Up-market salon charges more for a leg wax if you're over size 12

AS IF the sting of the wax wasn't painful enough, women larger than a size 12 will also be hit with a fat tax at one beauty salon because they require more product.

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IF YOU are over size 12, the sting of a leg wax at one particular salon doesn't end when the last strip is yanked off.

Clients at the MM Bubbles beauty shop in London's up-market South Kensington are being charged a fat tax of Pound5 ($8.85 AUD) if they're a size 12 or larger.

Women bigger than a size 18 may face another Pound5 on top of that.

The UK's Sunnewspaper sent a plus-size model to see if the price hike was for real.

The size 22-24 woman was charged an extra Pound5 for her treatment, and was apparently told by the salon owner: "I know maybe for you it is not very nice but I use more stuff."

The model, known only as Helen, told the paper: "Luckily, I'm okay with my size.

"But for other women worried about their weight this could really devastate them."

Another woman, who was a size 14-16, was reportedly charged an extra Pound10 ($17.70 AUD), the Daily Mail reports.

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