The teenager nearly had his foot amputated because of the vaping. Photo: reproduction
A 13yearold teenager nearly had his right foot amputated because of an ecigarette. Harley Bennett heard from a surgeon that he could lose his limb after a vape, as the object is known, punctured four inches of his sneakers, punctured his flesh and reached a bone.
The case took place in Cirencester, England, and the teenager may need a foot amputation after an infection in his heel bone. “I was shocked. I was more scared of Harley and his reaction than I saw how scared he was.”
The case happened in October, and after a successful operation, the amputation became unnecessary.
The electronic cigarette punctured the teen’s foot after he tried to crush the object with his foot as if it were a soda can. “I wasn’t thinking, I don’t know how to explain it. I just stepped on it and it went right to my foot. It was really painful,” says Harley.
He needed a foot transplant after the fall as the flesh torn from the vape pipe was lost.
The teen’s foot after the cigarette pierced the sole of his sneakers and his flesh. Photo: reproduction