"I got my nails done and nearly had to get my hand amputated"
Literally screams infection...
This salon didn’t quite nail it when it came to a safe and sanitary procedures for their customers.
A woman from the UK forked out the big bucks for some gorgeous nails, but was it worth the risk of losing a finger?
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You’d never say that a nail salon could be the cause of an amputation but, yeah, it happened.
Watch beauty fan, Beth Josey, share her story:
@bethjozey Replying to @Kiara part 2 to the horror nail salon experience resulting in ONLY wearing kmart nails forever 💀 #kmart #kmartfinds #nails #nailsalonproblems ♬ original sound - Beth Jozey
“I almost had my thumb amputated and now I only wear KMart press on nails"
Millions of people reached out on TikTok expressing their concern and thoughts on this delicate matter.
She shares that despite the salon appearing to make a great first impression, it was only downhill from there.
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The avid nail-biter suffered from damage to her nails, thus would frequently get them done to avoid biting and embarrassment.
Some of the red flags she came to notice were staff not cleaning equipment properly, as well as using equipment on one person and immediately transferring it to another
The next day she began to notice something terribly wrong.
“My nails started to really ache. They felt really tight, particularly on this thumb,” she explains, pointing at her left thumb. “It felt like an ingrowing nail and it started to get red and really hurt.”
This your warning sign to speak up if you think something is wrong during a beauty session.
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