A woman, 18, has been left with life-changing injuries after her hair got stuck in a fun fair ride.

The horrifying incident happened at Netley Marsh Steam and Craft Show in the village of Netley Marsh, Hampshire, just before 11pm yesterday.

It came after the woman reportedly got her hair trapped in a set of moving rollers on the floor of the Fun House ride, a witness said, according to The Standard.

Nurse Emma Perry luckily happened to be on hand to help when the girl's friend rushed off the ride desperate for assistance with attending to her terrible injuries.

The practitioner, 51, who works at nearby Southampton General Hospital, said the woman was bleeding, 'screaming' and 'clearly very distressed' after 'three-quarters' of her scalp had been 'ripped off', The Echo reports.