It’s been nearly three years since Australian Stephanie Browitt (26) ended up in the midst of a volcanic eruption. In December 2019, the 26-year-old was on a day trip to White Island, an island in New Zealand, with his father and her sister.
It was then that natural disaster struck.
Browitt and his father were taken to the hospital with fatal injuries and his father died in the hospital four weeks later. Her sister died on the island and was found four days after the eruption.
As a result of the volcanic eruption, Browitt suffered third-degree burns over much of his body. She was also in a coma for two weeks after the horror incident, but she survived.
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Since the volcanic eruption, the 26-year-old has shared much of his life and rehabilitation process on social media. He has 1.7 million followers on TikTok.
Now, three years later, she shares photos of what her body looked like right after the accident. She does this to her over 120,000 followers on Instagram, where she also warns against strong images.
The images, which can be seen in the post below, specifically show what the face and back looked like shortly after the volcanic eruption.
NB! We caution against strong images.
“When people see me now, it’s hard to imagine how terrible my injuries are,” he initially writes in the post, where he shares the graphic images.
“Looking back at these images amazes me because I don’t think I’ll understand how my body rebuilt from them.”
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For a long time Browitt had to wear a full-coverage mask on her face to allow her wounds to heal as well as possible, but this summer she wore it for the first time since the accident. She did it in an interview with the Australian television program “60 minutes“.
– It’s been a long journey. It felt like an eternity and as if this day would never come, Browitt said in the interview in which she appeared unmasked for the first time since the horror incident.
The 26-year-old has undergone several operations and skin transplants. Among other things, he had to amputate his fingers.
“Oddly, I wasn’t angry when I found out that my fingers would be removed. I think I was grateful that I still have my hands because when the epidemic broke out I remember seeing my hands and understanding how serious it was, “she wrote. Instagram six months after the accident, where he also shared photos of what his hands looked like.