Woman pays £68 for plush manicure but people are horrified at the state of her fingers when she leaves
IF you were paying £68 for a manicure, you’d expect to leave the salon happy with the finished look – right?
Well, one woman was anything but after visiting her local nail shop, as she left with bleeding cuticles.
She took to Reddit to share pictures of her nails after her appointment, as well as the snap she’d given the technician before she started.
“My design looks nothing like the inspo pic – she picked the most horrible fleshy tone for me,” she wrote alongside the snaps.
“Then at the end when I complained you couldn’t see the chrome tips she did she gaslit me and said that chrome tips and cat eye are just gonna blend like that …. Yeah … because you used the wrong chrome!”
Not only was she unhappy with the colour choice, she was also left fuming by the state of her cuticles.
“The tech literally RIPPED my cuticle up, it hurt sooo bad I was hollering,” she continued.
“She kept wanting to clip the chunk of skin off but I had to tell her to leave alone and let it heal or it’d just start bleeding nonstop again (also it fricking hurt)!”
She added in response to another comment that she’d initially decided to “keep my mouth shut” when the technician clipped her with the cuticle cutters – acknowledging that it “happens on occasion”.
“But she immediately put glue on it (without cleaning it) slapped a cotton pad on it trying to wipe some of it off,” she continued.
“But it immediately adhered and when she ripped it up it literally ripped my nail bed even more open! I was like OW OW OW!
“Omg the whole place was staring at me it was awful!
“She’s like, ‘Omg I made it worse!’
“It hurt sooooo bad!”
She added that the salon then charged her £68 ($91) for the manicure, as she questioned why she even agreed to pay.
“I’m so upset!” she said.
“I ended going across the street to another salon and they were able to do what I wanted.
“They were surprised how my nails looked.”
What is a Fungal nail infection?
What is a Fungal nail infection?
What is a Fungal nail infection?
Fungal nail infections typically affect your toenails, but you can get them on your fingernails as well.
They are common but they can take a long time to treat.
How to spot it:
They can start at the edge of the nail before spreading to the middle.
The nail can look discoloured and thicker in places.
It can also become brittle and have pieces break off.
How to treat it:
A pharmacist could prescribe an anti fungal nail cream which can take up to 12 months to cure the nail.
Another option is a nail-softening cream which is used for two weeks to soften the nail so the infected part can be scraped away.
How to avoid it:
Keep feet clean and dry
Wear clean socks every day
Wear flip flops in showers at the gym or pool
Get rid of old shoes
People were quick to comment on the post, with one writing: “Omg, I’m so sorry that happened to you!
“The nail tech that did that to you should lose their license.
“Cutting a client up like that is absolutely unacceptable.”
“Putting nail glue on an open wound is insane,” another said.
“I had one person do that to my nails and it terrified me.
“I was so worried I would get an infection. Please just let it stop bleeding then continue.
“Don’t risk me getting an infection just so you can get me out a few minutes sooner!”
“That is 100% unacceptable, oh my God!” another wrote.
“Even if they don’t refund you, the owner should at least know what the tech did to you so they can (hopefully) address it.”
“I am so serious, you need to report that place – it’s absolutely never ok for the nail tech to make you bleed like that,” someone else said.
“It literally can spread communicable diseases or injure your nail plates.”