For Immediate
Release ....October 22, 2007,
Contact: Michael Fickel, 512-463-3208
The Largest
Fine, $250,000 in Texas's recorded history
to a Beauty School for selling Nail Tech /Cosmetology
Licenses to "fake" students around the United
States
Click Here
October 16, 2007
MRSA
(Staph) Infections
May Surpass AIDs Deaths
Comment: (DR. Spalding,
" which means all nail salons must take more
precautions and clients should make legislators
state adopt autoclave/ sterilization").
Click Here for story 1
Click here for story 2
Aug 8, 2006 7:30 pm US/Pacific
Lawsuit: South Bay Salon
Gave Deadly Pedicure
Click
here, to read and view the video news:
Mother Blames Pedicure
For Daughter's Death
Lawsuit claims woman
developed bacterial infection from
whirlpool
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14253065/
TDLR Investigators Inspect Eight Beaumont
Salons - Evidence Showing Apparent Health
and Safety Violations Leads to Sweep
July 2007
Investigators from the Texas Department
of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) conducted
unannounced investigations at eight nail
salons in Beaumont Wednesday morning after
receiving evidence that all eight salons
had serious sanitation violations.
One was Regal Nails part of the largest
chain of nail salons in WALMARTs around
the United States.
read
the full story here
Whirlpool Disinfection Regulation Panel Recommendations
State of California Consumer Affairs
Recommendations of the Working Group
On Footspa Safety
Whirlpool Disinfection Study
Whirlpool Disinfection Protocol
For
more on the dangers, and the industry, be
sure to pick up your copy of:
Death
By Pedicure
Dr.
Bob Spalding is a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine
with a degree from The New York College of
Podiatric Medicine. The Area Podiatry
Centers were started in 1998 by Dr. Spalding.
Dr. Spalding also manufactures many foot care
product lines. The Area Podiatry Centers currently
operate at four locations and provides general
foot surgery and podiatric medical problems
such as heel pain, nail fungus, and painful
corns
with an intense specialty
in injuries from nail salons to include artificial
nails, foot infections, dermatitis, nail fungus,
and allergic reactions (see links below).
I have been trying to change the US national
nail salon market for nearly 10 years and
find that most of the nail related injuries
are preventable. Some injuries are directly
related to poor product design. Most
are due to poor disinfection habits, poor
and absent training, or incorrect artificial
nail application and removal technique. I
have written extensively, been interviewed
on radio and TV multiple times, have published
news articles and lectured on this subject
for many years.
I am starting the first US survey,
www.Nailsaloninfectionsurvey.com
to find out to finally find out how
many injuries are caused by nail salons
and beauty shops per year so that physicians
can work with the industry to correct this
problem. This will be released to the nail
industry to hopefully make changes.
My new book, Death By Pedicure provides
this infection estimate for manicures and
pedicures. It is a significant number.
I
have been advocating that
all state boards of cosmetology switch
to sterilization.
I recommend this due to the simple fact
that not all nail techs take the proper
time to "sanitize
and disinfect" their instruments.
Clients receiving these services cannot
determine if proper disinfection has been
accomplished before they are served.
Currently no states except Texas require
sterilization of nail instruments.
"Sanitation” is less effective
than the autoclave/sterilization services
the public expects from any doctor or hospital.
You have a right to peace of mind and demand
this from your
State Board of Cosmetology to change your
state’s regulations.
Make
sure you involve your podiatrist or physician
if you have a nail infection as soon as
possible.
The nail salons and beauty shops have been
the brunt of a major image problem with
the recent death in Texas from a pedicure.
All state boards should additionally institute
state by state continuing education credits
to improve nail salon safety.
Not all states require this and some states
are reducing the ability of cosmetology
board to enforce
existing regulations.
I
also have advocated the additional yearly
state mandated continuing education credit
training of nail techs to improve their
understanding of medical problems and explain
how they should refer their patients
appropriately to podiatrists (see link),
dermatologists and other health professionals
before an accidental problem get much worse.
I
do not recommend nail techs ever
use callous cutters also called Credo®
blades. I can provide a list of all
states that do not allow callous cutters
in my new book, Death By Pedicure.
If you have been injured or have
an infection or have questions about nail
salons, manicures, pedicures, or pedicure
chairs I would like to offer my medical
advice by phone for a minimal fee.
I can do a telephone medical consultations
during or after hours by calling 423-756
FOOT (3668).
My
new book, DEATH
BY PEDICURE,
is the first book of its kind for the general
public, physicians and nail techs who are
interested in the world of nail salon accidents
in detail. The book explains how you can
protect yourself from injury or infection
in a nail salon. The book also suggests
how nail techs can improve the nail
salon industry. My book now comes
with an online certification course at
www.DrSpalding.com.
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