Daughter in hospital - full thickness burns

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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)

Wow that is extreme burn

I'm so sorry she had this happen. I hope she feels.better soon

So when it was like that at the hairdressers-what did they do?

Took her straight to A&E & told you to meet her there?

Or faffed about deciding what to do & wasting time as it got worse?

Rinsed it off and left it to her to contact me. Think they were calling me just as I arrived. Dd said that they said that if I didn't come soon they would take her to a&e

Ouch. Very clear edges. What are you thinking, gloved hand with chemicals on the glove resting on her forehead?

HOME TODAY!! Then back to clinic on Wednesday.

Oh how lovely to hear your DD is well enough to go back home later today.
Hope the outpatients burns clinic appointment goes well for her.

(ps. There is when the doctors say someone can go home from a medical pov and there is the actual when after the nurses have managed to round up drugs, paperwork and extras….it might not be until later this evening based on experience with my DD)

You’re just awful

Ward was quiet, didn't need any meds (just paracetamol and ibuprofen which we have) so we're home

Such good news - I’m sure she will heal much faster at home

Yaaaay. Thank goodness.
Best wishes to your DD and hope clinic goes well on Wednesday x

Glad to hear you're home. Hoping your next appointment goes well 🤞

Op I'm so shocked by this and just shows how important tests are etc.
Your poor daughter this is unbelievable .

Good luck with the legal aide of this and I hope your daughter gets better soon

Thank you. Not carrying out a strand test might have something to do with it - but ultimately they put high strength chemicals on my daughters forehead and didn't check on her for over 20 minutes. This wasn't an allergic reaction - it was a chemical burn.

Unbelievable .
I'm assume your docs notes say the same

Yes, notes state chemical burn.

I’m so glad she’s home OP. What an ordeal for her and you all.

omg your poor daughter. Hopefully she’s not in too much pain now?

A skin graft usually heals well, but the skin is always a different colour so it will be noticeable. At least she could have a fringe in the area where it’s happened.

I would definitely sue the hairdressers. I hope your daughter is ok.

Wow that looks so sore. I'm glad she's home and feels better soon OP.

She's just taking paracetamol and ibuprofen now. Donor site is stingy and wound is sore - but better than it was, thank you.

I'll never forget how painful it was for her while waiting to be seen in a&e while her scalp was still burning. At that point the damage had already been done to her forehead and she couldn't feel it.

Are you planning on calling HSE today and make sure the hairdressers have properly reported the incident. A chemical burn needs reporting and it doesn’t sound like they followed correct procedures after it occurred (you said they rinsed it off but it should have been under running water for 20 minutes).

They could be criminally negligent which the HSE should investigate. This wasn’t an accident (that works be a spill and some harsh chemical splashing onto someone) this was gross incompetence resulting in serious injury.

I plan on speaking with a solicitor and doing what they advise. I've noticed that the tags to the hairdresser on their Facebook page aren't active/click able now

I hope that goes smoothly. Just a quick google shows that are firms that specialise in hairdresser chemical burns so it must be pretty common.

Hopefully the hairdressers have self reported to RIDDOR (they works be daft not to) but you can ask your solicitor/friend how you can check they have done that.

I was trying to figure the pictures out, but I had a lot of trouble, so forgive my questions. Did it burn the hair off the front of her hairline?

It looks so painful and my heart is just breaking for your DD. Please be aware that the graft might itch a lot as it heals, along with any of the burned area not grafted.

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

Does this make you feel good? I’m genuinely interested. I hope your username is just random because if it isn’t you’re going to need to grow up fast.

Yes serious burn has gone slightly into her hairline, but we think that she hasn't lost too many hair follicles 🤞 She still sore (and itchy!), but swelling has improved.

Thought a lot about what's gone wrong.

Think they haven't mixed the right strength for scalp application, they haven't protected her hairline, they've gotten bleach on her skin, they've used a bag on head to create heat (which isn't recommended for scalp application), they've put bleach on all over rather than starting at ends/mid sections, they haven't warned her what to do if it gets hot (she didnt know what was normal and what wasn't), they didnt check her at all and have just left her to burn (meant to check every 5 - 10 mins). The amount of lift in her hair and the damage done isn't consistent with the strength of developer they say they used.

Follow up appointment tomorrow at plastics. Fingers crossed graft has taken.