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Tuesday, 7 October 2014
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Monday, 6 October 2014
The horrifying dangers of manicure...from agonizing wounds to amputated fingers!
Anna Cowie's story:
Six months pregnant Anna Cowie got a cut from her nail technician's scalpel when she decided to pamper herself with a pedicure.
That cut resulted in an infection so serious that Anna needed three operations to rectify it, and couldn't walk without crutches for two months.
Anna Cowie
In April, Anna paid £15 for a manicure and pedicure at what she believed to be a reputable salon.
‘I barely ever got my nails done, but wanted to treat myself,’ she says.
‘There was no consultation, I was ushered into a chair and a man set to work on my feet...
‘When he started removing the hard skin with a scalpel, I was worried but assumed he knew what he was doing.’
She describes the cut, on her left heel, as being like a paper cut. ‘It was sharp but not too painful....
‘Our eyes met as he rubbed the wound, but he said nothing. It looked deep, but, with barely any blood, I would have felt stupid complaining.’
Three days later, Anna’s cut started to bleed and became increasingly inflamed and painful over the next three weeks.
After a podiatrist’s attempt to clean the wound failed, Anna visited her GP, who sent her to Chelsea And Westminster Hospital.
‘He was worried the infection could have entered my bone,’ says Anna.
A nurse there told Anna that had she been diabetic, with poor blood circulation, she could have lost her foot.
A surgeon removed the infected tissue, bandaged up her foot to her ankle, and prescribed antibiotics. She was told to return to hospital every three days for her dressings.
The infection went leaving a bumpy pink growth of tissue and blood vessels.
Anna was later referred to the Dermatology And Plastics Department of Chelsea And Westminster Hospital, where she had more surgery to remove the 1 cm growth.
She complained to the salon, which apologised and admitted it was at fault.
They offered to pay for private hospital care.
Anna was on crutches until a week before her son was born in July. Afterwards, she was prescribed a strong steroid cream that she had been unable to use while pregnant because of the harm it could have caused her unborn baby.
Kate Cassidy's story:
53 yr old Kate Cassidy from Windsor, Berkshire, started having acrylic nails in which technicians glue on a false nail tip and paint over that and the nail with an acrylic solution.
The natural nail first needs to be vigorously filed....
‘It was agonising at first, but I thought that was normal,’ says Kate. ‘I used to take paracetamol before having it done,’ says Kate. ‘My nails looked fantastic and remained shiny for weeks.’
The procedure is seen as so damaging that the U.S., Australia and New Zealand have all banned the use of methyl methacrylate — a chemical in acrylic — on the grounds that removing it is too dangerous to the health of the nail.
‘I knew my nails were being whittled away, but once I got into the habit, it was incredibly difficult to stop,’ says Kate.
When her nail technician removed the acrylic nails, she was horrified at what she saw.... ‘All ten of my nails were white from a fungal infection.....
Infections from acrylic nails often occur when the acrylic and natural nail become separated, allowing bacteria and fungus to enter.
They can also be caused by poor hygiene at the nail salon.
‘The manager called to apologise and I told her they had to improve their hygiene standards. Had I taken legal action, I could have shut them down, but they were hard-working girls. I felt sorry for them.’
The next day, Kate’s GP prescribed her six months of anti-fungal drugs. They stopped Kate’s infection spreading, but she had to wait nine months for it to grow out.
‘My nails looked disgusting and made me feel incredibly self-conscious,’ says Kate, who also developed stomach upsets from the anti-fungal medication and has vowed never to have acrylic nails applied again.
Becky Ashton’s story:
Becky Ashton’s right thumb nail is permanently ridged and prone to splitting after an incident six years ago.
‘I’d gone to the same salon for three years, but decided to try a new salon when my manicurist went on maternity leave,’ says Becky, 35, from Bebington, Cheshire.
She paid £25 for French-manicured acrylics in 2008. ‘While my manicurist was filing down the side of my nail, she was gossiping to her colleague and was clearly distracted,’ says Becky.
‘She continued until the side of my thumb where the skin joins the nail was ripped off. I shrieked as blood poured out and my whole thumb throbbed with pain.’
