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From bbcnews:
“…They are angry that the law does not allow them to use more modern hair-removal techniques on their clients.
It follows a series of prosecutions for professional misconduct against beauticians for using laser and “intense pulsed light” treatments.
Under a 1962 decree these more sophisticated methods are the preserve of qualified dermatologists.
But France’s National Confederation of Beauty Institutes (CNAIB) protests that customers nowadays expect the latest epilation technology, like “flash lamps”.
On Monday hundreds of beauty workers – estheticiennes – demonstrated outside the health ministry in Paris to demand that the industry’s governing regulations be brought up to date.
They accuse dermatologists and other professional groups of waging a turf war to keep out new competition.
“French beauticians are the only ones in Europe…..” Continue reading
tags: france, french, beauticians, protest, hair removal
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