Compensation for unsuccessful hair removal

Woman receives compensation for a blemished bikini area

05/25/2012

Many resort to very risky depilation methods to remove natural body hair. Professional support is available in the beauty salon. But even here is not always guaranteed that everything goes as smooth as the skin should be after treatment.

So was currently awarded by the Wuppertal district court of a woman whose bikini area was defaced in the depilation with impulse light, a pain and suffering benefit in the amount of 4,000 euros. The beauty salon did not sufficiently inform the customer about the risks of the treatment and also made significant mistakes in the implementation of pulsed light therapy. Even after painful redness occurred at the customer, the staff of the beauty salon, the treatment continued or even intensified, the judges justified their verdict.

Hair removal left scars and white spots
After the unsuccessful hair removal scars and white skin spots had formed in the bikini zone of the plaintiff, which was cause for you to demand a compensation of at least 2,000 euros. The District Court Wuppertal now decided that the beauty salon had actually made serious mistakes in hair removal and said the plaintiff a pain and suffering benefit in the amount of 4,000 euros.

Inform about the risks before hair removal
The current case makes it clear that the hairless ideal of beauty may also be associated with risks. If you really want to eliminate your body hair, you should be thoroughly informed about the different hair removal methods and their risks. (Fp)

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