Category: hair removal

More male hair removal in Australia

Liz Porter at The Age has a good article (with a funny photo) on the trend toward hair removal among men:

These men are part of the new trend for “manscaping” — the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy term for male hair removal. They regularly trim or remove their pubic and buttock hair — or, in their words, “tidy up the crack and sack”.

Melbourne waxing salon proprietors say that male customer numbers have tripled over the past five years, with some performing about 50 “back, crack and sack” waxings each week.

Cosmetic physicians have also reported an increase over the past year in men seeking laser hair removal.

A new study also confirms that most younger heterosexual men are embracing the buff, hairless look that was once the preserve of gay men and body builders.

Full article:

Hair today, groan tomorrow: men who brave the trip to Rio [theage.com.au]

Woman with PCOS leaves home after 17 years

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 to USPTO: re-exam Palomar patents

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]

Laser Hair Removal Now Available At Home

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]

 Learn about Silk’n home-use laser hair removal

Article on history of Nad’s hair removal founder

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]

 Learn more about Nad’s hair removal paste

Article on threading in Denton, TX

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]

Brow Bars: walk up fuzzy, walk away smooth

 

Benefit, founder of Brow Bar franchise
Benefit, founder of Brow Bar franchise

 

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]

“Manscaping” up 8% in Australia

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]

Manscaping: male hair removal

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]

Colorado hair removal business relocates

 

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]