Gemini Body Works
Below is the original information I put up about  Michael
T. Ricks, Sr. in 2002. I reported Gemini Body Works to the
Colorado
Attorney General, the Better Business Bureau, and the FDA.
Rejuvenu
listed him as a "medical consultant" on their site.
In 2004, Ricks was arrested
on 31 counts of criminal impersonation and sexual assault. Had
the Colorado Attorney General stepped in to shut him down, these
assaults on his clients may have been averted.
[Original 2002 information]
Gemini Body Works is a salon based in Aurora,
Colorado. The owner, Michael T. Ricks, Sr., sells treatments with
the Super-Phaser Gold, a transcutaneous patch hair removal system
made by Rejuvenu
International Limited (formerly International
Hair Removal Systems).
Michael T. Ricks, Sr. claims this treatment can achieve permanent
hair removal. He probably also sells the devices to unsuspecting
people as a home business opportunity.
Gemini Body Works and treatment
with the Super-Phaser Gold should be avoided by all consumers.
There is no published data showing these devices can remove hair
permanently.
Claiming that this device can achieve permanent hair removal
is a violation
of federal regulations.
I have also added two pages on Michael
T. Ricks, Sr. and his personal
attacks against me.
Contact information:
Address: 11275 E. Mississippi Ave.,
Suite 1-E-1, Aurora Colorado (Mississippi Office Building)
Address: P. O. Box 440371
Aurora, CO 80044
Address: P. O. Box 440311
Aurora, CO 80044
Phone: 720-857-8288
Phone: 303-751-6456
(Gemini Marketing Enterprises)
Fax: 303-337-0721
website: http://www.truehairfacts.com
email: info@honesthairfacts.com webmaster@honesthairfacts.com
Names associated with this company
Michael T. Ricks, Sr.
Jerry and Sandra Jacob, (720) 857-8288, 2075 Potomac
St, Aurora, CO 80011 (Denver
Meadows RV Park)
Brian Johnson, (303) 337-0721, 15462 E Evans Ave, Aurora,
CO 80013
Barb Goettsch Business Technology Support, Inc. (website
administrators)
Greg Goettsch Business Technology Support, Inc. (website
administrators)
Business Technology Support, Inc., 704 Colorado Boulevard
Dacono, CO 80514-9352
Phone: 303-833-2819 Fax 303-833-0672 Toll Free 1-888-284-8529
email: BarbG@BusinessTechSupport.com or GregG@BusinessTechSupport.com
I received the following note on March 11, 2007: "Please remove any negative information about TeamBTS and or Business Technology Support from your web site. The issues you had with one of our clients were deleted some years ago when he was arrested and put into jail. We had nothing to do with his business then and do not now."
Other names used by this company
Gemini Body Works, LLC
Gemini
Medical Services
Gemini
Electrolysis
Gemini
Marketing Enterprises, Denver, CO 80202
Quack claims
"You don’t have to be a rocket scintest [sic] to
know Andrea is one of a kind scam artist."
"I am very please [sic] with the results I have received
on my minority patients and myself. Prior to the Super Phaser
Gold, African Americans did not have a permanent hair removal
system that was available to us that has been proven to be effective."
"I asked Dr. Chandler about the IGIA product. He stated
that he never gave permission to IGIA to use his likeness or
article and that he had to write a stern cease and desist to
stop them."
Hmm. Perhaps he can explain why Chandler's
still on IGIA's site.
"The gel is absorbed by the hair, not the follicle. A
"wicking" action takes place and carries the current
just below the skin surface. When the currrent [sic] reaches
this area, it follows the path of least resistance (following
the most moisture), which is the inside of the hair follicle."
A common unsubstantiated claim by these quacks, refuted in
published scientific data (see Feughelman,
1982).
Comments
Here is a textbook case of someone who lacks the education
and intelligence to see he's been played by a couple of quacks.
Ricks states he's a "non-practicing psychologist"
who is "certified in Permanent "No Needle" Hair
Removal." He has put up a site to counter information on
hairfacts because he says factual information I've published
"has negatively affected my business." Talk about
killing the messenger!
Michael T. Ricks, Sr. conveniently repeats misinformation he's
been told by Rejuvenu and ignores the obvious fact that this
company has sold him a device that makes claims that are in
direct violation of federal regulations. Below are links to
the documents:
Overview
FDA's
second letter instructing Cole the Super-Phaser Gold "has
not been cleared by FDA for any indication."
Lee
Cole's response, rejected by FDA (see below)
FDA's
rejection of Cole's response
Here the worst part to me-- he's targeting consumers with special
hair removal needs, who are often poor, desperate, and willing
to try anything. He likes to target "pre/post transsexuals"
and "especially African Americans."
Michael T. Ricks, Sr. and his accomplices sell false hope to
those who can least afford to lose money on unproven products.
If you have been a victim of Michael T. Ricks, Sr., please contact
me, and I will send instructions on how to sue him in small
claims court, as well as how to report him to the Colorado Attorney
General and federal authorities. It will be my pleasure to help
you put him out of business.
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