A 20 year old woman in Australia had to be admitted to the emergency room and nearly died two weeks after having a bikini wax treatment at her local salon.

The woman had type 1 diabetes which meant that she was more prone to suffer from infection – but anyone with a compromised immune system should also be aware of bikini wax risks.

The woman was allowed home after 10 days in hospital – a huge price to pay for a beauty treatment which was just meant to remove unwanted hair.

Always make sure you go to a reputable salon for any type of waxing and keep the area clean after waxing to reduce risks from bikini line and Brazilian waxing.

FOXNews.com – Woman Almost Dies After Bikini Wax – Health News | Current Health News | Medical News

Great article in the Scotsman about the lengths that some will go to in order to be “beautiful” including gold-leaf facials and caviar hair treatments.

Apparently some of our hair removal methods were far from ideal either – an early hair removal cream Koremlu, was actually made from rat poison…

Come to think of it the methods of torture we still have for getting rid of unwanted hair are not much fun either never mind what happened in hair removal history.

Update 2009 : Link to article in the Scotsman “Living – Because she’s worth it” removed because it is no longer available online