Beauty salon stroke syndrome

hoosieroriginal · ‎03-04-2012

A woman claims getting her hair washed at a salon set off a stroke - (hyperextension of neck). Interesting - I know it hurts my neck when I get my hair washed at a salon - very uncomfortable.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/video/woman-sues-salon-stroke-allegedly-caused-hair-shampooing-37229712

cotton4me · ‎03-09-2010

A long time ago salons used to have chairs that looked more like lounge chairs. Your feet were elevated and you were laying back. The neck didn’t get hyperextended. The current system of using regular chairs takes up less space but at what cost? I remember the first time I was shampooed from a regular chair. It was so uncomfortable and I thought how ridiculous it was to force someone in that position.

MomCat · ‎09-12-2010

Wow. Just wow. This is one of those things where I say - no matter how long I've lived I realize there is still so much I don't know. Wonder if that hair salon had ever heard of this. Thanks for posting.

WSfan · ‎03-09-2010

This is nothing new. Have heard about this for quite some time now. I'm talking years here.

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

The video didn't come through, I'll have to see if I can find it myself. But I have indeed heard that this can happen, not that actually did happen. My mom was in her 80's when she passed, she had a heart condition and hypertension and one of her docs told her not to ever bend her head backwards when getting her hair done because it could compress blood vessels and lead to a stroke. She was told to stand at a sink and bend over from the front to get her hair washed. And that's what she always did from sometime in her mid 70's until she passed. i can see how this could happen to a person with a preexostig condition but I don't think it would be the beauty salon's problem in any way. As far as I know no salon gives angigrams before they wash soneone's hair.

millieshops · ‎03-09-2010

Interesting and scary. Anyone know someone personally who faced this horror? I've been having my hair professionally washed and colored monthly and have never known anyone. For about 30 years, my appointment was in a huge salon with maybe 5 shampoo chairs and 15 strulists and still never heard of this.

How scared should we be?

terriebear · ‎09-26-2010

hoosieroriginal wrote:

A woman claims getting her hair washed at a salon set off a stroke - (hyperextension of neck). Interesting - I know it hurts my neck when I get my hair washed at a salon - very uncomfortable.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/video/woman-sues-salon-stroke-allegedly-caused-hair-shampooing-37229712

I would just generally off the top of my head, after read the link think that this lady would need a lot a luck, and a dumb jury to win her case. Only 250 documented cases of salon stroke? There are probably millions of women in America who get a shampoo every week in a salon an never experience this syndrome. I never bend my neck back at any angle, but simply lean against the sink. Something you might try @hoosieroriginal. My stylist always put a towel on the curve of the sink to cushion my neck also. There are so many reason for a stroke that any lawyer is going to tear this woman apart from high cholesterol, family history, smoking, possible unknown heart disease, amount of alcohol she drinks, and her age. This is my thought anyway...

Trinity11 · ‎11-16-2014

@WSfan wrote:
This is nothing new. Have heard about this for quite some time now. I'm talking years here.

Yes, probably about twenty or so. Every salon I have frequented always has some kind of a brace for your neck ....even some of the less expensive salons. This was addressed at most salons for years.

Another new name Sue · ‎03-11-2010

My salon has the lounge type chairs, where your feet are raised. You mean some salons don't have that any more?

As for the extension of the neck, I think it feels good.

hoosieroriginal · ‎03-04-2012

@Another new name Sue wrote:
My salon has the lounge type chairs, where your feet are raised. You mean some salons don't have that any more?

As for the extension of the neck, I think it feels good.

@Another new name Sue - my salon does not have the foot raise - but I'm going to ask for towels to be put under my neck from now on.