Mum's hair extensions fixed with super-strength glue

Police are investigating after a beautician attached hair extensions to a customer’s head using super strength glue.

Alexis Stanton, 38, had to visit A&E after the treatment left her with a bleeding scalp.

The mother-of-two, from Gateshead, had to shave all her hair off after the mistake was made.

Police are now investigating what happened to Ms Stanton (Jason DeCrow/AP/PA)

She said a mobile beautician she had previously used for tanning came round to fit them but soon after the pain became unbearable.

Ms Stanton told the Newcastle Chronicle: “I’m gobsmacked this has happened and I really wouldn’t want this to happen to anybody else. I’m still in pain in my head. It’s damaged my scalp. I’ve cried so much since it happened I don’t think I’ve got any more tears left.”

A police investigation has now been launched, as well as one by trading standards, as they look to establish what happened.

There’s a way to care for hair extensions, as seen here (Andrew Burton/AP/PA)

Anneliese Hutchinson, from Gateshead Council, said: “Gateshead Trading Standards has received a complaint from Ms Stanton and we are investigating.”

Ms Stanton was eventually forced to go to A&E to receive treatment and receive pain relief for her red raw scalp. She said she had bought the treatment as a 38th birthday present to herself.

A Northumbria Police spokesman said: “We are carrying out inquiries in order to establish the circumstances and whether any criminal offences have been committed.”