Salon Dangers - What You Should Know

David · #1 02-17-2008

Newsweek has a disturbing article on safety at the salon. They have two particularly great tips that can help you protect your health:

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3. Stubble? No Trouble Shave after, not before, getting a pedicure. While some bacteria residue can irritate your skin or cause a surface infection, infectious particles getting inside you can be much more dangerous. Recently shaved legs have small cuts or pore openings that can give infectious diseases an entrance to your bloodstream. There's no shame in flaunting some leg whiskers.

4. Rub a Tub Tub When getting a pedicure, make sure the foot bath is cleaned—and cleaned well—between customers. If a nail technician doesn't ask you to wash your hands and feet before your procedure, odds are she didn't ask the person before you either. And that's how the nasty stuff spreads. A few years ago researchers from the California Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control swabbed 30 foot baths in salons around California after an outbreak of leg scarring. Even though most businesses disinfected equipment properly, the researchers found bacteria that could cause boils and rashes in 29 of them (97 percent!).

Elizabeth · #2 02-21-2008

I saw this same article. It is so disgusting the things that you can contract from the salon! I'm very lucky that the girl I go to is very clean and I've never had a problem!

Lzeisloft · #3 02-21-2008

Wow. I get pedi's once in a while and my lady has never asked me to wash my feet. I go to a pretty high end place too! I never thought of that. Crazy! It's under new ownership now though. Maybe they changed the rules...

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