The Garden State may be extra lush this summer.
New Jersey officials have proposed a ban on "Brazilian" bikini waxes, claiming the extreme grooming risky as well as risqué.
New Jersey officials have proposed a ban on "Brazilian" bikini waxes, claiming the extreme grooming risky as well as risqué.
Two women were recently hospitalized for infections stemming from no-follicle-left-behind procedure, and one of them has filed a lawsuit, according to Jeff Lamm, a spokesman for New Jersey's Division of Consumer Affairs, which oversees the cosmetology board.
But New Jersey spa owners say officials have no business legislating what women do with their Pine Barrens."Our customers have never had any problems - all this is going to do is send our customers across the river to New York," said Kathleen Ho, owner of the Spa at Port Liberte in Jersey City.
Brazilians account for 85 percent of all bikini waxes, said Rita Gitelman, owner of La Femme in Hoboken."We've never had a single complaint," she said. "Our clients are extremely upset."
Technically, genital waxing has never been allowed only the face, neck, abdomen, legs and arms are permitted but because bare-it-all "Brazilians" weren't specifically banned, state regulators haven't enforced the law.
But New Jersey spa owners say officials have no business legislating what women do with their Pine Barrens."Our customers have never had any problems - all this is going to do is send our customers across the river to New York," said Kathleen Ho, owner of the Spa at Port Liberte in Jersey City.
Brazilians account for 85 percent of all bikini waxes, said Rita Gitelman, owner of La Femme in Hoboken."We've never had a single complaint," she said. "Our clients are extremely upset."
Technically, genital waxing has never been allowed only the face, neck, abdomen, legs and arms are permitted but because bare-it-all "Brazilians" weren't specifically banned, state regulators haven't enforced the law.
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"The genital area is not part of the abdomen or legs as some might assume," Lamm said
Officials with the National Cosmetology Association and National-Interstate Council of State Boards of Cosmetology said they were unaware of another state that has banned genital waxing.
Regular bikini waxes would still be allowed.
Officials with the National Cosmetology Association and National-Interstate Council of State Boards of Cosmetology said they were unaware of another state that has banned genital waxing.
Regular bikini waxes would still be allowed.
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I hate to get involved with political things, However this one is hurting me .This (my body/my look) does not pull its self together...I need manicures, pedicures, hair salons and yes Helga the hot waxer @ my spa. its not fun to be down there every 3-6 days grooming the little errant hairs that creep back as soon as you turn your head, and long gone are the days where I'm shaving in the shower every morning...yuck ans who has the time . I'm a married woman! there is no time to be sore or for razor bumps, not for me not in 2009. So thanks New Jersey once again for making another reason why we cant keep money in this state, I guess I will be making the voyage to or sister city of New York to receive my spotless Brazilians.
Happy no-bush!!!!!!!
