Right Thinking From The Left Coast
"To what purpose are powers limited, and to what purpose is that limitation committed to writing,
if these limits may, at any time, be passed by those intended to be restrained?"
-- Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, 1803

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Short and Curly
by Lee

Nobody likes a waxed coochie more than me, but not if it kills you.

‘Brazilian’ bikini waxes are increasingly popular among women who live nowhere near the bikini-clad beaches of Rio de Janeiro. For one 20-year-old woman in Melbourne, Australia, this routine procedure nearly took her life.

The woman was admitted to an emergency room just two weeks after receiving a the Brazilian bikini wax, a procedure that involves removing even more hair front-to-back than a traditional bikini wax, according to the Brief Report published online in the June issue of the journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases.

“Our case is notable, because it illustrates the infectious risks of pubic hair removal in a patient with diabetes,” the authors concluded. “The beauty industry is growing at an unprecedented rate and more invasive and potentially harmful procedures are increasingly available.”

The authors of the report warn that anyone with a compromised immune system, including diabetics and people infected with HIV, should think twice about waxing, or any beauty procedure.

And for those of you who don’t know the difference betweeen a regular wax job and a Brazilian wax, here’s Wikipedia.

This procedure involves the complete removal of hair from the buttocks and adjacent to the anus, perineum and vulva (labia majora and mons pubis). It can be thought of as a more extreme form of bikini waxing. The majority of types of Brazilian waxing leave a small line of pubic hair above the vulva, commonly known as the “G-Wax” or just “Brazilian”.

Or you can just watch the Penn & Teller Bullshit! episode on hair.  Ugh.

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