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FDA goes after the Gold
Subsequent to a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspection of
Rejuvenu International, Ltd. in August 2004, Mr. Hubert Lee Cole
received a warning letter from the Agency regarding various violations
in the manufacturing and marketing of the hair removal products called.
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FCEA president retires, and new president takes
office
The Federation of Canadian Electrolysis Associations has announced
the retirement of its president, Michelle Kaminski, who has held that
high office for four consecutive years — the maximum allowable term in
that position. During her tenure, Ms. Kaminski. . .
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Stem cells may soon provide “natural” heart
pacemakers
Scientists at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, together with
US colleagues, have successfully transplanted embryonic stem cells into
the hearts of pigs, where they performed as “natural” heart pacemakers.
Researchers believe this technology could replace. . .
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Britain’s top two merge and promote needle
electrolysis
On October 1, 2004, the British Association of Electrolysists (BAE)
and the British Institute of Electrolysis (BIE) became a single, merged
entity operating under the banner, British Institute & Association of
Electrolysists Ltd. (BIAE). The resulting organization. . .
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French sex offenders to get hair loss/hair growth
drugs
Early in November 2004, France launched a pilot project that offers
rapists and pedophiles drugs that will inhibit their sex drive. The
move, announced by France’s justice minister Dominique Perben, is part
of a plan to reduce the population of. . .
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Mouse model offers new hope for alopecia areata
sufferers
A five-year study into the genetics of the autoimmune skin disease
known as alopecia areata has resulted in the construction of a mouse
model that will give remarkable. . .
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Income from non-supervised laser hair removal in
Texas faces permanent reduction
Starting November 30, 2004, the Texas Board of Medical Examiners (TBME)
officially declared laser hair removal a “medical procedure” that must
be. . .
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US Military will study laser razor bump hair
removal
The outcome of a yearlong study at Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC),
in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, may affect more than 20,000 service members.
The purpose of the study will be to monitor the long-range effects of
laser hair removal for persons who suffer
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So where are the celebrity eyebrow pluckers
closeted?
Obviously the electrologists’ message about permanent hair removal
still has not gotten through to some pockets of American society.
Eyebrow plucking we are told, is more popular today with movie stars,
politicians, sports personalities and other celebrities than
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Grandma knew it all along, green tea is good for
you
In the current issue of Chemical Research in Toxicology, researchers
at the University of Rochester’s Environmental Health Science Center
report that they have discovered chemicals in green tea that shut down
one of the key molecules that tobacco relies on to
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Will you have a Brazilian, or go for the full
monty?
In late August, the Oxford English Dictionary — considered the
ultimate authority on the English language since it was first completed
in 1928 — added two more hip “hair words” to the latest version of its
20-volume, 500,000-word encyclopedia of words. The terms
. . .
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Oh, dear; the price we must pay in the name of
fashion
Dr. Jonathan Trager, assistant clinical professor of pediatrics and
dermatology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, says physicians
should expect to see a steep increase in the number of teenage girls
with folliculitis in their pubic regions. Fashion-consciousness
. . .
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The curious art of threading arrives in New
Zealand
The first, last and only time New Zealand reporter, Alice O’Connell,
had her eyebrows waxed and shaped, she had spent the next three hours
trying to hide her swollen, hot red puffy eyes, and eyebrow area — so
when she got an invitation to have
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New Ohio tax on hair removal is permanent!
As of July 31, 2003, the clients of electrologists in Ohio are
paying more to have their unwanted hair removed: 6 percent more, to be
exact. In order to fund Ohio’s two-year $48.8 billion budget,
legislators on June 20 agreed to raise the state sales tax
“temporarily,” and broaden the base
. . .
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Signaling protein may benew clue to hair growth
Scientists at the University of Michigan have some potential good
news for those who are balding. A study led by University of Michigan
graduate student, David Van Mater, used genetically altered mice
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FDA wants expectant mothers to limit their fish consumption
Health-conscious people around the world have been told repeatedly that
fish is good for the heart and the waistline. But there is growing
concern that some seafood lovers are consuming high doses of mercury
along with their fish dishes and could be suffering . . .
