Canberra beauty salons have allegedly reused wax containing “pubic-type hairs”, treated clients with dirty foot spas and operated from filthy and unhygienic stores, according to documents released under a freedom of information request.
Key points:
- Several beauty salons and tattooists are put on notice for a range of infection control breaches
- Reusing wax and rollers, working unhygienically and poor cleaning among reasons
- Inspections take place “at least yearly” and offenses are not made public, unlike the food industry
Tattoo parlor inspections also revealed improper tracking and disposal of needles, expired or incorrectly diluted cleaning products and overflowing containers of used
