After local news stories featured 15-year-old Monique Landers of Wichita, Kansas, who ran a small business in which her friends would pay her $15 for a three-hour hair-braiding session, angry hair professionals complained to the State Board of Cosmetology—you need a license if you accept money for touching hair. The board notified Landers that unless she immediately ceased her braiding, she would face 90 days in jail.

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