Okay, now, where were we with the "growing up too soon," "sexualizing young girls," "can't a kid be a kid (and then a tween and then a gawky teen)" discussion? Because here's a fun little trend to add to the mix: waxing girls so young they become permanently hairless, you know, where they won't have hair for a few more years.
An expert in body hair removal claims she can get rid of unwanted hair permanently. The only caveat: you have to start removing it when you're six years old. And guess what? She's got clients ... lots of them!
She's got a pretty good pitch, too, reasoning it's more of a financial decision than a totally sick one.
From the Today Show at MSNBC:
One New York City salon, Wanda’s European Skin Care
Center, boasts on its Web site that children 8 years and older can get
discounted waxing for “virgin” hair. “Virgin hair can be waxed so
successfully that growth can be permanently stopped in just 2 to 6
sessions. Save your child a lifetime of waxing ... and put the money in
the bank for her college education instead!” the salon proclaims.
The
owner could not be reached for comment, but did tell the New York Post
that she has seen more than 200 kid clients this year and that kids
should begin waxing at 6 years old.
A Beverly Hills, Calif., salon rep. says nearly 20 percent of their bikini wax clients are in their tweens.
“The
increase began a couple of years ago,” said Mitchell, who has been
doing bikini waxes for more than 30 years. “Some kids come in with
their mothers when the mothers are getting waxed, so they want to do it
too. One 10-year-old had thick hair coming down her leg, and she had a
bikini and leg wax because she couldn’t go to camp like that without
getting teased.”Hmmmm. Tough call? Or capitulation to a world dominated by fair, photoshopped supermodels? When are you taking your girls in to get rid of their unsightly virgin hair?
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