![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/im-blind-after-a-tube-of-hair-dye-exploded-in-my-face/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/newspress-collage-20238903-1666863968030.jpg&description=A TEEN has been blinded in one eye after a tube of hair dye 'exploded' in her face - burning off the surface of her eyeball. Olivia Stegin was dyeing her hair dark brown with a friend, using an at-home product where you pierce the metal tube to squeeze the dye out in June. Pamela heard Olivia's screams and rushed her to the hospital where doctors confirmed she had suffered a third-degree chemical burn to her eyeballCredit: Kennedy News Olivia was dyeing her hair dark brown with a friend at home when the tube explodedCredit: Kennedy News But when the tube failed to puncture properly and the 13-year-old attempted to squeeze the product out, the pressure caused the tube to 'explode'. The explosion saw a jet of dye shoot into her left eye, leaving it covered in the chemical paste. Her mum Pamela Stegin-Sheppard, 40, heard Olivia's screams from downstairs before rushing her to the hospital where doctors confirmed she had suffered a third-degree chemical burn to her eyeball. Doctors say the teen will need a cornea transplant to restore her vision as the top layer of hers was 'burned off' and grew back scarred, causing vision loss. The stay-at-home mum has now shared shocking photos of her daughter's injured eye to warn people to be extra careful with hair dye and other potentially harmful chemicals. Pamela, from Rincon, Georgia, US, said: "I was in the kitchen and I heard Olivia scream. "Olivia and her friends usually run around the house and scream and play but I knew that was a different scream, that was a serious scream. "The hair developer comes in a tube and has that top that you usually take off and turn upside down to puncture it, but it didn't puncture properly. "She was squeezing on the tube and from all that pressure it exploded and half of the tube shot in her eye. "I ran in there and panicked because her whole eye was covered, you could hardly see her eyelashes and you couldn't see her eyeball at all. FABULOUS BINGO: Get a £20 bonus & 30 free spins when you sp){kind=link}
A TEEN has been blinded in one eye after a tube of hair dye ‘exploded’ in her face – burning off the surface of her eyeball.
Olivia Stegin was dyeing her hair dark brown with a friend, using an at-home product where you pierce the metal tube to squeeze the dye out in June.
But when the tube failed to puncture properly and the 13-year-old attempted to squeeze the product out, the pressure caused the tube to ‘explode’.
The explosion saw a jet of dye shoot into her left eye, leaving it covered in the chemical paste.
Her mum Pamela Stegin-Sheppard, 40, heard Olivia’s screams from downstairs before rushing her to the hospital where doctors confirmed she had suffered a third-degree chemical burn to her eyeball.