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Please explain to me more about the expression “her facialist ruptured a disc”. Thanks.

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Native speaker’s answer

Rebecca

For this question, I am going to separate it into two parts to make it a little easier to understand. A facialist is a person who gives beauty treatments to someone's face. A ruptured disk is a condition in the spine where the spinal column tears open and the disk sticks out. It is a very painful condition and usually needs to be fixed through surgery. When Emily tells Nigel that Miranda's facialist has ruptured a disk, she means that the person who does Miranda's facial beauty treatments has a painful condition in her back.

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