I was badly burnt after using a hot water bottle to save money on my heating bills - I'll never use one again

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I was badly burnt after using a hot water bottle to save money on my heating bills - I'll never use one again
Published: Jan, 02 2025 08:04

A woman who used a hot water bottle to save money on her heating bills has vowed to never use one again - after she was badly burnt. Sophia Pauley, who is from Cardiff but living in Hackney, east London, had done her usual routine of filling her hot water bottle halfway and getting in bed on a cold, snowy day last month.

 [After phoning for an ambulance she was instructed to submerge herself in a bath of cold water for 45 minutes, before going to A&E where doctors had to tweeze the 'flappy' skin from her thighs]
Image Credit: Mail Online [After phoning for an ambulance she was instructed to submerge herself in a bath of cold water for 45 minutes, before going to A&E where doctors had to tweeze the 'flappy' skin from her thighs]

But as she got into bed, hot water started leaking from a hole on the top of the bottle, burning 'under her bum', her upper legs, inner thighs and part of her hand. The 29-year-old said she saw her skin 'melt', leaving her screaming in pain and ran to the shower to cool the deep second-degree burns down with water.

 [The artist had her hot water bottle for almost four years and admitted that she should have put it in the bin]
Image Credit: Mail Online [The artist had her hot water bottle for almost four years and admitted that she should have put it in the bin]

After phoning for an ambulance she was instructed to submerge herself in a bath of cold water for 45 minutes, before going to A&E where doctors had to tweeze the 'flappy' skin from her thighs. Sophia said the pain was like an 'out-of-body' experience and that she had never screamed in pain before in her life.

 [Sophia said the pain was like an 'out-of-body' experience and that she had never screamed in pain before in her life]
Image Credit: Mail Online [Sophia said the pain was like an 'out-of-body' experience and that she had never screamed in pain before in her life]

After treatment, Sophia said she struggled with walking and using the toilet for a week - so has vowed not to use them ever again and is urging anyone with them to 'throw them out'. She is now bravely sharing her ordeal as a warning to others after claiming doctors at the hospital said they had seen many hot water bottle burns as people tried to stay warm without having the heating on all the time.

 [After treatment, Sophia said she struggled with walking and using the toilet for a week - so has vowed not to use them ever again and is urging anyone with them to 'throw them out']
Image Credit: Mail Online [After treatment, Sophia said she struggled with walking and using the toilet for a week - so has vowed not to use them ever again and is urging anyone with them to 'throw them out']

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