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NJ to ban bare-it-all "Brazilian" waxing

New Jersey is drawing a line when it comes to bikini waxing.

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NJ to ban bare-it-all "Brazilian" waxing

POSTED: Thursday, March 19, 2009, 6:48 AM

The Associated Press reports:

New Jersey is drawing a line when it comes to bikini waxing.

The state Cosmetology and Hairstyling Board is moving toward a ban on genital waxing altogether after two women reported being injured. Both women were hospitalized for infections following so-called “Brazilian” waxes.

Technically, genital waxing has never been allowed -- only the face, neck, abdomen, legs and arms are permitted. But because it wasn’t specifically banned, state regulators haven’t enforced the law.

The board will decide on April 14 whether to adopt explicit language banning genital waxing. The earliest the ban would take effect would be sometime in May. Salons that continue to perform the bare-it-all “Brazilian” could face fines.

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 7:21 AM, 03/19/2009

the great Communist State of New Jersey and it's Polit Bureau headed by Prime Minister Corzine have struck again!

— PhillySteve21

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 7:29 AM, 03/19/2009

It is between the "patient" and the doctor, right!

— findinghome

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 7:39 AM, 03/19/2009

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

— asdfasdfasdf

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 7:44 AM, 03/19/2009

Lawmakers wasting more time on non-issues.

— jwg317

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 7:48 AM, 03/19/2009

Steve, the law has been on the books for long before Corzine was elected. Get a clue. And Shabba, it's "bare" not "bear". You're welcome.

— amg

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 7:49 AM, 03/19/2009

Give us a break.;..The state is now involved in how a woman wants to trim.....Have they nothing better to do....Two case out of how many...With no medical evidence to suggest anything medically wrong this is absurd....Thank you big brother....Be Aware People, our representatives are focusing on this issue instead of budget items and spending.....Is it because they are inept or just stupid....Priorities Folks....Let them know what you think

— nuggett

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 7:52 AM, 03/19/2009

yep, a ridiculuous waste of time for lawmakers

— idempotent

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 7:57 AM, 03/19/2009

actually, now that i just glanced back at the story - i think we are misdirecting our ire. this is being done by the cosmetology and hairstyling board ... not the usual group of people we think of as lawmakers, and this issue is something that should be of direct interest to them. but 1) they are still stupid, and 2) why is there a hairstyling board in the first place???

— idempotent

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:54 AM, 03/19/2009

This should give a boost to the PA waxing industry.

— jkt

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:41 AM, 03/19/2009

time to throw all these morons out of office.....stop trying to regulate what people do in their personal lives and deal with the real issues in this state

— jiggs55nj