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The Fort Worth Star-Telegram has a profile on Davinci Laser Centers: Soprano® laser hair removal, a virtually pain-free and permanent alternative to shaving and waxing, removes hair three times faster than other laser hair removal treatments. DaVinci Laser Centers 6709 Meadow Crest Drive North Richland Hills 817-614-3677 Monday through Friday 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. … Continue reading “Davinci Laser Centers profile”
Persia Ali has posted a good list of potentially dangerous beauty products following three deaths from a massage device: 4. Wax: If it’s too hot when you apply it, you can burn yourself. 5. Depilatory Creams: Quick hair removal treatments, like Nair are great when you’re in a rush. But the chemicals that cause the … Continue reading “Dangerous Beauty Buys”
An interesting article from Ghana that focuses on dealing with the harsh summer sun and with temporary hair removal: Body Beautiful: Get smooth, fuzz-free skin Hair removal is no walk in the park; depending on how you do it, it can be downright painful and no matter what it eventually grows back. For getting into … Continue reading “Beauty and The Beach: Your Guide To Summer Beauty”
TRIA Beauty has announced a new patent for its home-use laser hair removal device: One of the keys to bringing this professional technology to the personal-use market was developing an eye-safe design. Most in-office professional lasers require both physician and patient to wear protective goggles to shield their eyes from the laser beam. However, the … Continue reading “TRIA home laser gets 2nd eye safety patent”
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 … Continue reading “Woman with PCOS leaves home after 17 years”
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]
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 … Continue reading “Brow Bars: walk up fuzzy, walk away smooth”
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]
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 … Continue reading “Home-use lasers: will Silk’n be the holiday winner?”
Registered Electrologist Nancy Casteel had her business destroyed by fire on October 16, but she’s back in business. Nancy Casteel Hair Removal still has the same phone number, 918-397-7072, and will be located, within the doctor’s medical spa, inside Primary Care Associates, 4150 SE Adams Rd., Bartlesville, OK 74006. Full article [examiner-enterprise.com]
