A teenager was left with severe burns when he accidentally set his hair on fire after rubbing in head lice lotion.
Matthew Moore, 15, of Purbeck, Dorset, had just applied the lotion when he started playing with a cigarette lighter, which ignited his hair.
Matthew and his mother, Lesley, blame the Hedrin lotion but its manufacturers insist it is not flammable and failed to ignite in their laboratory tests.
Matthew is recovering in the burns unit at Salisbury District Hospital.
In a statement, manufacturers of the lotion Thornton & Ross said: "It's the very first incident of its kind.
"The product is not flammable. It's been fully approved by various regulatory authorities."
The company added that nobody should ever put a naked flame close to their hair.
With news video.
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