A Perth lady has been advised she might lose a thumb after contracting a terrifying bacterial an infection from a manicure.
Sue, 48, has lived with a searing ache in her thumb for the final two years after contracting a staph an infection whereas getting a manicure at a Perth magnificence salon.
She claims the technician mistook her naked nails for acrylics and began grinding them down with a device earlier than soaking them in acetone.
“I did tell them they were my actual nails, but they kept grinding them still,” she advised Nine News.
The 48-year-old later spent 5 days in hospital after discovering {that a} chunk of her thumb bone would should be eliminated.
She says she continues to dwell with a persistent throbbing and searing ache in her thumb.
“It really throbs and you can’t get away from it,” she advised Nine News.
Now she’s determined to take authorized motion towards the nail salon for failing to satisfy “hygiene standards”.
“You wouldn’t go into a dirty dentist, so why would you go into a dirty nail bar?” she mentioned.
Originally revealed as Woman claims botched manicure might price her a thumb
