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Woman allegedly gets herpes at Rihanna concert: Can virus be spread through lipstick?
A Harlem, N.Y. woman is suing MAC Cosmetics for allegedly giving her herpes through a contaminated makeup sample, http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/05/31/harlem-woman-claims-she-got-herpes-from-lipstick-tube-at-rihanna-concert/ on May 7 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. An employee applied the used lipstick to the woman's lips, and then told her to "press her lips together and spread the lipstick around," according to the report.

Greenidge's lips started to swell two days after. A doctor soon notified her that she had a cold sore, which was the result of contracting a version of the herpes simplex virus (HSV).

"I wasn't able to work for two weeks. It cost me a lot of money," Greenidge told the http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/harlem-woman-sues-herpes-mac-pop-up-shop-barclays-article-1.1358291





 
 
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