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Hair Tie Leaves Woman With Flesh-Eating Bug Under Her Wrist Most of us think nothing of wearing a hair tie on our wrists -- we rock them like an accessory piece. But after learning what happened to Audree Kopp, you may want to keep your wrists bare and your hair where it belongs.

Wearing her hair tie on her wrist like most people do left Kopp with a growing lump on her arm. At first, she paid no attention to it, assuming it must be some sort of bug bite, but when it continued to grow in size, she knew it was something more serious. She made a visit to her doctor's office and received an antibiotic, which did nothing to stop what was clearly an infection. She was later sent to the ER for surgery. They discovered that the culprit was not just one, but three, flesh-eating bacteria caused by a glitter hair tie. The friction of the texture rubbing against her skin allowed the infection to get underneath and spread. Thankfully she has recovered, but continues to warn women against ever wearing a hair tie on their wrists.

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Image via Audree Kopp/Facebook

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