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Beware of straighteners

Submitted by sarah

When handling your straightners be very careful with them, I dropped mine and tried to catch them with my legs and now I have scars where I got burnt.

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Great Comments By: Anon Same here,I was straightening my hair( near my ears) and clamped my ear by mistake.It hurt so badly for the week after,and now there's a light scar.   You're Not Alone Comments By: Anon I've burnt my ear more times than I care to remember. It hurts even more when I clamp down on my earring up the top of my ear, because that heats up too! Never fun...   straighteners Comments By: e i've stood on my straighteners before when they were on on the flor!!!!!!!!   In the Same Boat Comments By: Anon I also did the Same.. i hav a Clamp Mark on My Ankle That will neevr go Away And The Blisters i got were Teerrible! If Thats What it does to Your Skin.. Imagine What Its Doing to Your Hair!!   Ouch!!! Comments By: Anon I dropped my straighteners on my arm n now i ave a big line there, it looks like I've tried to self harm and it killed for days, plus im always burnin my hands n fingers   ouch! Comments By: Anon thats gotta hurt luckily i dont use hair straighteners that often and when i do i ask my mum or sister to do it for me coz i get scared that the same thing will happen to me!!!! =]   they r juss so dangerous Comments By: Anon the amount of times i have burnt my fingers when straightning my hair. oh my gosh, my fingers sting so much be careful.   ouch that hurt Comments By: bekki i dropped my staightners on the floor and burnt my feet it hurt for dayss   hot Comments By: Rhiannon Be careful what you put them down on also. Once I put mine down on my book shelf and it melted the plastic finish!