After woman's brush with death, doctor warns about the danger of glittery hair ties

Hair bands.
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It's official: Nothing in this world — not even a glittery hair tie — is safe.

Audree Kopp of Louisville, Kentucky, never thought twice about leaving a hair band around her wrist. About two weeks ago, Kopp noticed she had a bump on the back of her wrist, and when it didn't go away, she went to the doctor, who prescribed antibiotics. That didn't help, and finally, as the bump grew and became redder, Kopp went to the hospital. There, she found out she needed to have emergency surgery. "Thank God I caught it in time, or I could have had sepsis," she told WLKY.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.