Woman bought shorts on TikTok - now she has 'second-degree burns'

A woman has been left with second-degree burns after shapewear she purchased on TikTok Shop "melted" into her skin. Molly-May Watson, 27, bought the £8.57 shorts in May 2024 through a seller on the social media app.

She wore them for the first time under a dress while attending a baby shower, for her sister on July 27, 2024, and thought a bee had flown into her dress after she “felt this burning” on her upper right thigh. Rushing to the bathroom to see what had happened, Molly-May was forced to rip her shorts off after she said the elastane stretchy material had "melted" into her skin.

She attended A&E at St Thomas' Hospital, London, the following day, where she was told she could be "scarred for life". After complaining

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