Woman, 60, left with red blotches after spilling air freshener on her lips
A woman has been left scarred after she opened a bottle of flowery scented air freshener that splashed over her.
Josie Aldridge, 60, from Hillingdon, London, removed the stopper from the Spry scents air freshener with her teeth but in the process got it all over her lips.
She was holiday in Cornwall with her friend Mandy when the incident happened
Josie hoped to use it in her car but instead woke up with five bright, red blots on her face.
The air freshener had damaged her skin and she was diagnosed with contact dermatitis and given steroid tablets on April 2.
The bottle warns people to open the stopper with some scissors and to avoid getting the liquid near eyes and skin.
But Josie claims she didn’t see this message and said the label should warn people to wear gloves.
She said: ‘It should say that you have to wear gloves. It’s quite strong stuff.
‘I am at fault because I used my teeth and didn’t wash it off with water.
‘But in my defence I didn’t have scissors or water in the car.
‘It should also emphasise that it can do significant damage.
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‘If someone saw the damage that this had done, they might think more carefully about wearing gloves.
‘I’m not demanding compensation because I realise it’s my fault but if they were to emphasise it more, I would probably have taken more notice of it myself.’
She said her skin is clearing up but there are still ‘patches of redness’.
Josie added: ‘Hopefully it’s not going to scar and will disappear in a week or two.’
She said her friends were ‘quite horrified’ but they were able to see the funny side.
In response, Spry scents stated: ‘She opened the bottle with her teeth and it’s a car perfume.’
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