A Dallas woman had a nail salon trip turn into a horror story. That is because she now has a double pulmonary embolism, deep-vein thrombosis in her calf, and a ruptured Achilles tendon, all due to the removal of one acrylic nail while going to a new salon downtown.
An initial video that Candice Concepcion (@candiceconcepcion) posted referencing the difficult medical journey she endured due to the nail salon generated 1.6 million views. Viewers asked her for a storytime, saying, “Girl!! What happened ??” Concepcion replied, “Girl, so much.”
She has posted her experience to TikTok in two different parts, each generating more than 700,000 views, documenting the entire medical saga. So what happened?
A trip to a new salon ends with a little pain
Concepcion, a full-time medical aesthetics clinic manager and mother of three children, moved to the Dallas area about five years ago from New York City. The entire time she has lived in Dallas, she has gone to the same salon. But for her 33rd birthday, she made the decision to try out a new place in downtown Dallas that some of her co-workers liked…