Woman leaves people horrified after explaining how the back of her head ‘exploded’ on a plane

Charlie Herbert

Bit more extreme than the usual ear-popping on a flight

A woman has left people horrified after explaining how the back of her head “exploded” mid-flight due to the air pressure.

TikToker Weronika (@polish_99) uploaded a video on 20 October showing her with a brace around her head and bruising across her face.

She captioned the footage: “POV: you’re the flight attendant that I’ve just had to inform the back of my head exploded from the pressure.”

She added that she’s “still not over how gross it was”.

But there is some sort of explanation for the shocking occurrence. Weronika had undergone surgery before the flight and the cabin pressure resulted in some of the stitches bursting open on the plane.

Several began to make assumptions about the doctors involved in the surgery and their decision to let Weronika fly following the procedure.

@polish_99Still not over how gross it was♬ Them Changes (Sped Up) – Thundercat

Weronika was keen to point out that she didn’t blame anyone for the incident though, and that no one was at fault.

She said: “No one made any mistake, the original surgeon or the airport doctor at the hospital. Everything was fine when I got on the plane.

“I have unusually soft tissue and swell more than the average person which led to some of the stitches coming open on the plane in one tiny area.”

In a series of follow up videos – four to be precise – the TikToker explained why she had been allowed to fly.

She said that she’d had a final consultation with the surgeon, who had previously carried out surgery on her before.

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Although he was happy with how she was recovering and mentioned he was going to give her a fit to fly certificate, he was in a rush and forgot. So it had to be dealt with by a doctor at the airport.

“We were on the plane, everything’s chill, we’d gone to sleep because we’d been travelling since 2am and I wake up and I’m in a lot of pain,” she said.

“I can feel pain all around here [behind her left ear], like my actual ear was in pain as well and I was like, ‘How is that possible? I can’t even feel my ears yet.'”

Weronika continued: “Everything was really hurting, I got up, went to the toilet and I heard this audible pop.”

In fourth and final part of the story time, she explained: “Immediately after I felt this hot liquid dripping down my neck and I grabbed some towels and started wiping it up.

“Obviously it was blood but, I don’t know if anyone’s had lipo, the fluid that comes out of you is like yellowy with blood and bits.”

@polish_99Part 4

♬ original sound – Weronika

So basically, one of the worst things you can possibly imagine at 30,000 feet in the air.

The Tiktoker came to the conclusion that the reason it happened is because she had a drain in the exact area that popped open, so this is where most fluid would accumulate.

Swelling combined with the air pressure on the plane? Recipe for disaster.

Weronika simply had to keep pressure on the wound until the plane landed, but thankfully it seems like everything’s been sorted since the traumatic flight.

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