A 13-year-old girl was left with chemical burns after attempting to make slime. The teenager mixed ahousehold cleaning agent with shaving cream and shampoo. It is part of a worldwide craze that encourages children to make their own slime. Videos are circulating on social media with recipe instructions using chemicals to make the slime.
advertisement
#1
A KARRINYUP mother is warning parents against a ‘slime’ fad that left her daughter with chemical burns to her hands and triggered an auto-immune response.
The slime craze is popular among teenagers, according to 13-year-old girl at a local public high school, who made the slime with friends after seeing it on Instagram account ‘Slime Queeens’ with 1.1 million followers.
Consequently, she now has severe burns, blisters and peeling skin on her hands.
Her mother has warned against other children who follow internet instructions on how to create the hazardous homemade mix. There are, unfortunately, several videos online teaching children how to make the popular slime.
#2
She said her hands began peeling a week after touching the slime and felt 'stiff and itchy' and needed to take steroid tablets, antibiotics and cortisone creams, according to Stirling News.
Six weeks after the Karrinyup girl burned her skin she says the injuries have only just begun to heal.
advertisement
#3
“She has suffered with painful burns, blisters, sores, peeling skin and intense itching on her hands and feet for six weeks now,” she said.
“She has never had eczema or any other skin issues previously; we have been told that the eczema is now most likely a lifelong condition she will need to manage.
“It was almost like her skin was being eaten from the inside out, it was awful.”
The 13-year-old girl said slime Instagram pages were popular among her friends.
“When you play with it it is really satisfying, people can put food colouring and glitter and styrofoam balls in it,” she said.
#4
The girl didn’t realize the slime mixture could be dangerous.
She said her hands began peeling a week after touching the slime. Her skin felt “stiff and itchy”. She had to take steroid tablets, antibiotics and cortisone creams.
“I couldn’t do netball, it is hard to write, doing normal stuff it hurt even doing my hair and stuff like that,” she said.
A Department of Education spokeswoman said the Department was not aware of any incidents involving the homemade slime.
A Consumer Protection WA spokesman said products should be used as they are intended and consumers should heed warnings on labels.
advertisement
#5
Thousands of slime recipe videos have appeared on photo sharing app Instagram and have attracted the attention of young children.
The growing trend has lead to many attempting to make their own slime at the risk of chemical burns.
advertisement