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Shade
doesn’t protect against UV rays as much as thought
Australian scientists at the
Queensland Institute of Medical Research are reminding sun- worshipers
that cloud cover does not provide adequate protection against invisible
ultraviolet light, particularly against . . .
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Testosterone boosts memory of older men, new study finds
The hormone that makes men
‘male’ may also play a big role in keeping them sharp into old age. More
than one study conducted on older men has found that those with high
levels of testosterone freely circulating in their blood performed
better on . . .
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New
home-use laser comb is first for hair loss treatment
First we
had lasers to remove superfluous hair; now laser light science comes to
the aid of men and women who suffer from hair loss. It comes to us in
the form of a device called HairMax LaserComb, publicized as “the
world’s first . . .
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Ancient hair removal method
finds trendy following in LA
The age-old depilation
technique known as ‘threading’ is making a come-back in many parts of
North America, and it is no longer unusual to find advertising for this
unique method of hair removal in the Yellow Pages of communities both
large and small. Although it is often promoted as . . .
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LMX4 is
new name of former ELA-Max topical anesthetic
One of the
top brands of topical anesthetic used by electrologists in North America
will soon undergo a change of name and logo. Ferndale Laboratories,
Inc., the maker of ELA-Max (Lidocaine 4%), announced in May that the ELA-Max
name will be permanently changed to LMX4 [el-em-eks four] within the
next two . . .
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Vaniqa
retards Q1 financial growth at WFHC Company
Women First
HealthCare, Inc. (WFHC on the Nasdaq stock exchange), the firm that in
June 2002 acquired the hair growth retardant cream, Vaniqa, from its
original developers Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., and Gillette Co., recently
reported . . .
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MDs want practice of medicine by nonphysicians stopped now!
The results
of an investigation into the mounting number of patients seeking
corrective treatment for complications following “dermatologic surgery”
performed by nonphysicians, is the subject of an article currently
appearing . . .
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Gillette will fund Palomar research on
home-use hair removal laser device
In a February 19th press release, aimed primarily at stock market investors,
the Burlington, Massachusetts-based company, Palomar Medical Technologies Inc.,
announced that it had made an agreement with shaving products giant, Gillette
Company . . .
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Health Canada warns acne pill poses health risks
Health Canada (HC) has issued an Advisory about the acne drug, Diane-35,
which is also marketed as an oral contraceptive in Canada and Britain. HC warns
that patients who use Diane-35 have an increased risk of developing venous
thromboembolism, which includes pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis
(also known as “travellers thrombosis”) . . .
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FDA puts diathermy users on alert for DBS implants
An Advisory initiated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Dec. 19,
2002, is warning medical workers to be on the alert for patients who have an
implanted deep brain stimulator (DBS), and who are at risk of serious injury or
death if they are exposed to diathermy treatment.
DBSs are used to treat essential tremor and tremor-predominant Parkinson’s
disease, and use an electrical lead implanted into a patient’s brain. Because
diathermy creates an electrical current . . .
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Generic Accutane acne drug now available
Pittsburgh-based Mylan Laboratories Inc. and Genpharm Inc., the
Toronto-based unit of German drugmaker, Merck KGaA, announced in January the
launch of their generic equivalent of Accutane, the “last-ditch” treatment for
acne originally developed by Swiss-based Roche Holding AG, parent company of
Roche Laboratories. Approval to market the new version of the drug
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Researchers are sniffing out new uses for Botox
Botulinum toxin type A (BTXA), more commonly known as Botox, is a potent
neurotoxin associated with botulism (severe food poisoning). Aside from treating
muscle contractions associated with specific neurologic diseases, the main focus
of investigation into the medical uses of this poison has focused on its
cosmetic use for wrinkle removal. More recent studies conducted by researchers
at Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, in Germany, found that BTXA can
substantially reduce or prevent problematic sweating . . .
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The unpardonable high cost of hair growth stuff
A California businessman pardoned by President Bill Clinton for a 1983 fraud
conviction has been charged with tax evasion. Internal Revenue Service agents
arrested Almon G. Braswell, 59, in January, after investigating his dietary
supplement business. He served seven months of . . .
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FDA OKs Finacea topical treatment for rosacea
The first new therapeutic option for rosacea patients in more than a decade
received the approval of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in January.
