Sun cream warning issued after tourist left hospitalised
Emilia, who starts university in September, went to the local hospital where she said she was given an injection to stop the swelling and cream to put on her face.
But Emilia claims moving her face still felt "achy" and started peeling, leaving her "crying in pain" and unable to train for her fighting competition.
She admits the incident ruined a week of her trip, so she is sharing her ordeal as a warning to others to always wear suncream.
Emilia, from North West London, Greater London, said: "I'm really traumatised, I'm not leaving my apartment without a shirt, a cap and three layers of sun cream.
"I don't even care about being hot and sweaty, I'd rather cover myself than that happening again.
"My eyes were swollen, everything was swollen. I thought this was just a very bad sunburn and didn't think anything of it so I just stayed in bed the whole day.
"After that, it started to get really bad. My face swelled up even more and these bumps started appearing on my face, I was just crying the whole time.
"Two to three days after is when the blisters started forming and that was so painful. Everyone told me to put aloe vera on them and it'd be fine, but it was not fine.
"It felt hard and achy to move my face and it was a razor sharp pain, like a stabbing pain on my face.
"When the blisters came that was the worst bit, it felt like someone was just stabbing me in the face. On my nose, cheeks and forehead. Blisters were bigger on my nose and my forehead.
"I went to the doctor's they gave me an injection to stop the swelling on my face and take it down. They gave me a cream and the blisters went within the next day but my face started peeling.
"After the cream, it was still an achy, stabby pain, I was crying in pain."
Emilia, who is still in Thailand for the competition, said she is now "traumatised" and is looking out for the rest of her trip, wearing longer clothes and layers of sun cream.
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The law student now aims to raise awareness about the dangers of the sun in foreign countries, as she says people think it is a "joke" to get burnt.
Emilia said: "You see lots of Thai people wearing jumpers, that's clearly them hiding from the sun because of how extreme it is.
"I would really recommend putting on layers of sun cream, it doesn't matter if you feel cold, the rays can still get to you. I would really recommend wearing a t- shirt, long clothes and a cap."
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