About two thousand beauty salons that provide cosmetic services are officially registered in Vienna. The prices for them practically do not differ from those which are provided in house “offices”. Only in case of problems at the beauty salon can you complain, sue for damages and damage to health. And what can be presented to a specialist who takes at home?
“Let’s start with the fact that such services can not be provided in an apartment under any circumstances,” explains Christoph Geralt, deputy head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Protection and Human Welfare in the Vienna Region. – First, it must be a special room with a separate entrance. Second, a person must be registered as a sole proprietor. Otherwise it will be impossible to bring him to justice: there is no sign, no legal address, no cash or commodity check. How to prove that poor quality service was provided here? The consumer in such “salons” is not protected, he comes there at his own risk.
But this is not the main thing. The most frightening thing is that in such “apartment” beauty salons can be harmful to health. In some cosmetic operations, the skin is damaged, untreated tools can lead to HIV infection, hepatitis “B” or “C”, demodicosis (damage to the skin by microscopic mites), fungal infections. “
