E-cigarette exploded in Woman's face.

Kirby Sheen, 24, was left needing plastic surgery after her eye lid was split in two by the mouth piece of the device, which propelled towards her after the battery exploded.

The mother-of-two says she was horrified as she looked in the mirror and realized her eye was dripping with blood and her face covered in battery acid.

Kirby, who lives with her partner Adam Burgess, a construction worker, and their two children Aymaris, two, and Ayviarna, five months, was rushed to A&E but was immediately referred to an eye specialist at Manchester Royal Infirmary.

The following day Kirby had to undergo two hours of plastic surgery and has since been told she could be permanently scarred.

Kirby is now recovering from the ordeal, which happened on Wednesday, but says she will need another operation to clean the wound and remove the stitches.