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NJ May Yank the Strip on Brazilian Waxes

2009_03_bikini.jpg New Jersey's Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling is moving toward a ban on bikini waxing after two women say they suffered infections as a result of Brazilan waxes. Technically the procedure is not permitted at the moment—the state only allows waxing on face, neck, abdomen, legs and arms—but officials generally looked the other way since it isn't prohibited outright either. In an argument that sounded vaguely familiar, one spa owner told the Post that she feared customers might travel across state lines—or worse, perform the waxes on themselves at home. Another believes that the will of Jersey girls to groom their genitals in whatever fashion they please will prevail. The salon owner said, "I really don't know if the state can stop it at this point. I know a lot of women who are hooked." If the ban does go through, we're still not sure if the ramifications of this will make us feel more or less squirmish while sun worshiping among the natives down at the Jersey Shore this summer.

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  • michael kingsley

    Can't wait to get my bikini wax and stroll the beach in florida in my fitflops

  • vincruises

    This one is really looking shocking information about waxing. And I am really getting shocked to know about that New Jersey's board is going to ban on bikini waxing. Well, according to me, the waxing really not suits to every person. So, it's really looking just a false decision about it.

    brazilian bikini wax

  • Amanda Harletsch

    Best BlackCrows album ever!

  • jaycjay

    Just saw this quote in the Post article:

    "The genital area is not part of the abdomen or legs as some might assume," Lamm said

    Now really, who would assume that? That'd be a pretty strangely-built body as far as my experience goes.

  • glennQNYC

    Womens' rights groups should get behind the right to remove!

  • firebird

    Oh right, that "infection". Weird, must have come from the waxing. Suuuuure....

  • BERT

    The only good thing to ever come from the black crowes was that album cover.

  • Believe it or not, the blacked out version is the Walmart version—yes, they censored it.

    The original album cover looked like this and was a tribute to Larry Flynt: http://www.sleazeroxx.com/censored/amorica1.jpg

  • jibbly

    NSFW!

  • jaycjay

    Sometimes I'm very happy that I don't work at the places some of you do.

  • Polite New Yorker

    Excellent use of the Black Crowes album cover as the photo for this.

  • ides_of_march

    Legalize it, tax it, let the MTA run Brazilian waxing booths in the Times Square station and open up peep-show booths for people who want pay to watch. Sure beats a 3 dollar fare.

  • zpk

    New Jersey has a hair based economy. A move like this could devastate the region.

  • NannyState

    "Big hair" down there? Ugh, say no more...

  • jaycjay

    "she feared customers might travel across state lines—or worse, perform the waxes on themselves at home."

    Or even worse: we all know what prohibition leads to. In this case, a new string of mob-connected underground waxing parlors.

  • ganghiscon

    Waxeasies?

  • I thought we voted Bush out!

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