MRSA Notes

This is a new one for me – unbelievable. Be OH so careful in salons, especially if MRSA has been found in your community, and be sure they are just as clean as they can possibly be. Have your technician wear gloves if there is going to be skin contact. This woman, Amber Witherow, contracted MRSA through eyebrow waxing. MRSA in your face is so serious, not that anywhere else it isn’t, but it is so close to your brain. Use your brains and be very careful. And keep Amber in your prayers.

NBC11.com – Health – Salon Trip Nearly Kills Woman, She Says
“It all started when I got my eyebrows waxed. I got my hair cut and everything because I wanted to look good,” Amber Witherow told television station WGAL.

What happened next took Witherow completely by surprise. Days after her trip to the salon, an infection developed near her right eye.

“It was to the point where my eye was purple, swollen shut and there was a hole in my head,” she said. “It started to really hurt. (I) got headaches, migraines. I was throwing up, so I went to the doctor, my family doctor.”
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The infection was so severe Witherow was admitted to Lancaster General Hospital so that infectious disease doctors could get it under control. She was suffering from a particular staph infection known as methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA

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