Deadly diseases in the beauty salon .. How to avoid infection?

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One of the great experiences to lift the spirits of most women is to visit the beauty salon, where they can relax and adorn and get rid of the pressure of responsibilities, but this experience often ends with a nightmare.

Do not imagine a woman going to trim her nails and paint, a scenario may not return one of her fingers, or at least have to open it with a scalpel surgeon, or to be subject to chemical sessions; because she missed and thought of a little beautification.

Such stories may not be common, but they happen a lot. The last thing we heard was the story of a woman who visited her salon, which she has been visiting for years in Central Coast, north Sydney, and ended up in hospital for surgery on her middle finger after a serious infection.

Blue fingers

A few days after a woman visited her beauty salon and put acrylic paste on her nails to look stronger and longer, she woke up to severe pain and swelling in her middle finger, and underwent surgery to treat an infection that moved her due to lack of hygiene.

The woman shared her story via Facebook to warn women, after surgery, antibiotics and medical follow-up, with images of a swollen finger turning dark blue.

It was what I wrote: "The next day I noticed that the swelling developed all day, and by the third day the pain became unbearable, the tumor spread more, and I spent the whole day at Gosford Hospital, where I was told that I needed surgery to remove the infection, because it pressed the finger It may spread everywhere in the body. "

After warning her to go to beauty salons, she concluded: "I was never worried, and I did not imagine any harm to me in this place."

A suicide mission in a beauty salon
In his book "Death by Pedicure", Dr. Robert Spalding writes that the greatest risk to health in a beauty salon is injury that leads to injury. About 75% of beauty salons in the United States do not follow the official cleansing protocol.

It is almost impossible to find a salon that sterilizes its tools. Salons have to sterilize instruments using an autoclave, a machine used in medical clinics, and sterilize by steam and pressure. It is an ineffective method, unless the tools are soaked in the mixture with very hot water for 20 minutes, which is a long time to wait between clients. The tools are removed from the liquid early and another woman is injured.

Speed ​​and lack of concentration can cause nail cracks, or skin wounds on both sides, easily transmitting infection.Even if these wounds are simple and invisible, they - and others - can cause major problems such as hepatitis and life-threatening bacterial infections.

New York State pediatrician Dennis Schaffelson says beauty salons are quickly cutting nails instead of gently colding them to reduce effort and open up space to earn more by applying acrylic paste and persuading the client to do so.In the process, she is infected, at least irritating the skin. EMedicine Health.

How to avoid infection?

Avoid going to the traditional form of a beauty salon, and look for some skin and beauty clinics that offer foot care sessions.

2 - Bring your own tools, and do not hesitate to request to follow the procedures of disinfection of the tools, you can also ask the beautician to use plastic gloves during your service.

3. Ask your dermatologist about a beauty salon that uses maximum protection against infection and the most powerful means of cleansing.

4. Never allow anyone to exfoliate dead skin from your heels with a metal peeler, or any other type of sharp tool to remove the skin. These tools are illegal to use in some places because they are dangerous.

5 - If your nails are short and happy with acrylic technology, or put your hands under the device "UVA" (UVA) or ultraviolet radiation to dry your nail polish, they are exactly the same rays you use sunscreen ointments against them, and have devastating effects on the skin.

6 - If you can not dispense with acrylic and quick drying paint, you can paint your hands with sunscreen before putting them in the device to reduce the "UVA" (UVA) and "UVB" (UVB).

7 - One of the most dangerous things that some women do is to go to the beauty salon to get rid of foot fungus, which usually spread in moist and dark places, so if the foot baths and tools are not cleaned properly, everyone who put her feet in the same basin is vulnerable to injury.

Alternatively you can treat foot fungus at home, or go to a doctor to remove the damaged part of the nail.

8 - If you have a beauty salon or you feel any pain, redness or irritation in the skin after the visit, consult your dermatologist as soon as possible before the infection or spread.

9 - Try to stay away from the strong odors of acetone and other chemicals, because they cause asthma and irritation of the bronchi, according to research Faculty of Medicine at the University of Stonybrook.

These substances rely on formaldehyde and dibutyl phthalate, which must use respiratory masks in their surroundings; at least you should avoid badly ventilated salons.