The Govt should come up with new laws to regularise the trade in the wake of several unlicensed facilities springing up. Customers of salons and beauty parlours can then expect better quality and safer experience. There are many unlicensed parlours running in goa. The parlours are illegally operating in Goa, under the garb of health services. The Goa Public Health (Amendment) Rules, 2010 had made it mandatory for massage parlours and spas to register themselves with the Directorate of health services. In beauty parlours the massage parlours are running.
Spa and salons are an integral part of the wellness industry. Many parlours are performing laser therapy, plastic plasma treatment and other treatments, which need professionals. Beauty salons can do marvels for their customers; however, they are also considered as major health concern. They are a reason for the spread of viral, fungal and bacterial diseases. Among the diseases that can be transmitted in beauty salons are hepatitis B & C, herpes, AIDS, skin and eye infections, hair lice snd chronic fungal disease. Research indicates that the position in which you have to hold your neck while being shampooed over a basin could, in a few cases result in a stroke, known as 'Beauty Salon Stroke Syndrome' and such cases have also been reported.
