SHAVING her bikini line almost cost a mum 'her life' - after she developed three deadly infections as well as a pus-filled abscess in her groin.

Crystal Worel shaved with a razor in the shower before slipping into a swimsuit and heading on a family day trip to Kalama in Washington, US, on August 10.

The mum-of-two enjoyed a cooling dip in the Columbia River before heading home.

When she noticed some redness in her bikini line , she assumed she was suffering from razor burn.

Days later Crystal noticed tiny blisters bubbling up around the hair follicles she'd shaved, her temperature shot up and she started vomiting.

Crystal went to hospital and was told she was suffering from the bacterial infections cellulitis, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Morganella morga

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