Girl has her face fall off, but it’s okay since she grew a new one
Chris Spags There are a lot of weird reactions your body can have to drugs. Some people have their heart start to race while others might gain weight. Or you might be like this Swedish girl who took an over-the-counter painkiller called Paracetamol and had her face fall off. Same difference.
Eva Uhlin, aged 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.
During her illness parts of her chest, arms, back and stomach fell off. At one point the damage to Miss 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.
Miss 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.
That’s how Eva looks now, pictured above. She’s grown into a very pretty girl. Not for the faint of heart, here’s how she looked with the disease. It’s kind of like the movie Face-Off, only slightly less painful for everyone involved.
Apparently 40% of the people afflicted with the disease that hit Eva end up dying, so she’s pretty lucky to be alive, let alone looking pretty close to how she did before. I’m not a religious man so maybe I’m not the best to speak to this, but any time you see a pretty girl have her face fall off, you may want to temporarily question your belief in higher powers. Pretty faces are to be loved, caressed, occasionally skeeted upon angrily in the throes of passion. But maybe I’m just an idealist like that.
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