Tuesday 22 November 2022 11:47 AM Scottish waitress is suing Nando's after her 'skin melted off' when splashed ... trends now
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A waitress is suing Nando's after her 'skin melted off' when she was splashed with a cleaning product during her shift.
Mairi Espie, 21, was left seriously injured after some product soaked through her clothes while emptying a container of cleaning detergent.
The liquid was so corrosive it burned through her jeans and melted the skin on her right thigh.
Ms Espie, of Dundee, needed specialist treatment at A&E. Although the wound has now healed, she has been left with a permanent scar.
Speaking about the traumatic incident, Ms Espie said: 'It was absolute agony - it felt like my leg was on fire. I'm now left with a permanent scar in a really prominent place on my body.
Speaking about the burn, waitress Ms Espie - who graduated from Abertay University in July -said it 'was so painful' and 'took months to heal'. She added: 'It's the scarring that upset me the most'
Mairi Espie, 21, said she was left with a three-inch sore that needed hospital treatment after being splashed with corrosive cleaning product when working at Nando's in Nethergate, Dundee
'The burn was so painful. It took months to heal properly but it's