Okay, so I am thoroughly upset and reporting this because I am truly bothered by my experience. I wanted to wait until after I went to the doctor, and I was right, I have a fungus after getting a pedi... Read More
Okay, so I am thoroughly upset and reporting this because I am truly bothered by my experience. I wanted to wait until after I went to the doctor, and I was right, I have a fungus after getting a pedicure from this place. I am so upset because I have NEVER had this happen in my life...and I am 40 years old. I have been to this shop a few times and never had this experience and prior to my last visit had always been happy with the service. However, the night I got the pedicure my toes started itching really bad and I felt a little burn. A few days later, I noticed the cuticle area started turning white and flaking. Then, I started getting sores on my feet. Then my toenails started falling off. I went to Walmart and CVS over a few months now to get OTC fungal medicine, but that really didn't resolve the issue. While my toenails did grow back, my feet have never properly healed and so over the past two weeks I have had trips to a podiatrist. The first time I went they took nail and skin samples. Then, a week later I went back and got the results and I still have this fungus. I was given Clarus spray, Kera Nail Gel, and an antibiotic to take over the next 30 days. So far, my copay and Rx costs have been $134.00! As a Managing Manicurist (Ohio State School of Cosmetology Graduate), I should know to what things to watch for; but, honestly, I work so hard it's nice to be pampered. Now, I am just so over this experience that I will just have to suck it up and get back to doing my own manis and pedis. Aside from that, I must remind you all to take your own nail care equipment and polish, or watch and see if the salon you go to is properly sanitizing their equipment (ALL of it!) before you dip your feet and let them use any files, clippers, etc. on you. The time it takes to recover and not wear pretty sandals is worth you taking the extra step so you don't have this experience.***Response to Owner's Comments***I would surely HOPE that NOW you are using the liners as you stated because that was NEVER being done at ANY of my visits last year. I had reported this issue for other customers and honestly forgot to file an official complaint. However, trust me, I will be doing so Monday morning against your company to ensure what you have written as far as the recent changes you've made is true. Also, my complaint is NOT the first, and while I am NOT going to get in a battle of words and repost of other complaints on your establishment, I am more concerned about what happened with me at your nail salon. If you are truly a certified/licensed managing manicurist then you would know your comments are FALSE about how long it takes for a fungus. Anyway, if you are NOW using liners and disposable files, etc. Great! Again, to anyone else that read these comments, please make sure that when you go in to this shop that what the owner has listed is indeed accurate. In the meantime, I will be reporting my incident and suggest that if anyone else has ANY concerns or issues that you do the same. For you to blame the customer, when this was my experience at YOUR shop, is criminal. If nothing else, I would have appreciated an apology over my circumstances, even if you did not want to own up to your part. I didn't come ask you for money or anything else, but simply said at one time, I was a happy customer and then something changed. It was my intent for you to see my review, recognize something needed to change, and take action so you this matter didn't happen again. Trust me, with your response, even with the changes, based on your response I will never return. How dare you! You have no idea the hell I have been through because of this ordeal with one of your nail techs, and you have the nerve to blame me!?! Again, I hope what you are saying is true as I report this matter and will be sure to make sure I do what it takes to ensure you treat customers right and this doesn't happy to anyone else that visits your shop. Read Less