A woman was left with horrific burns and blisters in her mouth after tucking into an ice lolly to cool down at a festival.
Maria Cadena, 27, a digital marketer from Puebla, Mexico, shared her wounds to warn others about the consequences of 'temperature shock' in a video on Tiktok.
Maria and her friends had eagerly reached for a free ice lolly while at the festival in Mexico City, but within seconds, Maria's mouth became stuck to the popsicle and she could feel a "burning sensation".
The feeling soon passed, but Maria explained her injuries were made worse when she took a tequila shot straight after to relieve the burn, which in fact scorched her skin further.
She said: “I woke up the next morning completely swollen.
“I researched and found that ice sticks to the skin due to the temperature shock between the skin and the popsicle.
“A lady who helped me get the popsicle off threw me a tequila shot [as well] and with this coming into contact with the wound, this burned my skin even more.
“I was the only one who ordered a taro-flavoured lollipop and all my friends ate theirs without getting stuck.
“I finished the lolly because I was so thirsty but I did feel my lips getting inflamed inside.”
Maria's warning went viral on the social media platform, racking up 13.2 million views and over 1.5 million likes.
In the clip, she begins by pointing to her bottom lip which appears to be covered in dead skin and white blisters.
She shares a group photo with her friends at the concert, before pointing to a man in the background who she claims served her the ice pop.
Unaware of how severe the situation was, Marie's friends initially laughed and made jokes, but a concerned woman stepped in to help.
She claims that the woman gave her a tequila shot – but soon, her lips and tongue started to burn and swell.
At the end of the clip Maria shows how her lips have doubled in size and are covered with large blisters inside her mouth.
Viewers waded into the comments section to share their traumatic stories with ice lollies.
“Hey, the same thing happened to me but it doesn’t look like that, could it have been the tequila?” one viewer said.
Another person added: “It happened to me but it got stuck on my tongue, they put them in dry ice that’s why it has that effect, it’s horrible.
And a third wrote: "The same thing happened to me years ago with a popsicle, I ate it in winter and blood came out of my tongue!"
Luckily, Maria's trauma only lasted a week and has now full recovered with the help of her dad, who is a doctor.
Maria added: “He prescribed me a special cream for the burn and told me to keep the area clean, moisturised and to eat carefully.
“Since this has happened to me, I have seen so many similar cases.
“Be careful when buying popsicles and make sure they aren’t too frozen.
“If they stick to the palette [or mouth] use water to detach, not alcohol.”
