A woman in the US has sued a bikini maker after she ended with third-degree burns on her bust because the underwire in her two-piece bathing suit became superheated.
Robin Corrente, 50, of Yaphank, wore the black Coco Reef swimsuit on a 90-degree afternoon in August 2008 to soak up some rays in her yard.
“After about an hour, I was hurting. I went up to take a shower and I realized..I had a lot of blisters,” the New York Post quoted her as saying.
When she made a trip to the hospital, it was confirmed that she had serious burns, and doctors had to remove a piece of flesh ‘the size of a dime’ from her right breast.
Corrente is suing Coco Reef manufacturer Swimwear Anywhere in Manhattan Supreme Court.