She “dyed” and came back as an emoticon. A Texas woman said she was left looking like an “emoji” after a horrific hair dye reaction caused her face to balloon up to cartoonish proportions.

Take a look below. Have you noticed a lot of the emoji on your phone point left? Whether it's a car, a person walking, or a dog, many of the emoji at your fingertips are designed to face leftward.

A woman claims a horror reaction to hair dye left her looking like an 'emoji' as her entire head ballooned, leaving her unable to see for days. Shanika McNeil, a tech coordinator from Houston ...

A woman has detailed how her attempt to dye her hair went horribly wrong as she suffered a horrific allergic reaction that left her looking like an "emoji" as her entire head ballooned.