Hair dresser wouldn't let me in!!

[missmcfee]

Had an appointment booked today and I've been looking forward to it for months.

On arrival I had to have my temperature taken and was told it was too high to be allowed in.

I laughed as I assumed she was joking since I felt fine, I Wfh and haven't been anywhere!!
Not even a supermarket.

She told me it was 37.3 and she would have to cancel my appointment!!!!

I am so upset, I've had to rebook and she has nothing for 8 weeks 😣

I called the Dr as I thought I must be coming down with something without knowing, but the GP told me that this was a normal range temperature and particularly for that time of day (app was 3pm)

So what wasn't I allowed in 😢

I felt like a kid at Christmas today going to the salon, I cried all the way home that my appointment was cancelled! 😖

why not give up dying yr hair. its not good for it anyway.
i can see you are disappointed, but that sound like a well run salon.
so if you are set, perm, and tint on being crimped, why not try somewhere else, checking it has good hygiene in place.
and then next time go back to yr usual place.

For what it's worth, I'd be gutted too.

37.3 is basically normal. Even where temperature is slightly raised on a entrance check (where the person being tested may have been exercising or in the sun for some time prior to the test) best practice is to retest in 5 minutes rather than a straight refusal.

I wonder how this works with menopausal women.

People advising OP to stop dying her hair or cut it herself are being ridiculous.

When im on my period my temp goes up. Being 47 they are also irregular.

37.3 at 3pm in July is completely normal. Your hairdresser will be cancelling a lot of appointments if her cut off is 37.0.

Was it with one of those forehead scanner things? They're not very reliable anyway.

@JaJaDing

37.3 at 3pm in July is completely normal. Your hairdresser will be cancelling a lot of appointments if her cut off is 37.0.

Was it with one of those forehead scanner things? They're not very reliable anyway.

No it was under the tongue. It looked very professional to me, pretty sure it's like the one used at the Drs.

She has a box of covers, so a new plastic cover went over the end before it went into my mouth.

I'd find a new hairdresser! 37.3 is normal. I had mine done yesterday and it was 33.7. The massage therapist, said "oh that's fine." I said no it isn't, it's obviously not worked properly! (I'm a nurse!)

37.3 is a low-grade fever

I've just spent 19 days in hospital because of unexplained high temperatures not related to Covid. The hospital's view was that any temperature 37.5 or lower was fine and normal.

@3cats, 37.3 is not a low grade fever. It's normal. 37.5-38.0 is low grade.

Cried all the way home? Really?

@missmcfee

Oh right, not seen one of those for years! Had you had a hot drink in the last half hour?

[quote Toddlerteaplease]@3cats, 37.3 is not a low grade fever. It's normal. 37.5-38.0 is low grade. [/quote]
Says who though?

My point is that different institutions define fevers differently. Some institutions do define between 37.0 and 37.5 as a low-grade fever.

37.3 is normal. Mine is normally around 37 to 37.5. Wasn't the magic number 37.8 or over anyway?

I did have 38.1 the other day, but felt rough with it too.

Under the tongue? Really? I wouldn't be having that.

It's really difficult to say what is normal and what is not. You need to grade the thermometer and go by that.

But it sounds low grade fever to me.

But still, I wouldn't let anyone put anything under my tongue during an epidemic.

My point is that different institutions define fevers differently. Some institutions do define between 37.0 and 37.5 as a low-grade fever.

Then I constantly live with a low grade fever. My GP has said that below 37.8 is perfectly normal.

I'd take what a GP says over a medically unqualified hairdresser.

Your hairdresser won't be doing much business if her cut off criteria is 37°.

Yes, I would call them to express your disappointment. I would also tell them that your GP confirmed to you that 37.3 is a normal temperature. Say that after X number of years going to them and being pleased with the results you now feel short changed and will reluctantly have to take your business elsewhere if they don't rectify the situation and fit you in.

YANBU because your hairdresser should not be using such a thermometer.
Government guideline is to use a contactless thermometer. I wouldn't be going there on that basis. Cover or no cover someone is taking a thermometer from a mouth, covered in saliva and removing the cover and then putting on a new one. I would have walked out when I saw the thermometer.

OP, I’d be annoyed too, and I’d take it as a sign that it’s time to find a new hairdresser. The older I get, the less time and patience I have for being arsed about, even if it’s by a business I’ve frequented for years. Just move on, ring around and find a salon that can fit you in.

Only temperature doesn't work in absolutes like that. For starters, it varies depending on the site its taken from - so 37.3C under the tongue is roughly equivalent to 37.6C-37.9C rectally or via your ear. Rectally is usually one of the most accurate.

It's all about statistics, confidence and how many cases they want to catch. If they set a cut off of say... 38C, maybe they catch 50% of cases. They set 37.5C and they catch say 80% of cases. They set 37C and they catch 99% of cases. Etc.

Did you tell the GP it was an under the tongue measurement?

Rectally is usually one of the most accurate.. . That would be quite a sight in front of the hairdresser's!

@skybluee

Only temperature doesn't work in absolutes like that. For starters, it varies depending on the site its taken from - so 37.3C under the tongue is roughly equivalent to 37.6C-37.9C rectally or via your ear. Rectally is usually one of the most accurate.

It's all about statistics, confidence and how many cases they want to catch. If they set a cut off of say... 38C, maybe they catch 50% of cases. They set 37.5C and they catch say 80% of cases. They set 37C and they catch 99% of cases. Etc.

Did you tell the GP it was an under the tongue measurement?

Christ!! I hope the government don't read this!!! Hancock will be doing a press conference where his next set of "guidance" will be establishments are to take customers temperate rectally for accuracy. He'll be saying it's not a request, it's an instruction!

I guess it's one way he could make us "stay alert"!!!

They were right not to let you in; it’s important they take extra safety precautions.

I take my employees temperature every day; I’ve never had any of them being anywhere near 37. Highest I’ve had was 35; most are around 33-34. Your hairdresser will be seeing the same, and she doesn’t want to take a chance.

heartsonacake you need a new thermometer, if someone’s temperature was 33, they would be severely hypothermic and extremely ill. Even your reading of 35 was low and would be an alert sign for sepsis in my trust. 36.5-37.5 is a general normal range.