Plymouth, UK (The Weekly Vice) -- Women who are dreaming of silky smooth skin and considering a chemical peel.... Holly Nuttall would like to have a word with you.
Holly Nuttal, a 30-year-old woman from Plymouth, England had the same dream of fresh, smooth skin. She trotted down to a local salon and began the seemingly painless 15-minutes treatment, never knowing the horror that was about to await her.
Three days after the procedure, she didn't see the fresh, smooth skin emerging that she expected. Instead she found a blotchy, swollen, scarred face staring back.
The swelling continued, and eventually Nuttal found herself in a Derriford hospital battling for her life as the swelling began to restrict her windpipe - making it difficult to breath.
"It was horrific," says Holly about the ordeal. "I thought I was going to die. I sat in [the] hospital and wondered if my face would ever stop swelling."
Doctors treated Holly with morphine, steroids and anti-histamine, which helped to reduce the swelling. Her skin however still bears the blotchy, chicken pox-like blemishes from the severe allergic reaction that resulted from the treatment.
"Now I have to deal with the blisters and rash," said Holly. "It's not awful, but they are a reminder of what can happen if your body reacts to a chemical beauty treatment."
Holly, has filed suit against the salon, claiming that it should have first conducted a skin test for potential allergic reactions to the chemicals that would be used.
"Women should be aware of the awful consequences if things go wrong," Holly said.
The Weekly Vice Opinion:
We're sorry to see Holly inherit an elephant hide for her face, however we think her lawsuit is "rubbish" as the Brits like to call it.
If salons began performing multiple allergy tests before every hair dye, perm and skin peel, women would be stampeding to the manager, asking why it's taking so long to get into their appointments.
It's just not practical to run a battery of allergy tests, especially when multiple chemicals are involved.
If you eat a peanut and then learn you are allergic to peanuts, should you sue Mr. Peanut?
Danny Vice
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Eating a peanut? Comparing being allergic to peanuts and a chemical reaction is..........well, nuts. Like comparing apples to oran....nah even worse than that. It's like comparing apples to peanuts.
Makes my skin crawl.
IMO, buyer beware. it is up to the buyer to first investigate before buyiong in any market. Holly the dolly should have went to the doctor and gotten advice BEFORE pursuing this. To ask that the salon become doctors for free is rubbish. Allergy tests are NOT cheap, and take a lot of time. Holly should have aksed her doctor to test her before going to get this treatment.
She deserved what she got
The picture of the young lady before the process made me wonder why she thought she needed more work done on her mug.
I thought she was a pleasant looking girl.
But rather than be happy in her gifts and count her blessings she went for more.
I wish her well and a healthy recovery.
Moral to the story: Count your blessings for the little time we have, no matter what road you choose, we all grow old and die.
Holy Crap!
She'd definitely have a case here in America. You can sue for anything here.
Apparently it also turned her hair gray and her eyes blue.
Her hair is blond and her eyes are in fact blue. The photo to the left is a studio, color enhanced photo, the photo to the right is a cheap home photo.
When writing the story, I watched several interviews of this woman, and she does indeed have blue eyes. The photo we received for this comparison makes it look like her eyes are gray or green, but that is not the case in person
this is what i dont understand she has a case with this, which im sorry that she was hurt but its bull, but after i had surg. a pharamcy gave me the wrong scribt and i ended up taking one before my mom realized what they did and since i wasnt injured its ok the pharamcy gets away with it and they can do it again they didnt even feel guilty and told my bf and brother that they give someone the wrong med at least once a week i see something wrong here.......
spot tests are usually highly recommended by professionals when trying a new product. But its not a common thing for people to do.
hind sight being 20/20, maybe Holly would have saved herself alot of health problems, pain and scarring if she got a spot/patch test of the treatment. But does the Salon have a legal responsibility to recommend one? are we, humans, so rediculousely stupid that we cannot be expected to be responsibible for our own safety?
this problem reminds me of warning labels that seem to be directed at the hopelessly stupid, warning poeple that "razor blades are sharp" and "coffee is hot".
should salon beauticians get a medical degree to do a simple hair color job? do salons need to hand out questionairs that require their client's medical history?
or should we, as intelligent consumers bear some of the responsibility of making sure we understand the risks and protecting ourselves in a reasonable manner?
If i were a judge and had full authority over this, I would find both the client and the salon responsible, have the salon give a full refund and all the medical costs associated with restoring this woman's appearance should be shared equally
at 30, you've tried several products and treatements, read a few labels and would have come across a few that recommend doing a test patch. why anyone with an intelligent mind assume that this great recommendation would only go for just the products with the warning, defys all logic. As for the salon, the "Professional" thing to do is recommend a spot test and leave it up to the customer to refuse it.
but this judgement would be contingent on the the fact that beautician offered and applied, with due care, a legal treatement what was within his/her legal training and licencing.
After dying my hair for almost 25 years I never bothered with the recommended 24 hour spot test. About 2-3 years ago I dyed it, using the same brand I have used for years. My head burned like it was on fire. By the time I had washed it and rinsed it under cool water 5 times in a row, I had some relief and thought the worst was done and I won't ever buy that brand again. Wrong! Not only was my scalp covered with little sores, anywhere my hair touched my body I had large blustery sores, I have hair down to my butt and usually just wear it in 2 braids, where my braids lay across my neck and down between my breasts I had a horrible rash with dozens of small blisters, and I woke up a few days later with the skin on the top, and back of both ears was just peeling off. I talked to a hair stylist and asked her if she knew anything about this type of reaction and would I ever be able to color it again. She recommended a different brand, and said that I should always do the spot test. We were on vacation in Europe and I found a brand that was supposed to be very gentle. I did the test without any problems, so I went ahead with the full head, and about 15-20 minutes later my scalp was on fire. I spent the rest of my vacation with the same problems as before, except I couldn't find any Benadryl, which helped stop the itching. We were in Paris at the time and nobody had any idea where I could find diphenhydromine (generic for Benadryl, so I walked around France constantly scratching my head. It probably looked like I had live. As my hair has grown out I hate the two different colors, but I will never use a chemical hair dye again. I have been reading about using henna and indigo, both are natural and are used in countries where woman have that beautiful, shining black hair. While my reaction was painful and uncomfortable, what happened to this woman is unreal. She must have been painful and distressing. At the very least salons should have customers read about the risks that are associated with the procedure and have them sign a waiver. Never mind the physical pain she suffered, her psychological pain will probably never heal.
Holly Nuttall is a dumb fuck!
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