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Do doctors recommend brazilian waxing?
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Brazilian Waxing: In fact, in new jersey officials recently considered prohibiting brazilian waxes, after two women were hospitalized for infections. One of them, diagnosed with a potentially life-threatening bacterial infection of the skin and underlying tissue called cellulitis, had to have surgery, and spent 15 days in the hospital hooked up to an iv.
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