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The 5 Scariest Beauty Disasters Of All Time

by Rika Nurrahmah | 2:17 pm, July 15th, 2010


Oh, the things we do in the name of beauty! When it comes to a little confidence booster, we naturally assume the experts in charge (dermatologists, cosmetic surgeons, salons, etc) know what they’re doing. So we embrace the cuticle pushing, the knife incisions, the chemical dyes because there’s no way any salon session or procedure might end up echoing a freaky “Final Destination” accident under their certified hands, right?

But alas, even the worst case scenarios can happen to the best of us.

From moldy fingers to braid-causing bacterial infections, the following five disasters left us second-guessing our typical beauty regimen:

1) Woman’s braids land her in the emergency room - Would you ever equate a swollen face and closed eyes with a bad braid job? North Carolina resident Veronica Carter’s recent braid job resulted in a “hard-to-treat” bacterial infection called MRSA, or Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The cause? Excessively tightened braids and an accidental incision from her hairdresser’s long nails, a lethal combination that allowed the bacteria to erupt.

2) Former tanner injured not by a UV burn, but the bursting UV light bulbs – There are no shortage of reports covering the inherent health risks in tanning, but how about the dangers of the tanning bed itself? A North Carolina freak tanning accident has officially scared us pale. A female customer was using a stand-up tanning bed when a light bulb burst. Shards of glass flew and cut up the tanner, who fortunately only suffered minor injuries.

3) A Brazilian wax job cuts too close to the female region, ouch! – Ladies, you might want to finish whatever you’re consuming before reading this. Though it does the job, the fault of Brazilian wax strips — and just hair wax in general — is that you can apply them anywhere. But seriously, of all places, your labia? In early 2007, Former Connecticut resident Debbie Becker went to Salon de Oasis in the state for some below-the-waist maintenance when a salon technician let some hot wax trickle into the labia region, causing burns and cuts to ensue. After $750 in medical bills, excruciating pain, and trauma, the customer settled a lawsuit of $100,000 with the salon for damages.

4) Paula Abdul’s moldy manicure – The jolt of pain experienced from a cuticle pushed back too hard could mean more than just rough play from the manicurist, at least in the case of this disaster. The angel of the American Idol judges had a temporary leave of absence in 2005 when a botched manicure job made the singer suffer an infected nail on her right thumb. Looks like the salon should have tripled checked how sterile its cuticle pushers were because Abdul campaigned to have California legislators crack down on salons who ‘don’t clean up their act.’ Moral of the story: never mess with Paula.

5) Woman sets hair on fire with hairspray – File this under “idiotic.” Bartender Dani Hamm should have read our article on the dangers of multitasking while driving before making this hot mess. Used to using a copious amount of hairspray on her unruly locks, Hamm’s craving for a smoke ignited a bonfire on her head when she tried to light a cigarette and drive at the same time. The story got her elected as “Village Idiot” of Story, Indianapolis, as well as a $100 tab at the bar at which she works.

[image via Kim Kardashian's Twitter]


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