And this little piggy . . . limped all the way to court.
A Manhattan man claims a botched pedicure at a Harlem nail salon has made him paranoid and unable to walk normally or have sex — after a worker cut his pinky toe with a prohibited tool, leaving him with a painful limp, according to a lawsuit.
Steven Clarke, 28, and his girlfriend were at Lilac Nail & Spa on West 110th Street last summer for their monthly $35 pedicures when he “felt a sharp pain on his left pinky toe and . . . observed a constant stream of blood in the water,” he claims in Manhattan Supreme Court papers.
Steven ClarkeFacebook The pedicurist used a credo blade, a handled razor used to shave off callouses. The tool has been prohibited in New York state since 1994.
The injury has changed his life, Clarke claims.
“Rudimentary tasks like showering, driving, walking, engaging in relations and sleeping have now become extremely difficult,” according to the lawsuit.
“Besides everyday paranoia, Mr. Clarke is now afraid to get pedicures, which was an endeavor that he and his girlfriend engaged in at least once a month,” the lawsuit adds.
The plantiff’s lawsuit says he had to drop out of his recreational soccer league, was forced to buy larger shoes, and “is hesitant to be seen in public because of his limp.”
Clarke says the injury has made it difficult to put one foot in front of the other.
“He is forced to think about the angle, speed and position of his foot with every step he takes, which has now become mentally draining,” the lawsuit asserts.
Clarke, who seeks unspecified damages for the permanent “scarring” and “psychological damage,” says the injury has also impacted his job as a bakery manager “because he’s been unable to walk around as he used to.”
The spa is not licensed, according to the state.
The spa owner did not return messages seeking comment.
