A young mum says she was left needing plastic surgery after an e-cig battery exploded in her face.

Kirby Sheen has told how her eye lid was split in two by the mouth piece of the device which was propelled towards her by the blast on Wednesday afternoon.

The 24-year-old, who lives in Salford with partner Adam Burgess, 27, and their daughters Aymaris, two, and Ayviarna, five months, had only wanted to check if the e-cig battery was working but says she has now been left scarred for life instead.

She told the M.E.N: “All I can remember is a puff of smoke and a bang, I knew something had hit me because I had blood pouring from my face. I looked down and my hands were black and there was a deep hole in my thumb from where I’d pressed the button.”

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Kirby went to Salford Royal for treatment but was later transferred to the Manchester Royal Infirmary because of the severity of the injuries to her eye.

The next morning she underwent a two-hour operation on her eye to repair the damage caused.

She added: “I didn’t want to look at it but I had to take my dressing off when I got home. In my eyes it was a mess.

“I’m a girl and I like to wear make-up and that’s not going to be happening for a long time.

“We’re supposed to be getting married as well next year so I really hope it has healed by then.”

Both Adam and Kirby have now stopped using ecigs saying “they’re too dangerous” and won’t let them in the house again.

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Kirby said: “I was at home with my children when it happened and had to try and stay calm as not to scare them but it was scary.

“Neither of us will ever touch anything like that again, they’re more dangerous than smoking, it could’ve taken my life or eyesight.

“I want to raise awareness of how dangerous they can be, I wouldn’t wish this on anyone.”

The couple now intend to quiz EFEST, who manufactuer the batteries, to find out what caused the explosion.

Adam explained that Kirby had put the battery into his Tugboat e-cig (which has replaceable batteries) to see if it was the battery or her own e-cig that wasn’t working.

He said the battery fits into his e-cig but when she placed the battery in it there was an explosion.

He added: “I want to know the reason behind what happened.

"If it’s a fault with the battery people need to be made aware, Kirby was just millimeters from losing her sight, next time someone might not be so lucky.”

The M.E.N has contacted EFEST, who are based in China, for a comment and is awaiting a response.