Woman forced to have finger cut off after a visit to a nail salon

February 5, 2019  21:30

A woman has had to have her finger amputated after she developed an infection during a visit to a nail salon.

Stella Falcone caught the infection after getting a tiny cut during a manicure in Melbourne.

She was told to go to the hospital, where she then had days of operations before her finger had to be cut off.

Falcone told Channel 9’s A Current Affair 'I had five operations in six days and I ended up losing the top of my finger.’

'The equipment at the nail salon wasn't sterilised.’she continued.

Her case came to light after reporter Alex Bernhardt suffered an infection in her elbow called septic bursitis after getting a cut at a nail salon.

She had to spend three days in the hospital on intravenous antibiotics and only just avoided surgery.

Source: wsfm.com.au

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