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Okay... for those of you who have not heard the story about my eyebrow/eyelid (and want to hear it)... here's the scoop:

I had a retro/lingerie shoot for a site coming up with KoolGirlieStuff somewhere in the near future. Because of this, I decided to get a touch up on my eyebrows and perhaps get my nails done. I took my sister with me -- she's fifteen and wanted to see what goes into waxing. She said that the esthetician looked horrified while doing my brows and very concerned. After finishing up the first brow, she showed me. I was focused on the brow and not the red puffiness that usually comes with the waxing process, so I politely told her that it was not what I had in mind, and that I would finish it up at home (I hate confrontation and try to be polite). I walked out without paying, therefore did not receive a receipt. They looked rather irritated and had a fleeting sense of urgency while ushering me out the door. There were no apologies from their end, but lots on mine. The salon is about half a mile from my parent's house, so I got home within 5 minutes. I felt a slight trickle down my face. Upon checking out my eyebrows in the bathroom, I saw that it was bleeding pretty profusely. I cleaned it up and saw that about an inch long chunk of my eyelid was missing. This was 6:45 and they close at 7:00. I promptly revisited the salon, but they would not let me in. Then I went to the nearest and first chain salon that I could think of -- HairCuttery. I inquired if this was normal (although I know it is not), and they agreed that it was not, and that it would scab and leave a visible scar. I called the salon once more after visiting and explained what happened, and then requested a manager. I was put on hold again. This time I waited. A "keyholder" got on the phone and after explaining what happened, told me that they were closed and nobody else was there (I just spoke with someone else -- and I heard other people in the background). She said she did not remember me coming in at all and that she was there the entire day (apparently I do not exist). I described the woman who waxed my brows and she said that nobody worked there that fit the description (BS). She gave me three names of women who could have waxed my brows, got my name and my phone number, and told me that her boss would call me in the future. I inquired when this would be, she said she had no idea. As predictable as it is, she never called me.

I scheduled an appointment with the doctor the Monday after all of this happened -- I was not going to go to the ER. My eye was swollen shut all week last week. My entire left side of my face was tender and I had insane headaches. The doctor said it was due to an infection (especially since pus was draining into my eye and irritating the actual cornea and upper/lower muscles). She said that there are very few layers of skin to the eyelid, and they had taken off quite a few. They had also given me 2nd degree burns. She prescribed me two antibiotics (Cephalexin and some opthalmic eyedrops -- though I discontinued the drops because it was blurring my vision). She rescheduled appointments for me until my antibiotics run out (they have not yet).

I took pictures of my eye the third and fourth day. It was pretty gross, but not as gross as it was to begin with.

I wrote REGIS about their salon. I have not yet sent out the letter -- I'm so chickenshit. I'm afraid to see the attorney. I don't know what to do.




Aside from that... I'm pissed off because I wrote my mom a check a couple of weeks ago. I told her not to cash it yesterday. What does she do this morning? Cashes it.

It overdrew my account twenty-four cents.

So now I have a $30 overdraft fee.

Fun shit!