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The purpose of this study is to investigate the current status of and to collect the basic informations of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders(WMDs) in Beautician as beginner. The subjects were 86 students(all women). A questionnaire survey about the personal characteristics, behaviors, time to practices per week, parts of the body which use mainly to practice, stretching behavior, were conducted from November 2007 to December 2007. Data analysis was done using MS EXCEL program to determine percentage. The results were as follows; The subjects for this research were categorized into; by gender, all of them were females; by age, 18-21years 83.72%, 22-42years 16.28%; by alcohol, non-drinking represented 54.65%, drinking 37.21%; by smoking status, non-smoking represented 84.88%; by exercises, non-exercises 75.58%. By practice time(hours/week); all of them 15hours/week; by parts of the body which use mainly to practice were hands in the domain of skin care 48.84%, of hair 59.30%, of make-up 62.79%, of nail art 81.40%. By stretching behavior before/after the practice, non-stretching 54.65%, occasionally 40.70%. By WMDs symptoms, all of them were not feel the WMDs symptoms . The results of this study indicate that the beautician as beginner can not feel the WMDs symptoms. Therefore, this study has an important meaning that prevention is important.