'My finger popped': Woman's 'unbearable' infection after nail salon visit
A woman has been forced to have surgery after getting her nails done at a salon.
The woman shared her story on Facebook about the experience she had at a nail salon on the NSW Central Coast where she was a regular.
“I’ve been happy with my nails for years and never had any problems, however after my last infill a couple of weeks ago my finger tip started swelling up and was quite painful about a week after my infill,” she said.
She said the pain got so bad she ended up taking herself to hospital in Wyong on July 28, and ended up staying there the whole day until she was sent home in the afternoon with antibiotics, and a referral to see a specialist doctor.
The woman noticed the swelling getting worse on Tuesday and on Wednesday the pain was “unbearable” and the swelling had spread.
On Wednesday, back at Wyong hospital, it was decided she needed surgery to clean the infection.
“By Friday morning the pressure of the infection had gotten so much that the finger had literally popped and the ooze was leaking all over the place,” she said.
“I had surgery on Friday to clean out the infection and it went well.”
The woman said she wasn’t “out for blood” with the salon, but just to warn people of the dangers of getting their nails done.
“The whole purpose of this post is to warn others what can happen after getting their nails done at nail salons,” she said.
“The tools are taken with each nail technician from client to client, with no evidence of sterilisation in between clients. I hadn’t really worried about it thinking nothing bad would ever happen....until now!!!”
Health NSW has a number of strict regulations nail salons must follow, including specific sterilisation procedures.
If any nail salon was to reuse equipment, the articles must be sterilised on site, and the process must be supervised by someone who is “adequately trained” in the operation of the bench-top steriliser.
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