IGIA Direct/Tactica In the 1990s, this New York based company inundated the U.S.
with their electric tweezer scam. Their misleading infomercials
and hard-sell direct response ads touting "painless and permanent"
hair removal were selling as many as 2 million units a year and
cost U.S. consumers hundreds of millions of dollars.
The original IGIA Gold tweezer used high-frequency AC energy,
where the modified Touch & Go version uses direct current,
either with the original tweezers or using two different-sized
silicone pads and an adhesive gel. The newer Touch & Go "breakthrough,
permanent hair removal system" is merely another scam by
a parasite preying on consumers.
In 2001, IGIA rolled out another model called  Forever Gone Plus,
this time with three pads. Although advertised as painless and
permanent, these devices have not been demonstrated to cause permanent
removal of hair in published clinical studies.
Contact information
- Tactica International, Inc., a Nevadacorporation
- 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 7418 New York, NY 10118
- (PH) 212-967-6917
- (FAX) 212-967-6917
IGIA.COM Contact
Correction
Early igia.net registration records listed dammann@earthlink.net
as Avi Sivan's email. The submitted information was not correct.
On 1 February 2002, I received the following letter from Dieter
Amann at Fulfillment Express:
For some reason you have my email address attached to the name
of Avi Sivan. The connection I had with Mr. Sivan is that I
registered a domain name igia.net for him and uses my email
address. The domain was then turned over to Mr. Sivan. This
was several years ago. Please remove my email from the list!
Available devices
| Epilator name |
FDA 510(k) |
Cleared |
| IGIA Gold |
K970338 |
07/01/97 |
| IGIA Forever Gone Plus |
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| IGIA Touch & Go Hair Removal System |
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Notes
1. IGIA also manufactures:
- Epil-Stop topical solution scam
- IGIA Epielle™ rotary epilator
- IGIA Microsonic™ Wet/Dry Trimmer
- IGIATouch & Go Hair Removal System™
2. Other contact addresses:
- From infomercial: 1173 2nd Avenue, Ste 288, New York, NY 10021
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