A mum is warning that many acrylic nails could be hiding a 'poisonous' ingredient that left her teenage daughter's thumb so infected she needed her nail surgically removed. Rebecca Scott had treated her 15-year-old daughter Laylah Crane to £45 acrylic nails at a salon ahead of her year 11 prom on Friday, June 21. Unfortunately, a few days after attending the celebration, she claims Laylah bumped two of her fingers, causing the 'strong' artificials to tear up the natural nail underneath.
A shocking photo shows Laylah's 'sore' natural thumbnail ripping off under the glittery acrylic design. Thinking quickly, the mum-of-two rang her nail technician friend who booked Laylah in for an emergency appointment to have the whole set of acrylics taken off. But as her friend soaked and filed Laylah's false talons off she discovered 'yellow pus' under one of the injured fingers.
With her thumbnail being too painful to remove at the salon, Rebecca says she took her daughter to the urgent care centre at Warrington Hospital to seek professional help. She claims here she was told by a doctor that Laylah had developed an infection under two of her nails caused by her set of prom acrylics. Laylah was then prescribed antibiotics and transferred to the children's ward at Alder Hey Children's Hospital where she later underwent surgery to have her natural thumbnail removed.
Since having her thumbnail removed, Rebecca now believes Laylah's infection was caused by the original salon using a substanc.