Tina my favorite manicurist is on vacation so I went to PollyOverheard is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. they’re both from China. The short version is I got a nail infection (I’ve had them before.)
Ouch
I’ve had a cuticle lanced before. Not pleasant. But I didn’t write a poem.
I wonder if they ever see the bills for staph infections they cause. You should never cut hand cutcles.
Warm salt water. It cured the digital ulcers my mother had. It cures many things.
I do my own manicures right in my mouth.
Good therapy for an infected finger: soak in water as hot as you can stand
And that is just one reason why I do my own manis and pedis.
aaaarrrgggghhhhh