Beauty parlour stroke syndrome symptoms

What is beauty parlour stroke syndrome? Do you ever feel like your face is stuck in one expression? If so, you may be suffering from beauty parlour stroke syndrome (BPSS). What is beauty parlour stroke syndrome? Beauty parlour stroke syndrome is a condition that can occur when having your hair styled at a beauty salon. It is caused by the use of electric curlers or other electrical devices used during the styling process. The condition is also known as curler’s palsy, hairdresser’s syndrome, or barber’s pole paralysis. Symptoms of BPSS include facial paralysis, drooping of one side of the face, and difficulty speaking. The symptoms usually resolve within 24 hours, but in some cases may last for several days or weeks. The condition is thought to be caused by electrical stimulation of the facial nerves during the styling process. This can lead to muscle spasms and paralysis of the muscles on one side of the face. Treatment typically involves rest and avoidance of trigger factors such as electrical styling devices. In some cases, physical therapy may be recommended to help improve muscle function. How common is beauty parlour stroke syndrome? Beauty parlour stroke syndrome, also known as BPS, is a condition that results from having a stroke while getting your hair done at a beauty salon. While the exact incidence of BPS is unknown, it is thought to be quite rare. There have been several reported cases of BPS in the United States and other countries around the world. Most peop...

A salon trip is always considered a relaxing and soothing experience for all of us, but recently this turned out to be almost fatal for a 50-year-old Hyderabad woman, who suffered a stroke while getting her hair washed before haircut at the beauty parlour. Medical experts treating her stated that the main blood vessel supplying blood to the brain was pressured when she bent back her neck for the hair wash, resulting in a stroke. Dr Sudhir Kumar, the Neurologist treating the woman, shared this information on Twitter “the woman initially felt dizziness, nausea and vomiting while getting her hair shampooed in a beauty parlour”. The doctor further stated that the “woman was first taken to a gastroenterologist for treating her symptoms, which did not improve, and the following day she developed a mild imbalance while walking. She was then referred to me for an opinion. She had mild right-cerebellar signs, and an MRI brain disclosed an infarct in the right posterior inferior cerebellar territory, while an MR angiogram showed left vertebral hypoplasia”. The woman was diagnosed with beauty parlour stroke syndrome including the right PICA territory. The potential mechanism is winding of the vertebral artery during hyperextension and turning of the neck towards the washbasin while getting hair shampooed. The woman had hypertension well controlled, added the doctor. A stroke affecting vertebrobasilar artery territory can develop during hair washing in a salon, specifically in women w...

A rare condition by the name Beauty Parlour Stroke Syndrome, affected a 50-year-old woman from Hyderabad, after she got her hair washed at a salon. Are you a working professional and often go to salons for getting a hair wash owing to your busy schedule? You need to give this article a read to take the proper precautionary measures before you go for the next salon hair wash. Read on to know everything in detail. He shared in a tweet, “Take home message: Stroke affecting vertebro-basilar artery territory can occur during shampoo hair-wash in a beauty parlor, especially in women with other atherosclerotic risk factors and undetected vertebral hypoplasia. Prompt recognition and treatment can prevent disability.” Further talking about the case involving the Hyderabad woman, Dr Sudhir Kumar tweeted, “A diagnosis of #beauty #parlor stroke syndrome involving right PICA territory was made. Possible mechanism is kinking of vertebral artery during hyperextension & turning of neck towards wash-basin while washing hair with shampoo. She had well controlled #Hypertension too.”

The last time I got a haircut, I spent the five or so minutes it took for my stylist to wash my hair thinking about death. Contemplating my mortality is not so unusual an activity for me, but there are places I have counted on for a break, and historically the hair salon was one of them. I devote too much time to worrying I’m about to succumb to all kinds of unlikely health crises, but not even I could think up anything likely to kill me in the hair salon. But then I read Besides being a term perfectly engineered to startle those of us with easily startled dispositions, “beauty parlor stroke syndrome” describes a phenomenon by which extending one’s neck over the ledge of a sink can diminish blood supply to the brain, potentially causing a stroke. The phenomenon reentered the news last year after a woman suffered stroke symptoms not long after visiting her San Diego salon, and subsequently sued for damages. Media coverage of the incident gave mixed messages as to the so-called syndrome’s likelihood. BuzzFeed’s story called it “so rare,” but also quoted the plaintiff, Elizabeth Smith (understandably looking for answers), as saying that “80 percent” of stylists knew “you could have a stroke getting your hair washed.” That Smith arrived at this figure by asking an unspecified number of friends to ask their hair stylists if they’d ever heard of beauty parlor stroke syndrome matters a lot in a scientific sense, but for pseudo-hypochondriacs like me, seeing that kind of number— 8...