About someone ending the horror: NJ considers ban on bare-it-all 'Brazilian' wax

[LynneSin]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090319/ap_on_re_us/odd_brazilian_wax_ban_2

NJ considers ban on bare-it-all 'Brazilian' wax
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Delicious Digg Facebook Fark Newsvine Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Yahoo! Bookmarks Print By BETH DeFALCO, Associated Press Writer Beth Defalco, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 8 mins agoTRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey is drawing the line when it comes to bikini waxing.

The state Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling is moving toward a ban on genital waxing altogether after two women reported being injured in their quest for a smooth bikini line.

Both women were hospitalized for infections following so-called "Brazilian" bikini waxes; one of the women has filed a lawsuit, according to Jeff Lamm, a spokesman for New Jersey's Division of Consumer Affairs, which oversees the cosmetology board.

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.

"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.

[BeachBaby]

1. This just may be the final nail in the coffin for THIS Jersey native.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

15. I'll organize the protest

[3.14158675309]

28. Waxing is so passé. Isn't laser the way to go in the 21st century?

:shrug: :popcorn:

[BeachBaby]

29. You gonna pay for it, babe?

:popcorn:

[3.14158675309]

30. In a New York Minute!!!!

:woohoo:

Just send me the bill. And pics, of course (you know, for proof of purchase and verification purposes)

[Strong Atheist]

2. As I have said before, I LOVE

hairy...:blush:

[Lyric]

3. What IS it with this trend toward nanny-banning?!

I'm getting about fucking tired of living in a government playpen. Leave us the HELL alone. Stay out of my bedroom, quit looking over my shoulder to see what I choose to fucking WAX, lay off of my reproductive choices, and stop telling me what I can and cannot fucking ingest into my own damned body. I am not a damned child, and I do NOT need Daddy State telling me what I can and cannot do, so long as I'm not hurting or endangering anyone else!

God this crap makes me mad. Make whatever sanitary regulations you want for the sake of cleanliness and public health, but don't fucking ban everything that might, maybe, potentially, rarely, COULD cause some sort of injury. Jesus.

[Strong Atheist]

7. Actually, I agree, despite my preferences... nt.

[TK421]

9. That was an awesome rant

:applause: I feel the same way you do, believe me I get so pissed off at this nanny shit. People need to learn to keep their fucking noses out of the lives of others PERIOD.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

11. What's this? Somebody's banning Nannies?

But...but...but....if they outlaw Mary Poppins, only outlaws will sing and dance to Chim Chimney! And we can't have that! Oh, the horror! The horror!

[geardaddy]

17. This just in...

The state of New Jersey to mandate all denizens wear a bubble-wrap suit 24 hours a day.

[Lucian]

34. I wish I could recommend posts...

I'd recommend this one.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. That's a lot of wax.

:hide:

[keroro gunsou]

6. at least

a brazillian.

[MilesColtrane]

5. Are they afraid of a crippling paraffin shortage?

There are a lot of Italian women in Jersey....

[Swede]

8. Oh,the humanity!

The humanity!

[Ohio Joe]

10. What is wrong with these people

Damn... I never trust anyone else to do my genital hair removal, I always do it myself. :P

[Sanity Claws]

12. Did you see that photo of a shaved pussy(cat) last night?

It was posted here in the Lounge and it looked so wrong.
Maybe the NJ Legislature misunderstood and thought it was prohibiting shaving pussycats.

[Strong Atheist]

13. .

:rofl:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

14. Fucking ridiculous -- two people get "hurt" and they want to ban them?

First, they came for our guns, and now they're coming for our wax. Ridiculous.

I mean, I take care of all hair removal, except for eyebrow waxing, at home, but this is ridiculous.

We have so many issues in NJ, and somebody wants to regulate pubes.

[BeachBaby]

16. I'm still trying to picture Corzine sitting at his desk.....

and discussing this. :rofl:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

18. "Hmm...let's put off this gay marriage bill...oh yes, the pube bill, let me see that, again"

[BeachBaby]

19. I wonder how McGreevy would have handled this.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

20. He'd write a book about how he got a Brazilian with his wife and boyfriend

Then, she'd go on Oprah crying about how she never got a Brazilian or knew of his boyfriend and write a book about that.

The rest of the state would mutter about hating both of them.

