Daughter in hospital - full thickness burns

[Nightmarehairinjury]

Title says it all really. I took dd to have her hair coloured today - and she's ended up in burns ward, with full thickness chemical burn on her forehead and a 50/50 chance of needing a skin graft. WTF??? Can't believe it.

Am in bits.

(have namechanged)

Glad everything went well x

Absolutely no meeting. Nah hah. This is not a slithering off the hook moment. It is why business has PLI and compliance standards they are obligated by law to operate under.

I was very 😡to see their Facebook page advertising their colouring services today... If I'd been responsible for hospitalising a 16 year old and leaving her with permanent scarring I'd like to think I'd be a bit more thoughtful? Is taking all my self control not to reply with photos.... I won't.

Take screenshots of them - it's insensitive at the least - and that can form part of your case should you take it further with your friend who is the solicitor. Arguably shows they are not taking it seriously - particularly if the hairdresser in question requires training... they shouldn't be colouring anyone.

I would be livid at their advertising so soon after this has happened. I wouldn't be able to stop myself from responding.

Thats dreadful. No shame whatsoever🙁 You should leave a comment on their advert

Have they posted that fresh today or is it an old ad preceding this incident?

Agree with others, screenshot ASAP and add to the list for your solicitor.

Posted yesterday, today's post is one of a training event. I actually hate that woman now.

I don't blame you one bit, but focus all your energy on DD, if you can.
Hope you all get some sleep tonight.

Looking forward to bringing her home and spoiling her. She's not allowed to wash her hair for 5 days - and it's so full of gunk and blood.. There's only so much dry shampoo will be able to do can't get a brush through her hair without clumps coming out 😢😢.

We have personal injury cover through house insurance which will hopefully cover cost of going with my friend's company.

Apart from making sure you have the photos, don't worry about suing them for now. You're going to need all your energy to support your daughter. Then once she's improving, then you can spare some time and effort to unleash hell upon them.

I didn’t stay with son when he had appendix out,it never occurred to me. He was fine doing his ALevel revision.

Youre coping well- i would be incandescent with anger to see this woman on social media.

You are right to lay quietly and get your ducks in a row. Her time is to come.

Don't worry about her hair just yet. You can sort it in time. My autistic child doesn't brush their long hair from one week to the next. It's amazing what you can do with a lot of conditioner, a fine comb and patience, even when it's got really bad. I've often wondered if oil would be even better, but have never tried it in case DC doesn't wash it out properly afterwards. Dry shampoo will be leaving bits in her hair and not giving it the lubrication it needs for detangling. I would try to leave it alone as much as you can.

I hope she has a good night.

Which surely means youre even more desperate to stay with your daughter?

I wouldn’t even try to brush it, or dry condition just a loose ponytail, knots and all if possible and then deal with it in a week. So glad the op went well for her

What is the point of posting this 48 hours later, after numerous updates and explanations from the OP? Did you not bother to read past the first post or did you just want to make her feel bad?

Get one of these brushes. I've got long, fine, curly, thick hair that loves to matt up eg when I wear something with a collar.

I spray with an Argan hair oil. Work from the ends up. I was so impressed, I had to take it in to show my hairdresser. She was suitably impressed as well!

I don't think you should mention hairdressers at this point 🙁

Good advice about the brush, though..

Did you even bother to read the thread before you posted just to put the boot in to an already stressed and upset mum? OP has clarified several times and it’s been done to death. DD was not left alone at the hospital. And OP has clearly had a trauma response to the death of her mum in hospital so your post is totally inappropriate. Not to mention hugely insensitive.

Don't be awful. I watched my mum spend several weeks in hospital before she died. When my own child was in the same hospital a year later I would have panic attacks just at the sight of the hospital when visiting. It's incredibly traumatic to go back to the place you lost someone especially when someone else you love is in danger. Your response here was crass.

So sorry she’s had to go through this Op. Beyond belief that this was even able to happen - I knew hair dye could cause reactions but I didn’t realise they could use anything so powerful to cause full thickness burns. Jesus.

I had a full thickness burn and was treated with surgery in a socialist burn hospital and they were absolutely wonderful - especially because of DDs age they will have all the tricks up their sleeve to minimise scarring over time.

Big hugs - and I hope you sue the arse off the hairdresser. Bet she wants to offer a “free appointment” as an apology. Has she seen what she’s done to a child???

This thread is a classic Mumsnet shit show

Best wishes to your DD @Nightmarehairinjury. Very much hope the worst is over and she has a full recovery

Agree. After my DH died in hospital l had some questions about his treatment and when l went back several weeks later l had to pass the ICU in which he had spent his final days. It triggered a reliving of what had happened in those few days, and the rapid deterioration leading up to his death, and it absolutely floored me, to the point where they had to rearrange the interview at a later date and in another location. It’s a trauma response and it’s actually shocking that some posters are making light of it.