Marian Adejokun, a 24-year-old Nigerian beauty queen, has been left scarred for life after a horrific reaction to eye drops which left her skin peeling off.

She spent more than 3-weeks in intensive care at the Royal London Hospital where doctors diagnosed her with life-threatening medical condition called Stevens-Johnson syndrome.

The condition causes the top layer of skin to die and then shed - and is triggered by an allergic reaction to medication.

Symptoms include skin rashes, blisters in the mouth, ears and nose and swelling of the eyelids. If left untreated the condition can result in death - or trigger possible complications such as blindness and lung damage.

Miss Adejokun's ordeal began five years ago, in 2011, when she developed an itchy eye. Her GP sent her to the chemist to get some eye drops which she used before going to bed. But the next morning she was horrified to wake up with lumps all over her body.

As her condition began to deteriorate she was rushed to hospital. As her skin began to shed she was put into a medically induced coma - and doctors warned her devastated mother she may not survive.

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Speaking about her condition, Miss Adejokun said:

'Unknown to me, I had a rare, deadly allergy to eye drops which caused by skin to peel off from head to toe. When I was in the intensive care unit, crying in pain, all I thought of was coming home.

Miss Adejokun's mother, Remi, said the eye medication left her daughter in such a terrible state she 'looked like Freddy Krueger' from the horror film Nightmare on Elm Street.

'I hate to say that, but there were so many blisters - her skin was just tearing off and her lips were very swollen,' she said.

'I looked at her and I was so scared she was going to burst open. I saw death knocking at my daughter's door, all because of eye drops.'

She continued: 'I was crazy, beyond the worried stage and near to losing my mind.

'After a week I thought there was no hope - but then as she lay on the bed, unable to talk, I said "Marian, you've just made it to university, that's your dream" and she moved her toe.

'Realising she could hear me I started to sing our favourite songs to her. Instead of crying all the time I went to the intensive care unit and danced.'

Miss Adejokun lost so must skin she had to be wrapped in a foil sheet and still has to be fed through a hole in her throat. She said;

'Everywhere was swollen. My nose was huge and my eyes were so red you could take a spoon and scrape out the blood.'

Even specialist skin experts told Ms Adejokun her daughter was unlikely to survive.

But she defied the odds and pulled through - with doctors hailing her recovery a 'miracle'.

Five years on, Miss Adejokun has since gone on to complete a degree in early childhood studies at the University of Roehampton, and hopes her story will inspire others to be grateful for what they have.


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Additional reports from Daily Mail and UK Sun

ehya...get well soon

ordinary eye drop abi bleaching cream?


abeg, where is Asari Dokubo?
the man wey threaten fire n brimstone by this time last year?

Warris dis oooo

what happened to her CTRL+Z button

Most people misunderstand the word beauty.
It is not written anywhere what the description of a beautiful or handsome person is.

Man derives beauty from the most common comparison in his vicinity. If you have very good looking eyes, it means you have the most common of eyes in your vicinity.

Sorry Dearie

Thank God she survived! Some after treatment photos would have been nice
Na wa for this kind allergy oo

Jesu Christi Jehovah nissi.... Wat kind of evil eye drop os this.... Dey shld sue the company.... This is so sad. Ahhh God.... If i was in her shoes il make ma peace and beg doctors n family to end my suffering.

Ameachi hit like . Wike hit share

Eye drop ke? Madam tell us the truth

God please help her

In any condition that we find ourselves, no matter how hard, we should be thankful as long as we're alive and in good health.

So many have it worse.

#IamThankful #BeThankful

Jesus,I never knew that eye drops could have so much effect on the body..even till the extent of a pilling skin? mehn,buhari has to probe that chemist that sold such drops..

Damn. God help her abeg. I believe God will help her out. I can't even imagine myself in her condition.

*sobs* Oh GOD listen to our cry for help.

Hit the like button if u believe in my prayers.

wish you well my sister. but keep your heart closer to GOD. this is an opportunity to be closer to GOD than ever.

It's easy to take good health for granted until we face life-threatening diseases or sickness. I write from experience. May God heal her. Amen!

Please they should tell us the name of the eye drop...in case.

Oh God! Steven Johnson Syndrome! Thank God she survived it.

Dis one pass eyedrop ooo... God will heal you.

Oh wait she survived thank goodness

Buhari sef

Jesus is her healer.

it is well

geez! I don't even known what to say.. this is an eyesore because of eye drops.. thank God for the gift of life tho.. many have died over even lesser things.

Jesus!! God save us!! Blood of Jesus!!! There is more to dis dan meets the eyes... Which one na steven johnson syndrome very soon e go be louis van gaal syndrome.. Must oyibo people give every ailment a name?
If na me I go sue the chemist and the person that recommended the drugs.. Abeg op put extra-ordinary graphic pics for that topic and girl abeg get well!!!...
But before this incident u wowo oo how come u win beauty queen abi na all dis backyard pageantry...
Speedy recovery to u!!!

Oh! My Goodness! What tha f^ck!







This is really bad! Op pls add (very very very graphic disturbing pics) to that ur topic.... Jeez!

Jesus the son of GOD Save this Country from our sin...

Jesu!

This one bad o