Stephens Manufacturing Though not the biggest electric tweezer scam, this was certainly
one of the most brazen and most prolific on the web.
2001 update: In April 2001, GHR "inventor" Judith Stephens
became a little less prolific. Her business associate  "Katherine Cook"
removed several GHR promotional sites residing on wow-me.com and
webspinner.net.
2002 update: In January 2002, most GHR sites went offline, except
promotional material remaining on Kitty's Consumer
Beware.
Contact information
Address: 5915 Peeler Street Dallas,
TX 75235
Phone: 214-893-4471 or 800-833-4471
Owner: Judith Stephens
website: http://www.hairfree.com/
email: info@hairfree.com (general
info), or sales@hairfree.com (sales)
Old information (GHR moved March 2001)
Address: 4300 North Central Expressway,
Suite 109, Dallas, TX 75206
Phone: 214-827-4471 or 800-833-4471
Fax: 214-826-8576
Address: 2727 W. Mockingbird Lane,
Dallas TX 75235
Phone: 214-350-4471
Phone: 214-826-4471
Available devices
Stephens Manufacturing sells two models of DC electric tweezers:
Guaranty Hair Removal System (GHR)
GHR Personal
Smooth n' Silkie
Notes
I have extensive information on the fraudulent claims and unethical
practices of this company:
Clinical studies and reviews disputing GHR claims
Schuster 1992:
shows electric tweezer energy doesn't reach hair root (WITH
PHOTOS)
van Orden 1998:
observes that hair is a poor conductor
LeMaster 1990:
observes that hair is a poor conductor
Review and
comments on hair conductivity tests (Feughelman)
The US Food and Drug Administration's position on GHR
FDA: no evidence
to show electric tweezers are permanent
FDA: GHR not equivalent to needle
electrolysis
FDA: GHR status not invalidated
by reclassification
GHR cited by FDA for violations
(text)
GHR cited by FDA for violations
(scan)
False and misleading promotional claims by GHR
GHR "studies" stolen
verbatim
GHR: a copycat device
GHR's many promotional websites
GHR's ties to
"consumer site" consumerbeware.com
GHR historical timeline
GHR "inventor" Judith Stephens: portrait of a quack
Judith Stephens' bogus credentials
Is "Katherine Cook"
one of Judith Stephens' many assumed names?
Judith Stephens loses lawsuit and
files bankruptcy
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