Doctor Warns Against Cheap Thai Massages After Tourist Wakes Up Covered in Red, Pus-Filled Boils - WORLD OF BUZZ

Doctor Warns Against Cheap Thai Massages After Tourist Wakes Up Covered in Red, Pus-Filled Boils - WORLD OF BUZZ

A US doctor has slammed Thailand’s shady back-alley Thai massage practices after a traveller paid for a rubdown in an alleyway, only to wake up the next morning covered in red, pus-filled boils. Dr. Joe Whittington, an emergency physician from California, issued a strong warning to travellers after the man paid just USD5 (RM21) for a leg massage. “What you see here is folliculitis” In his TikTok video, Whittington revealed that the tourist had d…

Tourist Wakes Up Covered in Pus-Filled Boils After Cheap Thai Massage, Doctor Issues Warning

A US doctor has issued a stern warning to travellers after a tourist paid USD5 (~SGD6.70) for a leg massage in a grimy alleyway in Thailand and woke up the next morning covered in red, pus-filled boils. Dr Joe Whittington, an emergency physician from California, shared the cautionary tale through a viral TikTok video that has garnered more than 365,000 views. The tourist had contracted folliculitis, a painful skin infection caused by inflamed ha…