These days, there’s a good chance you could visit your salon and leave with more than just a new hairdo or manicure. You could walk away with a nasty infection, too. No matter how posh or pricey a salon is, if it isn’t keeping up with health and safety standards, it can easily become a breeding ground for harmful bacteria and germs.
FORT WORTH, Texas - Kimberly Kay Jackson loved getting pedicures each month, especially with bright pink nail polish, although as a paraplegic she couldn’t feel the massages and bubbling water on her feet.
But after her heel was cut with a pumice stone during a July pedicure, she developed an oozing wound that wouldn’t heal despite repeated rounds of antibiotics, relatives said. The 46-year-old died in February of a heart attack triggered by a staph infection, said the family’s attorney, Steven C. Laird.
Now, her three teenage children are suing Angel Nails and its owner for unspecified damages. The lawsuit, filed last week, claims the Fort Worth salon did not follow state regulations for disinfecting the whirlpool and instruments.
This story creeps me out because I sometimes go to a beauty salon to get a manicure and would think that there tools would be safe and clean. My mom got a pedicure once from this beauty salon at Park and Tilford, and a week later, there was something on her foot that looked like fungus. This was most likely caused from the salon not cleaning there tools properly. The place isnt very expensive, so I don't think they care enough for there salon. They need to start having health inspections for places like those to keep everyone safe when they go for anything done for themselves.
Author: Associated Press
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12866053/
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