Her manicurist seemed unconcerned. ‘She wrapped cotton wool around it and carried on,’ says Becky. ‘She didn’t say sorry — and I was too polite to make a fuss. She’d already done one hand, so I couldn’t walk out.
‘My skin felt raw, but I still had to have the acrylic nail painted on, which involved putting pressure on my nail. It was agonising.’
Becky’s nail was painful for three weeks. ‘Because there was an acrylic nail covering it, my skin didn’t get the air it needed to heal quickly, and because the acrylic nails were pale, you could see the blood beneath.’
She set up a website, Who Can Cut It? to recommend reputable salons.
‘I want to make sure no other woman goes through what I did,’ says Becky.
‘All too often, they get their hands and nails done without having a clue what they’re letting themselves in for.’
#dailymail
Six months pregnant Anna Cowie got a cut from her nail technician's scalpel when she decided to pamper herself with a pedicure.
That cut resulted in an infection so serious that Anna needed three operations to rectify it, and couldn't walk without crutches for two months.
Anna Cowie
In April, Anna paid £15 for a manicure and pedicure at what she believed to be a reputable salon.
‘I barely ever got my nails done, but wanted to treat myself,’ she says.
‘There was no consultation, I was ushered into a chair and a man set to work on my feet...
‘When he started removing the hard skin with a scalpel, I was worried but assumed he knew what he was doing.’
She describes the cut, on her left heel, as being like a paper cut. ‘It was sharp but not too painful....
‘Our eyes met as he rubbed the wound, but he said nothing. It looked deep, but, with barely any blood, I would have felt stupid complaining.’
Three days later, Anna’s cut started to bleed and became increasingly inflamed and painful over the next three weeks.
After a podiatrist’s attempt to clean the wound failed, Anna visited her GP, who sent her to Chelsea And Westminster Hospital.
‘He was worried the infection could have entered my bone,’ says Anna.
A nurse there told Anna that had she been diabetic, with poor blood circulation, she could have lost her foot.
A surgeon removed the infected tissue, bandaged up her foot to her ankle, and prescribed antibiotics. She was told to return to hospital every three days for her dressings.
The infection went leaving a bumpy pink growth of tissue and blood vessels.
Anna was later referred to the Dermatology And Plastics Department of Chelsea And Westminster Hospital, where she had more surgery to remove the 1 cm growth.
She complained to the salon, which apologised and admitted it was at fault.
They offered to pay for private hospital care.
Anna was on crutches until a week before her son was born in July. Afterwards, she was prescribed a strong steroid cream that she had been unable to use while pregnant because of the harm it could have caused her unborn baby.
Kate Cassidy's story:
53 yr old Kate Cassidy from Windsor, Berkshire, started having acrylic nails in which technicians glue on a false nail tip and paint over that and the nail with an acrylic solution.
The natural nail first needs to be vigorously filed....
‘It was agonising at first, but I thought that was normal,’ says Kate. ‘I used to take paracetamol before having it done,’ says Kate. ‘My nails looked fantastic and remained shiny for weeks.’
The procedure is seen as so damaging that the U.S., Australia and New Zealand have all banned the use of methyl methacrylate — a chemical in acrylic — on the grounds that removing it is too dangerous to the health of the nail.
‘I knew my nails were being whittled away, but once I got into the habit, it was incredibly difficult to stop,’ says Kate.
When her nail technician removed the acrylic nails, she was horrified at what she saw.... ‘All ten of my nails were white from a fungal infection.....
Infections from acrylic nails often occur when the acrylic and natural nail become separated, allowing bacteria and fungus to enter.
They can also be caused by poor hygiene at the nail salon.
‘The manager called to apologise and I told her they had to improve their hygiene standards. Had I taken legal action, I could have shut them down, but they were hard-working girls. I felt sorry for them.’
The next day, Kate’s GP prescribed her six months of anti-fungal drugs. They stopped Kate’s infection spreading, but she had to wait nine months for it to grow out.
‘My nails looked disgusting and made me feel incredibly self-conscious,’ says Kate, who also developed stomach upsets from the anti-fungal medication and has vowed never to have acrylic nails applied again.
Becky Ashton’s story:
Becky Ashton’s right thumb nail is permanently ridged and prone to splitting after an incident six years ago.
