Girl burned by fake hair straighteners

Rebecca Day, 17, from Braunstone, Leicester, bought what she thought were GHD straighteners from a website but was left in agony when she first used them.

“These straighteners singed my hair and ripped it away from the roots,” she said. “I was in agony.”

Leicestershire trading standards, which has seized 40 sets of counterfeit straighteners, said some of them were hot enough to melt human hair and seriously burn someone’s scalp.

Head of trading standards David Bull said: “Always buy electrical products from a reputable dealer and check all paperwork and guarantees.”