the irregular deformity of the moles, and says that she had never paid them much notice until they were pointed out to her.

"[The moles] never really bothered me, but a few weeks ago I got out of the shower and my mum said she was concerned because they looked a lot bigger than usual," she said. "She wanted me to get them checked out, but I didn't think it was anything to worry about, so I left it."

Fortunately, though, Ravenscroft had a lingering worry about the moles.

"It stuck in my mind and I found myself looking online at changes to moles and what it could mean. I was looking through the photos and saw one that looked just like mine. That's what made me go to the GP."

Since she has shared the post, other people have commented to say that they will pay closer attention to any moles or blemishes on their own skin.

Whoever said you can't have too much of a good thing lied. Especially when it comes to beauty treatments, leaving things a little too late can be the difference between flawless and awful. This is coming from a girl who has left liquid lipstick on for too long. Having sticky, dry, chapped lips all day is not fun - I can tell you that. In February 2016, one woman from North Yorkshire found this out the hard way when she decided to adopt a novel method in applying her fake tan.

After seeing someone do it on Facebook, Imogen Silversides from Scarborough, North Yorkshire decided to apply fake tan all over herself with a roller. She literally painted on the fake tan like she was doing some home improvements on her skin. Somehow, it was only after she ended up "the colour of a dining room table" that she realised it might have been a "bad idea". the 17 year old shared the images on Facebook, which went viral and received 41,000 likes. Now, yet another English woman has been afflicted by Overtan Syndrome. 18 year old Alicia Bettsworth might not have used a roller but her results were just as mortifying as Imogen's - if not more.

Alicia applied three layers of very dark fake tan, but unfortunately fell asleep before washing it up. She had put three layers of the St Moriz fake tan on at 10pm, fell asleep at 11pm and woke up the next day at 6.45am.When she woke up and realised what she had done, she knew it was too late. Her 14 week old daughter confirmed this by bursting to tears at the sight of a mother she no longer recognised. Poor thing! The mother-of-one from Crawley, West Sussex, realised her mistake when she turned on the lights the next day and saw her self on Snapchat. Who says social media isn't helpful, eh? Like Imogen, Alicia was filled with instant regret but realised it was too late to turn back the hands of tan. See what I did there? "When I woke up the next day and saw what colour I was I thought 'what the hell have I done?'. Once I got over the shock I started laughing and thought it was hilarious. I looked like I’d bathed in Nutella. It’s such a ‘me’ thing to do – I didn’t mean to fall asleep. I jumped in the shower and tried getting it off using body scrub but it wouldn’t budge. "Everyone who’s seen it thinking I’m sitting on the sofa but I’m in bed – people think I’m a brown leather sofa. My little girl looked a bit confused at first and then she burst into tears – she was probably a bit scared. Once she realised it was me she stopped crying and started laughing."   Alicia ended up staying indoors, cancelling lunch with friends as the whole ordeal was far too "embarrassing" and she could not face the public. However, her baby Dolly needed milk so she had to make the painful journey outdoors and, as expected, people stared. She recalls that even the cashier she purchased the milk from laughed, but she shrugged it off as things could have been much worse - she could have had an important event to attend! Imagine attending a wedding or job interview as an oompa loompa! A St Moriz spokesman also commented on the story, advising fake tan users to follow instructions listed on the pack and, equally importantly, try to stay awake. "St Moriz is the brand to give you a tan of any shade and we certainly encourage our customers to experiment a little to find the shade that best suits them. We also recommend building up the product gradually and showering to wash off the guide colour to ensure you’re always photo ready. "In this case, Alicia got a little more tan than she bargained for by not following the on-pack instructions that show you how to get optimum tan results for your skin tone. You certainly can’t afford to take a snooze like Alisha when you’re on tan watch! A St Moriz product pack is winging its way from us to thank her for being a great sport and one of our tan experts will be contacting her to talk her through the best way to get the right tan in future." Everyone loves a bit of that holiday glow, even when it's purchased from your local store but one quick nap can be the difference between bronzed fabulousness and a complete complexion overhaul. Try not to fall asleep halfway through beauty treatments, guys - you might literally frighten children with your results. Read H/T: Metro