‘I’d gone to the same salon for three years, but decided to try a new salon when my manicurist went on maternity leave,’ says Becky, 35, from Bebington, Cheshire.
She paid £25 for French-manicured acrylics in 2008. ‘While my manicurist was filing down the side of my nail, she was gossiping to her colleague and was clearly distracted,’ says Becky.
‘She continued until the side of my thumb where the skin joins the nail was ripped off. I shrieked as blood poured out and my whole thumb throbbed with pain.’
Her manicurist seemed unconcerned. ‘She wrapped cotton wool around it and carried on,’ says Becky. ‘She didn’t say sorry — and I was too polite to make a fuss. She’d already done one hand, so I couldn’t walk out.
‘My skin felt raw, but I still had to have the acrylic nail painted on, which involved putting pressure on my nail. It was agonising.’
Becky’s nail was painful for three weeks. ‘Because there was an acrylic nail covering it, my skin didn’t get the air it needed to heal quickly, and because the acrylic nails were pale, you could see the blood beneath.’
She set up a website, Who Can Cut It? to recommend reputable salons.
‘I want to make sure no other woman goes through what I did,’ says Becky.
‘All too often, they get their hands and nails done without having a clue what they’re letting themselves in for.’
#dailymail
Sunday, 5 October 2014
77 yr old Bosnian grandmother claims she can cure ailments by licking people's eyeballs
77 year old Grandmother Hava Cebic, from Bosnia says she can cure all manner of eye problems by licking the patient's infected eyeballs.
Mrs Cebic, has been helping her neighbours and friends with their eye problems for 40 years and now claims people from nearby towns and villages are flocking to her, hoping her tongue can help cure their ailments ranging from allergies, dry eyes and conjunctivitis and can even reduce the symptoms of cataracts.
A recent Japanese craze for eyeball licking was said to have resulted in a plague of eye chlamydia, styles and conjunctivitis.
World's most expensive perfume sold in Harrods for £143,000
British perfumer Clive Christian has created a special edition of his No1 perfume to mark the opening of the Salon de Parfum boutique at the London department store.
The fragrance, No1 Passant Guardant, uses the perfume house's signature crystal bottle and is covered in hand-crafted, 24 carat gold lattice-work. It costs a staggering sum of £143,000.
The No1 Passant Guardant
Friday, 3 October 2014
First baby born after successful womb transplant!
The first baby has been born to a woman who has had a womb transplant.
It is thought the birth took place in Sweden. Details of the birth are due to be released in The Lancet medical journal next week.
The woman is said to be a patient of Dr Mats Brannstrom, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg, Sweden.
She had an embryo transplanted in January after having IVF.
On Friday night the team refused to confirm that a baby had been born saying: "As soon as there is a scientific peer-reviewed paper, we will comment on this. I will provide you with information as soon as we have some."
However last night an editorial on The Lancet website said:
"Reproductive medicine can boast many fertility milestones in its relatively short history: the arrival of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) in the late 1970s; the development of intracytoplasmic sperm injection in the early 1990s; the first ovarian transplant a decade ago; and next week we will hear details of the first livebirth after uterine transplantation.
"No-one can be in doubt that reproductive medicine is characterised by remarkable scientific progress on a very fundamental question—the very matter of life itself."
Richard Smith, consultant gynaecological surgeon at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in London said is preparing to do similar operations here next year funded by the charity Womb Transplant UK.
He said: "This is unbelievably exciting, its brilliant. We are submitting applications for ethics approval in the next few weeks with a view to doing human live transplants in the UK next year. ...''
The operation, follow-up and immune-suppressant drugs cost £100,000.
The first womb transplant was done in Saudi Arabia in 2000 but failed shortly afterwards.
In 2011 Derya Sert, 21, received a womb from a dead donor in Turkey. She conceived child but no heartbeate was detected and it was later terminated.
In 2012 it was announced by Dr Brannstrom that nine womb transplants had been carried out and all were successful.
Eight of the recipients suffer from MRKH syndrome, a congenital disorder which affects one in 5,000 women and prevents the womb from developing.
The ninth had her womb removed after suffering cervical cancer.
Until now,the only other options for women born without a womb is adoption or surrogacy if she wants to have a child genetically related to her but this is legally complicated in the UK.
#telegraph
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