Shafia Bashir from Bolton was ‘starving’ and decided to try a trick.
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A mum has been left badly burned after an egg exploded in her face while cooking using a TikTok 'hack'. Shafia Bashir from Bolton was 'starving' and decided to try a trick.
But the attempt ended in disaster when it exploded in her face. 37-year-old mum Shafia Bashir, from Bolton, was attempting to poach an egg in the microwave.
She poured boiling water into a mug before adding the egg and then putting it in the microwave for a couple of minutes. But the entire mug exploded as Shafia tried to remove the cooking egg with a cold spoon.
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She said: “I just don’t want anyone else going through that, because it is trending on TikTok… It was the most excruciating pain in my life. It was a terrifying time for me. I was in absolute agony. As soon as I put the cold spoon in, it exploded like a fountain and it scolded me. I put my face under the tap and then had to get my mate to look after my daughter so I could go to A&E.
“My face has healed now, luckily with no scars. I used Vaseline, Sudocrem, whatever I could get my hands on.” She added: “I boiled the kettle, half-filled the mug with water, put salt inside, the egg inside, and microwaved it for a minute. It wasn’t cooked, so I put it in for another minute.
“After it happened, I put my face under the tap for 20 minutes. But the burning lasted for 12 hours. It just didn’t stop.” But the mum has also shrugged off the mishap with a cheeky TikTok clip, she revealed.
Shafia said: “For my last videos on TikTok, I did Beauty and the Beast and Tony Montana from Scarface, with the burn. My followers thought it was a filter!”