‘I have to wear a compression vest 23 hours a day!’ AJ Pritchard’s girlfriend Abbie Quinnen admits she struggles to find clothes to wear after freak fire accident
She suffered horrific burns in a freak fire accident while she was filming a YouTube video with her boyfriend AJ Pritchard, in January.
And on Monday, Abbie Quinnen, 24, took to Instagram where she admitted to her followers that she struggles to find clothes to wear because she has to wear a compression vest ’23 hours a day’ and keep her scars out of the sun.
Alongside photographs of herself in a pretty pink dress, the dancer made the candid admission, revealing that she is always left ‘panicking’ before she leaves home.
Candid: On Monday, Abbie Quinnen, 24, took to Instagram where she admitted that she struggles to find clothes to wear because she has to wear a compression vest ’23 hours a day’
Abbie wore the pink and orange pattern mini dress with a contrast belt tie from Zara, which she paired with coral open toe heels, to attend one of her first public events since being burned.
Alongside the snaps, she penned: ‘There’s only a few things I feel comfortable wearing at the moment and this dress is one of them.
‘Definitely am finding it hard to find what to wear at the moment as I have to wear a compression vest 23 hours a day under my clothes and keep my scars out of the sun.
‘I’m always panicking about what I’m going to wear before I leave the house so it’s always so lovely to get so many compliments from you all about what I’m wearing! Thank you.’
![Honest! Alongside photographs of herself in a pretty pink dress, the dancer made the candid admission, revealing that she is always left 'panicking' before she leaves home](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/05/31/20/43668211-9637941-image-a-105_1622490549357.jpg)
Honest! Alongside photographs of herself in a pretty pink dress, the dancer made the candid admission, revealing that she is always left ‘panicking’ before she leaves home
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Abbie needed three skin grafts after a YouTube video she was filming with her boyfriend, 26, went horribly wrong and saw a wine bottle explode and set fire to her hair and clothing on January 19.
She detailed the fears she felt for her life during the accident while her beau AJ spoke about how ‘seconds felt like a lifetime’ when he attempted to quell the flames consuming her during an appearance on Lorraine.
Abbie explained that while recovering, she was afraid that she would ‘never look the same’ and could not return to her dream job of performing.
![Recovery: Abbie needed three skin grafts after a YouTube video she was filming with AJ went horribly wrong and saw a wine bottle explode and set fire to her hair and clothing, in January](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/05/28/08/43552251-9623155-image-m-9_1622187787843.jpg)
Recovery: Abbie needed three skin grafts after a YouTube video she was filming with AJ went horribly wrong and saw a wine bottle explode and set fire to her hair and clothing, in January
And despite the ordeal, Abbie remained positive about her recovery as she said: ‘I’m doing OK a lot better than I was, that’s for sure. My face has almost healed now.’
She continued: ‘I think when it happened I was just thinking the worst, my face is never going to look the same again, I’m always going to have scars on my body…
‘I’m never going to be able to dance or perform and do what I love doing, so I instantly thought that was it for me. Luckily my face is healing really well.’
![Fears: During a recent appearance on Lorraine, Abbie explained that while recovering, she was afraid that she would 'never look the same' and could not return to her dream job of performing](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/05/04/11/42553196-9540855-image-m-37_1620122471556.jpg)
Fears: During a recent appearance on Lorraine, Abbie explained that while recovering, she was afraid that she would ‘never look the same’ and could not return to her dream job of performing