Warning: Graphic content and image A young British girl needed two skin grafts to repair horrific burns to her hand caused by a nail glue bought through discount online retailer Temu . Chloe Norris’ father ordered his 11-year-old daughter the at-home manicure set she had asked for, but her painful injuries needed treatment at two hospitals. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today Temu offers heavily discounted products to consumers , but Chloe’s furious mother Stacey says she would never order again from the popular site.
And she says the harmful product shouldn’t have been available in the first place. Chloe bought the nail glue with her own money, and began applying fake nails as she sat with her mum. “She applied one nail to one finger whilst I was sitting opposite her chatting about biscuits,” said Stacey.
“The nail glue must have fallen without any of us realising as Chloe suddenly said, ‘Mum, it’s burning’.” Stacey says the glue went white as soon as water touched it. “We held her hands under the water for 20 minutes and she said it was still burning,” the mother-of-two said.
“She was in a lot of pain and, once it subdued a little, we put Savlon on it and put her to bed.” The next day, Chloe woke with alarming blisters on her hands. “(They) were about as long as a packet of chewing gum and they were filling up like balloons,” Stacey said.
Chloe was taken to hospital where the blisters — which had exposed her skin down to her ne.