Woman left with third-degree burns and unable to walk for a week reveals her major mistake: Ill never forget this

Chasing a summer glow? You might want to think twice. A woman was hospitalized with third-degree burns and left unable to walk for a week after a sunny day spiraled into a nightmare — all because of one disastrous mistake.“I most definitely will never forget this,” Taylor Faith (@.taylorfaith) said in a recent TikTok video detailing the painful experience. On her way to paddle board, the content creator realized she was out of sunscreen.Instead of stopping to buy more, Taylor chose to go without — assuming she’d just get a tan or, at worst, a mild burn.But after eight hours baking on the water, her legs were severely scorched, forcing her to take a trip to the hospital.

Doctors diagnosed her with a rare and dangerous third-degree sunburn, which damages all three layers of the skin and often requires emergency treatment.“I neverrrr thought this would happen to me until it did,” Taylor admitted in a comment.“It’s so bad a couple days ago I was thinking I’d rather be [dead] than feel that way.”Sunburns happen when too much ultraviolet (UV) light penetrates the skin’s deeper layers, causing cell damage over time, according to the Mayo Clinic.The immune system reacts by increasing blood flow to the area, which leads to the inflammation we recognize as sunburn.Most sunburns are mild and heal within days, but third-degree burns are a different story.

They can damage nerve endings, blood vessels, sweat glands, hair follicles and deep tissue, according to the Cleveland Clinic.People with third-degree burns are also at risk of heat illness, which has symptoms such as confusion, dizziness, exhaustion, rapid breathing, fever, headache, muscle cramps and nausea.Taylor said she spent hours violently ill after her afternoon in the sun.

“My insides are severely damaged and all my blood vessels are as well,” she said in another comment.“I think this life lesson is gonna turn me into a sunscreen activist.”While sunburns eventually heal, they can ...