Girl, 17, turning blind after squeezing a spot on her nose-PIMPLE

PIMPLE: 17-year-old Mary Ann is turning blind after she squeezed a spot on her nose, which also caused her face to swell up.

Mary, from the Philippines, is suffering from the mysterious side effect and has become unrecognizable.

Recall that she has been suffering from a pimple on her nose which she thought was due to hormones, after giving birth when she was 16_years_old.

This has lasted for several weeks so far.

The swelling of the face started when she started squeezing the spot from her nose. She began to suffer from pain after a few days.

The symptoms started to spread across her face. She said it was like a balloon inflating.

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This lump has now taken over her face and affects her vision as the swelling has reached the corner of her eyes, reports the sun.

The mother of one has been trying to cure herself with herbal medication, however, nothing has worked.

She said in a statement; ”I thought it was only a common pimple, but it hurt so much I could not sleep at night. I tried everything to cure it but nothing worked.

“Now, I feel like my face will never be the same again.”

She had been unable to afford treatment as her husband, Albert sales work part_time on a neighbor’s farm without a steady income.

It was after a year that she went to the hospital to have it checked, however, she was unable to pay medical bills.

Mary’s husband is appealing to good samaritans to raise funds.

In a video statement released by Albert, he said: ”I want to ask kind people for donations so we can finally send my wife to a hospital.

They said that they only earn enough for themselves and their one-year-old baby. He said that he can’t afford medical bills for her.