{"id":900875,"date":"2026-10-31T08:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T08:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/900875\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T08:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T08:52:11","slug":"second-oregon-customer-in-two-years-infected-with-genital-herpes-at-nail-salon-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/900875\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Oregon customer in two years infected with genital herpes at nail salon: lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two customers were infected with genital herpes after getting their nails done at an Oregon salon years apart, according to an explosive new lawsuit.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

A 31-year-old woman claims she contracted the virus during an acrylic manicure appointment last year at PDX Nails in Portland, The Oregonian<\/a> reported, citing the court documents.<\/p>\n

The $2.5 million suit, filed by the woman on Monday, alleges she\u2019s the second customer in two years to contract genital herpes from the salon. <\/p>\n

\"ShelvesA 31-year-old Portland woman is suing a nail salon for allegedly giving her genital herpes after a manicure. blackday \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s quite embarrassing,\u201d the woman, identified in the suit as J.S., told the local publication.\u00a0\u201cI just went to get my nails done.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the appointment, the nail technician did not wear gloves while working on J.S.\u2019 nails along with a hand massage using lotion or oil, the suit alleges.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A day after her appointment, J.S. felt \u201can unusual burning and stinging sensation\u201d on the side of her hand and pinky.<\/p>\n

The following day, an itchy, fluid-filled blister formed, which lingered for days, according to the court docs.<\/p>\n

J.S. said she started showing people her hand, asking if they knew what could be going on.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were like, \u2018Where did you get your nails done?\u2019\u201d J.S. recounted to the Oregon-based outlet. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was like \u2018PDX Nails down on 122nd.\u2019 And they were like, \u2018No way. That place just had a lawsuit.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

A month before J.S. went to PDX Nails, the salon had just settled a lawsuit with another customer who contracted the infection in 2023.<\/p>\n

\"ExteriorThe salon, PDX Nails, previously settled another lawsuit involving a different customer who contracted the virus. google maps<\/p>\n

The other customer, identified only as S.R. in court papers, filed a $1.75 million lawsuit against the salon in 2024 and settled in July of the following year for an undisclosed amount, the publication reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n

J.S. stated in the suit that she has since had new outbreaks despite taking antiviral medications to reduce flare-ups of the disease that has no cure.<\/p>\n

The suit also alleges J.S. did not have any prior exposure to the infection before getting her nails done.<\/p>\n

In addition to the salon, the suit named the Oregon Health Authority and Health Licensing Office in the suit, claiming \u201cincompetence.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lawsuit alleges state officials failed to strip the salon of its cosmetology license or take other actions that could have prevented J.S. from being exposed to the virus after the first customer contracted it. <\/p>\n

PDX Nails has two locations within Portland \u2014 one of which was fined $500 in 2021 by the state\u2019s Health Licensing Office and Board of Cosmetology for \u201cfailing to disinfect used tools\u201d that \u201ccome in direct contact (with) a client,\u201d the outlet reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n

An inspector also found \u201cused drilling bits on the workstation\u201d and was fined another $500 for failing to properly clean foot spa equipment.<\/p>\n

However, the salon has not been issued any violations or fines by the state since 2021, state officials confirmed to The Oregonian.<\/p>\n

As a mother, J.S. says she lives in fear of giving someone the virus through touch and has worn gloves while changing her baby\u2019s diaper.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m worried that I might mess up somebody else\u2019s life because of this,\u201d she told the local outlet.<\/p>\n

PDX Nails declined to comment when contacted by The Post and the Oregon Health Authroity did not immediately respond. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two customers were infected with genital herpes after getting their nails done at an Oregon salon years apart,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":900876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[8006,97,55447,3130,170393,2232,18223,194,9016],"class_list":["post-900875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-diseases","tag-health","tag-infections","tag-lawsuits","tag-nail-salons","tag-oregon","tag-portland","tag-us-news","tag-viruses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}