It's always good when I get calls about a story before it even airs. In this case people saw the promos which are basically like commercials for an upcoming story. Sorry to tell you we don't give you the gist of the story over the phone before the story has even aired. You have to watch. I know, I know... but, those are the rules they want me to follow. :-)

Here are few additional bits of information about tonite's story.

We also researched Dr. Jerome Lentini who made a plea agreement after investigators said he injected more than 800 people with essentially a fake botox not approved for use on humans. His records showed up on the healthgrades.com website (which makes sense since they are 'younger' than 5 years). But, we had to drop that because of time.

Let me give you a few links now:

http://www.healthgrades.com

One of its competitors:

http://www.choicetrust.com

Search the Oregon board of Medical Examiners website:

http://www.bme.state.or.us/search.html

Search the Washington Department of Health website:

https://fortress.wa.gov/doh/hpqa1/Application/Credential_Search/profile.asp

Thoughts on this?? Email me: sstricklen@kgw.com

Regarding the pedicure story.. LOTS of comments to tell you about. Here are a few.

One gentleman who says he has worked in the industry wrote with these comments:

Being in the business for over 30 years, I feel that most of the salons do not clean their pedicure thrones properly. At the salon and day spa which I work at, we clean every pedicure throne for 15min. We hand scrub and disenfect the bowls after every pedicure. We follow all OAR's from the state regarding disenfecting the bowls. If more salons did this there would be no problems arising. Our state board needs to crack down on cleaning. Unfortunately there are not enough inspectors to do this job and I feel that if more people were warned of the harzards of improper cleaning then the public wouldn't be at risk. DO NOT get a pedicure if you feel the bowl has not been properly cleaned. Every manufacture has their own cleaning products that they suggest a salon use. If salons are not sure which disenfectants to use then call the State Board of Health Licensing.

This is just one man's opinion, but I feel that ever time a guest puts his or her feet in our bowls, that they are completely safe.

An official with the Oregon Health Licensing Agency wrote in response to a caller's thoughts I posted in a different blog posting:

Thanks for the coverage to help prevent more bacterial infections such as the one described on your segment last night. And thank you for the link on your blog. I don’t know if the problem is that it’s difficult for nail technicians to keep up with requirements, as one commented [Steph's note: see "Troubled Toes" blog posting for the original comment] – our enforcement officers inspect thousands of facilities annually and part of the inspection process is to educate practitioners. We have several brochures just on nail salon safety on our Web site for both consumers and practitioners. We also publish a full page of regulatory news monthly in Northwest Stylist & Salon, which is distributed FREE to more than 4000 cosmetology facilities (including nail salons) and more than 6000 independent contractors.

And finally, one woman wrote me to say this:

Thanks for the piece on salons. As it happens, my daughter are having pedicures on Mother's Day.

She goes on to say: I guess the most important question is how often is the filter cleaned and with what. The salon we use already has you bring your own sponge, brush and skin emery boards. The only thing they supply is the thing they use to cut off any callus. I certainly won't be nicking my legs before the pedicure.

Yup, no more shaving of those legs. I'll be right there with you!! :-)