We’ve all experienced beauty disasters—bad hair days and makeup mishaps but what about beauty emergencies? Have you ever injured yourself thanks to your beauty routine? Actually painful and severe injuries can occur from our everyday beauty routines.
Burns from curling irons and flat irons are probably the most common injury. Curling irons and flat irons get up to dangerous temperatures. It’s important to remember to turn off your iron when you’re done and keep them away from children. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 7,700 injuries were caused to children under 5 years old were from touching a hot curling iron. Another 5,400 aged 15 – 24 experienced ER- treated burns from curling irons.
Pedicures can also be a health risk. People have actually died and had amputations caused from pedicure medical problems. Pedicure tools that aren’t properly cleaned can be a serious threat to your health. Also, tubs you soak your feet in need to be cleaned well or they can turn into a hot bed for bacteria. MRSA, or staph infections, that is resistant to antibiotics can also be contracted through tubs. The best thing you can do to protect yourself is to make sure your salon disinfects well. Also, make sure you don’t have any open cuts on your feet or legs, and as gross as it seems, don’t shave your legs before you go—less chance for bacteria to get into open pores.
Here are some less common beauty-related injuries. Don’t let these beauty emergencies happen to you! Ouch!
• Cat Attack: One woman describes when she was using an eyelash curler and her cat jumped up on her bathroom counter at her. She was startled and ended up pulling out ALL her eyelashes. Although her eyelashes grew back, she had to have mix-matched eyes for awhile.
• Shards Glass Real Life: Think skin cancer is your only risk with tanning? Think again! One woman was using a stand up tanning bed and a UV bulb burst sending shards of glass all over her body. The woman suffered only minor cuts, but still that can’t feel good!
• Burns in Unexpected Places: One woman in Connecticut experienced a Brazilian gone bad. When she went for a Brazilian wax the salon technician let the hot wax drip to places it shouldn’t. Yikes! The incident resulted in severe burns that not only caused intense pain for the woman but gave her a hospital bill of $750. Needless to say, the woman won a lawsuit of $100,000 against the salon.
So, be careful with your daily beauty routine! Even the things that make you feel great about the way you look, can also hand your some painful injuries.
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