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)

Don’t even think about putting toner or any other unnecessary chemicals on her hair until her scalp is fully healed. She is just going to have to live with yellow hair. Her natural colour was beautiful.

Just home from dressing change. Graft has taken and all is looking as it should. But my God! I know it's only a week so will be looking it's worst, but it's much bigger than I expected and is horrific. So so sad for dd (who seems to be taking it all in her stride) and so angry again

Over time it will ‘settle in’ .
But I totally get how you feel.
All you can do is support your daughter and look after yourself.
Fight to make sure this doesn’t happen to anyone else

Oh your poor girl, hope she's not in pain anymore.
Glad to hear the graft has taken but bear in mind, these things always look worse before it gets better.
You've every right to be angry, channel that into getting justice for your daughter, and make sure this is not repeated.
Those "professionals" should be ashamed of themselves.
Have they shut down their social media now or are they bold enough to still advertise?
Good luck with the process.
How's your DD feeling about going back to school next week?o

Nervous about going back - but wanting to. Disappointed to be missing a Halloween party - I don't want her to be in a house of potentially drunk teens.

As for hairdresser - still just carrying oom like nothing has happened as far as I know. I'm resisting sending them a photo of the graft.

When I tell everyone which hairdresser is was they have been shocked - expensive award winning place....

I'm glad everything is going well with her graft. Id be fuming with the hairdresser too!

Brave girl, doesn't deserve this.
Glad the graft has taken and looking as it should.
Have any of her friends visited yet? She'll need some moral support on return to school.

Hairdresser- I know it's probably her livelihood but I feel she should have at least closed for a few weeks out of respect!

How struck is your school with uniform? Could she get an allowance to wear a soft beanie or wide hairband? Provided she can wear that given the location of the graft.

I don’t think the hairdressers should close down for a week (!) but they should stop doing scalp colouring/ bleaching until their procedures have been investigated and updated and staff given correct training.

She'll be fine to wear a headband to school (needs it to keep dressing on just now). I wouldn't expect the hairdressers to close either. I've sent them a pic of the graft as it was yesterday - to make sure they know the extent of the damage.

I would recommend you meet with the hairdresser, OP. You've refused their offer but you're still angry that they haven't contacted you or apologised. If you've rejected a meeting they may assume you don't want any more contact.
Go, tell them you're making notes, then email them with a copy of said notes and say that if they refute anything you've written then they need to reply to the email within a certain timeframe otherwise you will assume that your notes are accurate.

Get info on what they've used, how it was used, where they say they applied it, and how long they say it was in contact etc. Take photos of the products if you can. Give them the chance to apologise because at this point they can say they tried but you were unwilling to engage.

What action have the authorities taken so far, I guess you have submitted the photos to them.

I'll leave most of that to the solicitors. It's not up to me to investigate. They've had the opportunity to apologise. And to be honest an apology would mean very little at this point.

I would caution against any contact with them, OP, that’s what you’ll be paying the solicitor for.

All the best to your DD.

just randomly thought of this thread today for some reason! how is your poor daughter doing today?

She's doing OK. Went out to halloween party last night and preparing for school on Monday. She's looking forward to getting her leg dressing off on Friday - it's rock solid and starting to annoy her. Dressing has stayed o her head surprisingly well, so we haven't had to change it - no looking forward to that.

Thabk you for asking x

Fair fucking play to her for not letting this stop her living her life. What a strong, inspiring girl she is. Like, if this happened to me at her age I would have hid in my bedroom for years. Absolutely should be so proud of her and yourself. Good luck with everything going forward and wishing nothing but the best for you all.

I think it's not so hard just now because she still has a dressing covering it. I hope it's not a different story when she has to show it to people

I'm glad DD felt up to going to Halloween party last night. That's a good sign 😊

There's no rush to show it people.

Your daughter is an absolute trooper. You must be so proud of her. Really keeping fingers crossed for good healing and the best possible cosmetic outcome.

Problem is it's a much bigger graft than we'd first thought - extends from just into her hairline halfway to her eyebrow. She's using a headband to keep her dressing in place, which she might decide to continue with. We'll look at different hairstyles which might help once her hair grows back.

Just wanted to say good luck to your DD returning to school tomorrow and hope her friends and staff support her.
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Hope your DD is doing OK today.
Hope she had a good day at school.

She says today went OK, lots of catching up to do and fed up with being asked what happened.

Had to change her dressing this morning before she went, managed fine.

Aww, well you know how nosy kids are 😊
Glad she's back ok. Best wishes to you both...