Thursday, January 14, 2010

Girls grows new face.

This.. just... wow. From here.
A Swedish teenager has a new face - re-grown after a rare illness tore off her skin.

Eva Uhlin, 19, was hit by Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis following an allergic reaction to painkiller paracetamol.

The disease gripped her whole body, causing her skin to burn up and scab over before falling off. Eva spent weeks lying zombie-like in a hospital bed as the condition ran its course.

But three years on the skin has grown back, leaving her finally happy to reveal her face in public.

Eva, from Linkoping, Sweden, said: "What happened was terrifying - like something out of a horror film.

"It felt like something was crawling around under my skin. I was in shock."

One doctor who treated her said: "This condition strikes only one in a million people. It was due to the painkiller and a virus Eva had."
Horrific pictures of her face in zombie phase are here. Warning: Graphic.

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