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NJ Scrubs Plan to Ban Brazilian Bikini Waxes

State smoothes out dispute over painful procedure

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(Newser) – New Jersey has ripped up a plan to forbid the state's salons from offering Brazilian waxes, reports the Chicago Tribune. A state panel was moving towards banning the procedure—which involves the full removal of hair “down there”—after reports of injuries, but the state's consumer affairs chief decided to focus on better training instead.

"I cannot agree to the complete prohibition" of removing hair from the genital area, the official said. Salon owners had been infuriated by the proposed ban, ahead of the lucrative swimsuit season. The procedure is completely safe when done properly, they said, and citizens' "bikini regions" were none of the state's business anyway.

Visitors and residents spend the day on the beach in Belmar, N.J., on this first day of summer, June 21, 2002.
Visitors and residents spend the day on the beach in Belmar, N.J., on this first day of summer, June 21, 2002.   (AP Photo/Brian Branch-Price)
New Jersey has decided against a total ban on Brazilian waxes.
New Jersey has decided against a total ban on Brazilian waxes.   (Shutterstock)
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riffran
Mar 21, 09 6:06 AM CDT
ouch!...thats gotta hurt.....and I agree, peoples pubic hair or lack of is absolutely none of the governments bizzzz Reply
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Scytherius
Mar 21, 09 10:18 AM CDT
Um . . . the state was involved in this? Hysterical. Reply
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freethemall
Mar 21, 09 1:17 PM CDT
I suppose I'm a pervert, but I always thought the sight of feminine pubic hair to be erotic. Reply
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riffran
Mar 21, 09 9:12 PM CDT
NAAAAH....just a personal preferance...no perversion Reply
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