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Christina Blizzard has a great piece on a woman with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), a hormonal illness characterized by irregular or no periods, acne, obesity, and excess hair growth.
Anyone who thinks hair removal is merely a “cosmetic” issue needs to read this story to understand how unwanted hair can cause serious problems for many people.
Full article [torontosun.com]
See my hair removal forum on PCOS for more information and support.
Candela Corp. has asked the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to re-examine patents held by Palomar Medical Technologies Inc. in the companies’ ongoing infringement battle.
Full article [wbjournal.com]
Kristine Johnson of WCBS-TV has a nice online article and video segment about home beauty treatments:
Laser hair devices for laser hair removal can cost between $250 and $1,000 with one even being used in some doctors’ offices.
“In my office I use it as an adjunct to laser hair removal that I do, so when I completed a larger body area and the patient just wanted a touch up, that’s something that can be done easily at home,” said dermatologist Dr. Doris Day. “So with guidance this makes a nice adjunct but it will never replace what I do.”
Full article [wcbstv.com]
Syria-born Australian Sue Ismiel founded Nad’s hair removal in 1992. The sticky paste became a popular and heavily marketed option for home use hair removal.
It was going really well, so I invested in a TV advertising campaign. Then it really took off — we had a call centre where we took the orders and my family and I would work like crazy in the garage, making the gel to fill the orders.
Full article [news.com.au]
Candace Carlisle has written a piece on threading featuring a Denton, Texas-based practitioner Lena Amoni:
Since opening at the mall in May, the 18-year-old store owner said, the business is doing so well that she is making four times as much money as when she worked for someone else.
And by hiring a new employee, University of North Texas student Farica Mascarennas, who was taught how to thread eyebrows in Kuwait by her aunt, business is continuing to grow, Amoni said.
Location:
Browz A Round
Golden Triangle Mall
2201 South I-35E
Denton TX 76205
214.635.9916
Full article [dentonrc.com]
Daphne Gordon of the Toronto Star has a piece on the Benefit chain of no-appointment brow bars that cater to busy professional women in need of facial hair removal:
Benefit must be onto something. The San Francisco-based cosmetics company, founded by twin sisters Jane and Jean Ford 31 years ago, opened its first Brow Bar in 2003, identifying it as a niche area that would allow the brand to grow globally. Five years later, with more than 50 bars waxing women worldwide, Benefit aims to open 40 more locations by the end of this year.
This 20-minute ritual – known as the Benefit brow job – costs CDN$23
Full article [thestar.com]
As summer arrives, more Australian men are seeking out hair removal:
The survey of cosmetic physicians showed nearly a quarter had seen an increase in hair removal treatments for men – up eight per cent on last year.
Full article [smh.com.au]
Allen Adams from Edge news has a nice piece on hair removal options for men, nicknamed “manscaping.”
Now, I’m not saying that you gentlemen out there have to lose all your body hair; it’s actually a fairly selective process. For instance, the consensus seems to be that leg hair is just fine. Also, chest hair as a rule doesn’t seem to be too big a deal, provided its presence isn’t too overwhelming. No, the big one seems to be back hair. No matter how much or how little you have, back hair is rather unsettling and unattractive.
Full article [themaineedge.com]
In Brush, Colorado, Dr. Thomas Bryant, M.D. and Dr. Lawrence Schoelkopf, M.D. of Surgical Associates of Morgan County had an open house at their new East Morgan County Hospital location. They recently relocated from Fort Morgan’s Colorado Plains Medical Center and welcomed community members to stop in to enjoy refreshments while taking advantage of the chance to consult personally with the surgeons on the topics of colonoscopies, varicose vein treatment and laser hair removal.
Full article [brushnewstribune.com]
Lisa Stanfield at makemeheal.com has a good article on home-use lasers:In November this year, Good Morning America’s Becky Worley put the two devices to the test and used Silk’n on one leg and TRIA on the other for two and a half months. The results showed that Silk’n worked remarkably better than TRIA, which takes longer to deliver results.
Full article [makemeheal.com]
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