Posted on 07/24/2018 11:30:10 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK
Woman almost loses leg after infection, disease blamed on pedicure
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — The infection that a North Carolina woman contracted at a 'grade A salon' urged her to issue a warning to other pedicure lovers.
According to a Facebook post, on June 22 Tracy Lynn Martinez went to get a pedicure at her local salon in Winston, North Carolina.
The next day, she said that she had body chills, nausea, and dizziness. She tried to sleep it off but when she woke up her leg had swollen to three times its size.
Martinez called an ambulance and shortly after doctors diagnosed her with a severe case of cellulitis.
Cellulitis is a disease developed from a strep infection coming from a 'callus cutter' which is used to slice the dead skin of the balls of feet.
It took Martinez two weeks in the hospital to reach stabilization and she is now on a three month course of medication along with compression socks that she is required to wear.
She said the salon seemed very clean and the people were nice but she was unaware that the tool they were using to cut the dead skin off the balls of her feet is actually banned in North Carolina, as in many other states.
Martinez urges other salon goers to be cautious of what tools are being used on them. Anything slicing or cutting could lead to infections that last forever.
I get a pedicure every single month and yes, I see men in there getting pedicures. They just forego the polish. ;)
What do they do in a pedicure that doesn’t include polish, besides the foot massage? You can soak your own feet at home. I’ve never had a pedicure. I don’t get dry skin, callouses or what have you, and I can paint my own toenails. It’s quick to do.
My daughter and I have always got a kick out of that nail salon skit. It is spot on :-)
We ad-lib our own lines to it.
You want lip wax?
No, thanks. Not today.
Ohhhh....you NEED lip wax, honey.
Good part starts around 55 seconds...funny lady.
Oh no...I was too late to the party...see my comment #24.
I’ve been going to our Vietnamese hair-cutter for over 20 years now. Amazing story of how she and most of her family survived.
But I still have to stifle a smile when she talks Vietnamese to her co-worker while she’s cutting my hair!
My wife goes to see “Amy” for her nails. Amy’s family are Vietnamese refugees. Tremendously hard working people. Amy and her husband actually attended my wife’s mother’s funeral...they didn’t even know grandma...just my wife.
It’s a treat. I’ve gone to the same salon about 15 years. They have great massage chairs and if they’re not busy let me sit in the chair as long as I like. I don’t want to do my own pedis and for $20 a month never will.
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