Is laser hair removal in Chicago any different from laser hair removal in London? I don't think so. Essentially the same equipment is available both sides of the Atlantic – yet very different rules control what you can CLAIM about the process.

In London and the rest of the UK laser hair removal clinics are able to claim that the process will permanently remove hair and that it is pain free. Yet in Chicago or New York (or any other US state or city) companies who advertise laser hair removal in this way will be in trouble with the FDA.

And the truth? Laser hair removal is neither permanent nor pain free wherever you have your treatment. No doubt the UK authorities will be on the case soon. 

Interesting article from Janice Turner of the Times online about the politics and social climate behind body hair removal contrasting the meaning of hair removal in the West and in Islamic culture. My view? Bikini line waxing and/or body hair removal is a personal choice which you make on whatever criteria are important to you – whether that is social custom or religious belief or your own view about what is acceptable or pleasing aesthetically.

When the bikini line turned to a battle line  – Times Online

Tags: bikiniline waxing, body hair removal

Not something to read over breakfast but if you really want to make yourself cringe take a look at Christopher Hitchens’ excruciating account of his recent back, sack and crack wax.

Waxing your legs will seem like floating on clouds after reading this.

But really guys, you don’t need to go through these agonies for us in the name of beauty (or vanity). Get rid of the hairy back, if you like, but as for the rest we love you just the way you are.

At Last, Christopher Hitchens Describes His Infamous Waxing – New York Magazine’s Daily Intelligencer

Tags: backsack and crack waxing, Christopher Hitchens