The video shows Lauren Tyler and her boyfriend having ‘the time of their lives” initially as the two of them posed for pictures while paddle boarding off a picturesque Thai beach
The couple said the suncream was just normal lotion sold in a suncream bottle (
Image: @laurentyler13)
A couple have given a warning to holidaymakers after they were left blistered and burnt after buying ‘fake’ sun cream.
Lauren Tyler posted a video on TikTok while on vacation in Thailand with her partner.
The video shows her and her boyfriend having ‘the time of [their] lives” initially as the two of them posed for pictures while paddle boarding off a picturesque Thai beach.
The video, now seen more than 41,000 times, then cuts to a picture of them in their rooms, which shows them completely burnt all over their body.
The couple were paddle boarding in Thailand on the day of getting badly burnt
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Fearing the potential detrimental consequences for others, she wrote in the caption: “Imaging putting fake sun cream on a baby or child.”
Someone blasted her in the comments, saying “or maybe you didn’t put enough in on and reapply it”.
But Lauren explained that they used a whole bottle between them and were only out for two hours, yet still got burntly badly and even had blisters on their shoulders.
Lauren said she was only in the sun for two hours
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Another commented saying ‘Two hours in direct sunlight when you are both so pale, a big mistake” but Lauren hit back saying she used Factor 50.
She added “Pale people deserve a holiday too. Honestly we have been here a week constantly applying. Buy a Thai one and this happened on the first day.”
She then guessed that it was just regular lotion, but sold in a suncream bottle.
Lots of others were left stunned and shared their own stories.
Someone said: “Omg this happened to use a few weeks ago”.
Another person said: “Sorry this happened to you!”
Experts have explained how much and how often you should be applying sun screen.
Dr Marko Lens, a skin cancer specialist, told The Sun Online: “The correct amount to be used is one teaspoon for the entire face and neck, and it should be re-applied every two hours if exposed to the sun.
“I always recommend SPF (sun protection factor) 30 broad spectrum sunscreen as it provides high protection against both, UVA and UVB.
“If there is excessive sweating or if we swim we should re-apply sunscreen 40 or 80 minutes after swimming depending on if the sunscreen is water resistant or very water resistant.”
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