How an iPhone case can burn your skin

burn the iPhone caseWhat you see in the attached image is the result of an iPhone case that was kept close to the skin during sleep and unfortunately generated a pretty nasty burn on the leg of a 9-year-old girl from the UK.

She was bought a transparent case partially covered with glitter, inside there were various chemical substances, she fell asleep with the terminal very close to her leg, the excessive heating of the case and the cracking releasing the substances inside that generated the respective burn.

The case would have also cracked, probably due to the heat and pressure applied to it, and thus some chemical substances would have been released on the girl's skin, the burn being so serious that the doctors claim that that phone shape will remain permanently imprinted on the skin.

At the root of the problem is a case that was bought for only 6 pounds from the store New Look, its representatives refusing to provide the girl's mother with explanations regarding the possible problem, while still confirming to the press that they will remove the product from sale.

A schoolgirl has been left scarred for life after her snow globe style iPhone case leaked a toxic liquid that burned through her skin. The decorative protective covering nine-year-old Olivia Retter used to guard her phone burst open while she was fast asleep in bed .

burn the iPhone 1 case

The woman who bought the case claims that there were no markings on it to indicate that a liquid was inside the case and that if it cracks, it can leak and in contact with the skin could cause severe burns , this being the basis of a future process.

Despite this, you have to be very careful what kind of cases you buy, because a similar situation can happen to anyone and you could be scarred for the rest of your life because of a product that is sold without proper warnings.