[MilesColtrane]

22. Only after a three day fact-finding mission to Hoboken Massage & Spa...

[amitten]

50. But who will protect the pubes?

Think of the pubes! :cry:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

57. They have no reason to exist

I'm down with eradicating them all.

[TZ]

21. .

People wax down there? Who knew...:hide:
(I'm sorry but the whole idea of some stranger getting their hands anywhere near there...:puke:)

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

23. I wouldn't think it's an different than getting a gyno exam

I'd try it at least once, if it wasn't so expensive. So it's Mach 3s and Coochie Cream for me.

[TZ]

27. Who says

I tolerate gyno exams well...;)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

31. it isnt all that intimate. i prefer waxing to shaving. even though i do it very rarely

bliss spa, does an excellent if expensive job

[guitar man]

24. OH NO!!1!1!!

Please don't tell me they are going to put the Vietnamese Waxer Lady out of business! :cry:

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/lax/142248974.html

[lost-in-nj]

25. I can see it now

we will have

"over the border" rides

hmm could be some money made here

we could plan trips in buses or limos
and include soda and chips!!!

maybe even make a deal with the wax place and get buy 5 get 1 free!!!


oh yeah

going to put it on now

:rofl:


btw this is just ridiculous

lost

[CreekDog]

36. But if you go to PA for a wax, you have to get it at a State Store

:D

[Deep13]

26. Aparently NJ lawmakers have nothing to do.

:eyes:

[Midlodemocrat]

32. I approve of this.

:thumbsup:

Brazilian? = :scared:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

33. Nanny stater

[Deep13]

41. They're not mandatory, you know.

:D

[Midlodemocrat]

42. Well, they should be!!!!!

FTR, I would NEVER, EVER get one. the epilady was bad enough. :scared:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

47. You tried an epilady down there?!?!

I love that the GD thread got locked (by TWO mods) and this one is still alive.

[Midlodemocrat]

49. Good Lord, no. Just the legs.

That was more than bad enough, TYVM.

[amitten]

54. No shit. Some things are just not meant to be.

Ripping the hair forcibly from one's genitals is one of them.

[Lost in CT]

35. If they do ban this I want to be an undercover cop... kind of a Hutch.

I really need to bookmark this thread next time some complains that nanny state is a right wing meme.

[flvegan]

37. More Puritanical bullshit.

No offense to the Puritans amongst us, of course.

2 people out of a brazillion that get the procedure done, and it's up for a ban. You know, if this wasn't one of the no-no areas of the female body nobody would give a shit.

Morons.

[Midlodemocrat]

38. I got a spider bite the other day that bruised the entire right side of my face.

You don't see anyone outlawing spiders do you?

I didn't think so.

It's completely unjust.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

40. If I was governor of NJ, I'd outlaw spiders

[amitten]

55. They should make sure people are properly trained, though.

It is something that could result in some pretty bad pain/injury if done really improperly (just like any procedure).

Of course, if you're allowing someone to forcibly rip out hair from your genitals, you're possibly asking for trouble.

[AlCzervik]

39. i'd rather give birth again then ever have another brazilian wax.

hell yes it hurts but it shouldn't be outlawed.

[Midlodemocrat]

43. Mr. bought me an epilady when we got engaged.

thinking (in his dumbass Mr. Midlo mind) that it would be preferable to waxing my legs.

Yeah, sure. If torture is preferable, he was probably right.

No. Friggin' Way.

[AlCzervik]

44. i had one of those, i still have a spot on my calf where the leg hair never grew back.

those things were like medieval torture devices.

[Midlodemocrat]

46. No kidding. And he couldn't understand why I didn't like it.

:eyes:

[amitten]

52. Shoulda let him try it on his chest hair.

A lot of guys seem to think that women are perfectly happy to suffer bad pain to be more desirable.

Those guys are wrong.

[Midlodemocrat]

56. Nah. He's not like that. He was genuinely trying to be helpful.

[NoPasaran]

45. How many are there in a brazillian wax again?

[Starry Messenger]

51. Dang, you beat me to it.

:D

[NoPasaran]

48. Well, now this is awesome

It actually took TWO mods to lock a thread about this in GD.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5288599

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

53. And the GD one comes complete with off-topic deleted sub-thread

[bluesbassman]

58. Just goes to show how much class, self restraint, and culture is in The Lounge.

Bwahahahahah!!:rofl: