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Vaper shares shocking pictures after suffering second-degree burns and losing seven teeth when e-cigarette exploded

Andrew Hall rushed into intensive care with gruesome injuries after his e-cigarette blew up in his face

A EXPLODING e-cigarette has left a vaper with horrifying burns to his face and knocked out seven of his teeth.

Andrew Hall, from Pocatello, Idaho, was getting ready for work and enjoying a vape when suddenly his device blew up in his face leaving him with hideous injuries.

Andrew Hall has been left in utter agony after the vape explosion tore into his face
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Andrew Hall has been left in utter agony after the vape explosion tore into his faceCredit: Facebook
As well as losing teeth and having his face burned, there is internal damage to his mouth so he struggles to eat
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As well as losing teeth and having his face burned, there is internal damage to his mouth so he struggles to eatCredit: Facebook
Andrew suffering in a dental chair as a dental surgeon sees what can be done for him
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Andrew suffering in a dental chair as a dental surgeon sees what can be done for himCredit: Facebook

The explosion was so powerful that he lost seven of his teeth and was left with agonising 2nd degree burns to his face.

Doctors in intensive care had to remove chunks of plastic, teeth and foreign objects from mouth, throat and lips.

Scorch marks were left on the wall and the ceiling and the sink broke.

Posting on Facebook from his hospital bed, Andrew said: "I was getting ready for work when I had something happen to me that I didn't expect possible.

“I did not do anything I wasn't supposed to (battery was in right, always had the shop put it together when I first bought it and add things and maintenance it the right way while taking their advice) but it exploded in my face.”

The vape machine is torn to shreds by the sheer force of the explosion
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The vape machine is torn to shreds by the sheer force of the explosionCredit: Facebook

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He added: “I vape (I know, terrible and uncool) but I no longer do and I hope to possible sway those that do to maybe reevaluate or find other methods of smoking.

“I'm currently in the ICU and doing well so rest assured and these are very graphic photos."

The posted pictures have been seen more than 50,000 times on Facebook.

The blast wave of the vaping explosion broke his sink
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The blast wave of the vaping explosion broke his sink which is covered in his flesh and bloodCredit: Facebook

Vaping is a new craze involving the inhalation of liquid through a device called a vapouriser.

It electronically evaporates the fluid allowing the user to inhale the steam.

A variety of flavoured vapours are available.”

Scorch marks on his ceiling from the explosion
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Scorch marks on his ceiling from the explosionCredit: Facebook
Andrew has been in intensive care
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Andrew in horrendous pain after the incidentCredit: Facebook
The injuries have required him to be monitored in a hospital intensive care unit
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The injuries have required him to be monitored in a hospital intensive care unitCredit: Facebook

But surgeons at Morriston Hospital’s Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery said they had been treating numerous patients for burns after their batteries in their e-cigs exploded.

Victims of the most serious vape pen explosions have required skin grafts and surgery in the most serious instances.

Dai Nguyen, a consultant plastic surgeon at the Swansea based unit said: “There have also been reports of e-cigarettes exploding in people’s mouths which resulted in

catastrophic injuries similar to those you would experience if you were shot in the face by a gun.”

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