‘I’ve been getting my nails done all my life - all of a sudden I can barely move my hands’
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA woman who had her nails done religiously ‘for years’ claims she's been left barely able to use her hands. Lisa Dewey feared she would lose a finger after developing a sudden suspected allergy following a manicure.
At first the 36-year-old believed she was suffering from a bacterial infection after noticing her set of gel nails had become inflamed and started peeling away from the nail bed.
Her finger even began to turn purple while the others became itchy and extremely sore. READ MORE: Wetherspoons customers ‘gasp’ at new drink dubbed ‘worst in the world’ Lisa was given a steroid cream and antibiotic to fight it off, however after deciding to get a set of acrylic nails put on last month, the mum-of-two found she was hurting again. "I've been getting my nails done all my life for acrylics or gels.
When it first happened after a set of gels in February, I thought it was a bacterial infection. "My nail bed even started going purple and I worried I would lose the whole finger.
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