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For: The opinion Posted Jan 15, 2023, 0:10 am EST
To the women who come to the beauty salon it never occurs to them that they could get cancer therebut that was precisely what happened recently to a woman in california
Grace Garcia, a 50-year-old California resident, lived a nightmare after going to a beauty salon to get a manicure, because after that day developed a rare form of cancer nail disease caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
In November 2021, Grace went to a new salon when her usual one was full. She there she asked me to give her a manicure; however, during the process, the technician made a cut in the cuticle of the right ring finger.
“He cut me deep, and it was one of the first times it happened to me. I’ve been doing my nails for years. She was upset,” the woman told Today.com. She added that he did not remember if the technician used new tools during the service, but that the wound did not heal after three days.
In the months that followed, Grace, a resident of San Gabriel, California, noticed that the blister near the nail was not getting better. So she went to the doctor, who sent her to a dermatologist for a finger biopsy.
cancer diagnosis
Grace then went to UCLA Health to see a specialist, Dr. Teo Soleymani, who told her that had squamous cell carcinomaa kind of skin cancer caused by HPV high risk, possibly triggered by your manicure.
The Californian citizen was officially diagnosed with a stage 1 cancerbut fortunately, he went to Dr. Soleymani well in advance.
“Their results are entirely dictated by how early it is detected, and very often they are completely curable,” Dr. told Today. “Thanks to his perseverance, he not only achieved a good result, but also probably saved from having his finger amputated“.
soleymani performed Mohs surgery and found clear margins around her finger, so no further treatment was necessary.
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