Girl 'grows back face'

Updated on: 13 January,2010 08:05 AM IST |
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Teenager had suffered a 1-in-a-million reaction to paracetamol

Teenager had suffered a 1-in-a-million reaction to paracetamol

Eva Uhlin (19) has recovered her looks after suffering a once-in-a-million allergic reaction to the commonly used household pain killer purchased over the counter.

The deadly condition, known as Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, attacked her body causing her skin to blister, burn and to scab.

During her illness parts of her chest, arms, back and stomach fell off. At one point the damage to Uhlin's face was so bad that her lips grew together.

"It felt like something was crawling around under my skin, I was in total shock it was like something out of a horror film," she said.

"I couldn't believe what was happening. I had taken Paracetamol many times before."

Uhlin's nightmare began in September 2005 when she became ill with a fever on holiday.

Then aged 15, she was told to take a couple of Paracetamol tablets to relieve her symptoms but the combination of her virus and the drug created a freak reaction.

The teenager, now working as a waitress, woke up the next day to find blisters covering her face and spreading all over the rest of her body.

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