The key facts
- A resident of Nizhnevartovsk suffered a burn to the surface of her eyes after an ear piercing at a piercing salon
- According to Mash and the girl herself, the cause was ultraviolet light from a recirculator with a quartz lamp, which she looked at during the procedure
- The doctor predicts recovery after several days of treatment, but with a severe burn, corneal scarring and vision loss are possible
What happened
28-year-old fitness blogger Ksenia Khudyakova suffered a burn to the surface of her eyes after a routine ear-piercing procedure at a piercing salon in Nizhnevartovsk. This was reported by Life.ru, citing the girl herself, while the TV channel Mash specified her age and the circumstances of the incident. During the procedure, lying on the couch, she spent a long time looking at a recirculator — a device for disinfecting rooms with an ultraviolet (quartz) lamp. It was the ultraviolet light, according to Mash, that damaged her eye tissue.
How the symptoms developed
The first symptoms appeared in the evening of the same day, when the girl was washing her face: she mistook a slight burning sensation for a cosmetic product getting into her eyes and rinsed them with water. Then the pain intensified, her eyes turned red, and by night it became almost impossible to blink. 'It felt like I had 1000 needles or knives in my eyes,' Ksenia said on social media. By morning, according to Mash, she could not open her eyelids, and a white haze stood before her eyes, after which she sought medical help. An ophthalmologist diagnosed a burn to the surface of the eyes.
Condition and possible consequences
After receiving medical care, the girl's condition improved, but the discomfort has not completely disappeared: unpleasant sensations persist in bright light and with sudden eye movements. According to the doctor's prognosis, the symptoms should pass after several days of treatment. Gazeta.Ru, referring to the publication, notes that with a very severe burn, scars may appear on the cornea, and among the possible consequences are reduced vision, blindness with no possibility of restoring sight, and increased sensitivity to light.
Similar cases
Life.ru also recalls other incidents related to salons: earlier, a resident of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk faced a purulent ear inflammation after visiting a piercing salon — before an MRI scan, the jewelry had to be removed and put back in, and after the girl accidentally touched her ear, the piercing site became inflamed. In addition, according to Gazeta.Ru, earlier a St. Petersburg resident suffered a corneal burn after getting eyelash extensions done at home.
