Newsweek article

Hair Removal Methods Laser hair removal
#1

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8543585/site/newsweek/

This article in the newest edition of Newsweek covers LHR in-depth. An interesting point is that it mentions how Junior Seau advocates laser and has passed his knowledge off to a few of his locker room buddies, and has been very vocal about it not being feminine for men to remove body hair.

The article also talks about the rise of the procedure, and the rest of the usual suspects.

It does, however, have a bit of bias in it’s tone (surprise, surprise) as it compares laser to electrolysis with a bit misleading information and does not interview anybody in the electrolysis field to defend the assertions. Several laser advocates in the dermatology field are allowed ample time to speak.

#2

Cue the Four Tops, The Supremes, and K.C. and the Sunshine Band because:
It’s The Same Old Song!

Of course they did not interview any electrologists. Electrologists RARELY run high priced spa retreats, or buy full page ads for their practice. On the other hand, Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation practices often do both.

#3

I thought overall it was a pretty good article. Of course the part about each hair taking 15 to 20 seconds to treat with electrolysis is wrong, and that came from a doctor! And having a doctor perform the treatment is not necessarily the best, I would want to know his skill level. A skilled, experienced technician would work better than a doctor that rarely uses laser.

The section on Junior Seau was good. I always suspected that a lot of NFL players shaved or did something to remove body hair, and my practitioner confirmed that. Maybe Junior will make men’s hair removal more mainstream, it is already happening to some extent.

RJC2001

#4

One thing I’ve noticed in professional sports is that virtually nobody - with the exception of Steve Nash - has body hair. All the football players have to wax or shave or do something else to their arms because all of them have that shiny sleek look. And you know that many huge sweaty guys aren’t naturally that way.

#5

One thing I’ve noticed in professional sports is that virtually nobody - with the exception of Steve Nash - has body hair. All the football players have to wax or shave or do something else to their arms because all of them have that shiny sleek look. And you know that many huge sweaty guys aren’t naturally that way.

Very true. Some NBA players are even starting to shave their armpits too. Or they could be getting laser or electrolysis.

My practitioner works on pro football players, and they use both laser and electrolysis. Even after they’re traded they come back for some extra work.

RJC2001

#6

You can thank the Oakland Raiders for the NFL hair removal craze in areas people would see. Just to be a nuisance, they would rip out a guy’s arm hair any time they could. If there was a pile up, pull out some hairs. If you can’t tackle the guy, but you can touch his arm, pull out some hairs. It did not take long for bare arms to become standard operating procedure. The equipment often rips hairs out on the chest and legs as well. Of course, anyone who has ever put on a football helmet that actually “fit” him or her knows that process will scrub off some of your head hair as well.

As for the article, I am glad you can see our frustration. Fino Gior performing PicoFlash would not take more than one second per hair from insertion to epilation if he were utilizing a one shot thermolysis technique. Many electrologists using blend can remove close to 3 hairs in 20 seconds. The only type of electrologist who can’t safely say that 20 seconds per hair is a long time is one practicing Straight Galvanic.

I also agree, that the technician probably paid more attention to learning how to use the LASER than the doctor ever did. You want the Doctor around if anything bad happens, but you don’t really want him doing your hair removal. You see the care he puts into your chart, and his hand writing <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

#7

It would be nice if the article could have had a balanced approach to it; talked to people whom laser did not work for, or speak with electrologists.

However, as reporters are being put in jail these days for doing something essential to their trade, you can’t exactly blame them for not seeking the whole truth.

#8

Reporters can be lazy, plus they have deadlines to meet. I’m not sticking up for them though, just explaining their behavior.

RJC2001

#9

On this point, blame the Lazy.

LASER company X sends a press kit to every media outlet. When reporter Jones is in need of a quick fluff filler piece, he takes out that press kit, and prints it up verbatum and contacts the people in the kit, or, takes clips from the video sent by the company.

reporter jones gets to go to the beach with his story done in a cut and paste kind of way, and the boss is happy because he has filled the time and space needed, while probably getting more money in the ad section, because when Jones contacts the source for permission to use their material, they buy an ad in the media outlet to run counter to the piece and everyone is happy… except the maligned electrologists.

Of course the piece is not balanced, the information for it was provided entirely by the LASER industrial complex. They don’t want anyone trying electrolysis until they have at least tried LASER first.

#10

On this point, blame the Lazy.

LASER company X sends a press kit to every media outlet. When reporter Jones is in need of a quick fluff filler piece, he takes out that press kit, and prints it up verbatum and contacts the people in the kit, or, takes clips from the video sent by the company.

reporter jones gets to go to the beach with his story done in a cut and paste kind of way, and the boss is happy because he has filled the time and space needed, while probably getting more money in the ad section, because when Jones contacts the source for permission to use their material, they buy an ad in the media outlet to run counter to the piece and everyone is happy… except the maligned electrologists.

Of course the piece is not balanced, the information for it was provided entirely by the LASER industrial complex. They don’t want anyone trying electrolysis until they have at least tried LASER first.

Manufacturing cont(/s)ent.