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Senate committee approves cosmetology rule limiting esthetic procedures; sets 1.4 mm microneedling depth cap
Summary
The Labor, Commerce and Industry committee approved a cosmetology regulation clarifying limits on estheticians’ practices, including a provision that devices that pierce the skin must not penetrate deeper than 1.4 millimeters. The rule aims to distinguish cosmetology from medical practice and respond to concerns about medical spas.
The Senate Labor, Commerce and Industry committee approved a proposed regulation from the South Carolina Board of Cosmetology that clarifies sanitary and safety standards for salons and esthetic practices and draws a clearer line between cosmetology and medical practice.
Committee staff read language from the regulation: “devices, machines or implements intended to pierce or puncture the superficial surface of the skin must not penetrate to a depth of greater than 1.4 millimeters.” That provision was presented as a bright-line limit intended to…
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