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Young woman wants to relax with essential oils - and burns her face
According to scientific research, aromatherapy helps relieve pain. However, such a treatment can also cause pain, as a young woman from Britain had to learn. She burned her face with essential oils and now warns others of the potential danger.
Relax with aromatherapy
Although aromatherapy can also help with illnesses, the essential oils are usually used to relax. 24-year-old Emily Smith, of Brighton, England, also wanted to do this - with the help of an electric diffuser that spread the smell of patchouli and other oils in the home. But then there was a dramatic accident.
A young woman from England, who wanted to relax with essential oils, has suffered from the oils burns severely on the face. Now she warns others of the dangers. (Image: Floydine / fotolia.com) Essential oils can cause burns
The fact that an aromatherapy can also end in pain has already been experienced by so many people.
Elise Nguyen told Facebook earlier this year that essential oils can also cause severe burns.
According to her, she had applied some lemon essential oil to her neck and wrists prior to her "hot yoga" lesson, warning: "Keep away from sunlight or UV light for up to twelve hours after application" but ignored and put under the solarium.
"I took second- and third-degree burns," Nguyen said, warning others at the time.
Atomizer sprayed oil on the face
The British Emily Smith were known about such warnings, but she did not seem to consider all the risks.
As she writes in her Facebook post, she had read numerous articles that emphasized how useful diffusers are to relax, meditate, and because of "healing properties," but "not a single one about potential dangers.".
When she wanted to turn off the oil atomizer one evening after operation, she accidentally got into the drizzle with her face.
By her own admission, she knew that getting essential oils directly on the skin could be risky, but that the vaporized "dilute" oil from the diffuser could be dangerous, she was unaware of.
Avoidable incident
A few hours later, when she felt a strong burning sensation in her face, she cooled it for ten minutes and then another twenty minutes in cold water.
But it got worse. It formed strong redness and blisters. On the advice of the emergency call, she smeared Vaseline in the face.
Finally, light burns often help with home remedies such as aloe vera or cooling ointments.
But with the young woman, the pain worsened, so she finally went to a hospital.
The doctors there diagnosed burns from the oil of the nebulizer. Her eyes were affected, too. In retrospect, she realized that she had not washed off the oil when cooling, but had even increased the problem by distributing it.
Now she warns on Facebook about the dangers of essential oils: "I am very fortunate that I can even see, and I am glad that the burn was not worse, but I have sustained eye injuries and may have scars for life," said the 24-year-old.
"A life-changing incident that was avoidable." (Ad)