The results of randomized, double blind testing involving 664 patients, showed
that the new drug, Finacea, had a significantly . . .
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Wyeth’s stock suffers nasty
side-effects from HRT drugs
Stock shares of the giant pharmaceutical company, Wyeth, based in Madison,
New Jersey, fell 24 percent to a four-year low in July 2002, after a large,
long-term study by the Women’s Health Initiative [see Hair Route, Issue No. 92]
published in major medical journals, showed that women taking Wyeth’s flagship
drug Prempro for hormone replacement therapy (HRT), had an increased risk. . .
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Progestin not estrogen is link to
cancer, study says
Sales of hormone replacement pills containing
both estrogen and progestin have plunged since last summer, when a major U.S.
study conducted by the Women’s Health Initiative linked these combination drugs
to breast cancer and heart disease. Now the results of another study, conducted
at Lund University in Sweden, suggests that women who take hormone replacement
drugs containing estrogen alone. . .
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Gene leaves clues that may lead to
hope for the hairless
Scientists have discovered a gene that causes
extreme forms of hair loss; a finding they say could one day point to better
remedies for common hereditary baldness.
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Yes, we’ve got hair to spare, do we
hear any more bids?
What do you do with all those hairs you remove
from clients, anyway? Do you store them away safely, for that day in the future
when your client is world famous? – No? Well maybe you ought to think the idea
over again.
At an online sale at MastroNet, Inc. on Oct. 28, 2002, some hair of the
legendary rocking ’n’ rolling “Elvis the Pelvis” Presley went on the auction
block. The precious bundle of jet black hair clippings. . .
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2-year-old Vaniqa tops one million
in prescription sales
Just two years after getting clearance to
market from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the topical hair removal
cream Vaniqa, developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Gillette Co., has topped
one million in prescription sales in North America. According to data released
in September by NDCHealth, Inc., ”The easy-to-use cream continues to gain favor
among women and physicians coast-to-coast for its ability. . .
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Hormone trial halted due to cancer, heart Risk
A major U.S. trial at the Women’s Health Initiative, a unit of the National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), designed to show the possible benefits
of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in combating coronary heart disease, was
halted in July when researchers found that the estrogen/progestin combination
being used presented “safety concerns.” The trial involved 16,608 women aged 50
to 79 who still had their uterus. Such women are given the estrogen/progestin
combination because estrogen alone can promote cancer in the lining of the
uterus.
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Drug maker amends hormone therapy (HRT) prescribing info
In a press release dated Sep. 4, 2002, U.S. drug maker Wyeth said it has
changed the prescribing recommendations for women taking its hormone replacement
therapy (HRT) products to reflect recent studies that raised safety questions
about the medicines and sparked a nationwide debate.
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ASDS warns against cosmetic surgery by non-physicians
The 2002 Member Survey of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS)
indicates clearly that cosmetic procedures performed by non-physicians without
adequate training or supervision continue to pose a public safety concern.
Numerous medical treatments that traditionally present a low risk profile when
performed by qualified dermatologic surgeons are now being cited as the cause of
scars, burns, permanent skin discoloration and even misdiagnoses of serious
conditions like skin cancers.
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BAE Master Class presents — Will that be One Hand or Two?
Should the electrologist work with the needleholder in her dominant hand and
forceps in the opposing hand; or should she hold both the forceps and
needleholder in the same hand? That is a question that has been debated, on and
off, at electrologists’ meetings worldwide for many years. And it’s going to be
one of many interesting topics on the program of the British Association of
Electrolysists’ special “Symposium & Master Class,” to be held at the
Hairdressing & Beauty Equipment Centre in London, England, on Sunday Nov. 17,
2002.
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Pioneer electrologist Ruth Young Block dies at 101
A pioneer of short wave epilation, Ruth Young Block, died of heart failure
on Aug. 7, 2002, just one week short of her 101st birthday. Born August 14,
1901, Ms. Block had transformed her early years of Depression-era penury into a
long, high-profile career in electrolysis, followed by 29 years of comfortable
retirement in her Chicago lakefront apartment.
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FDA clears first light-based
do-it-yourself-at-home device
for superfluous hair removal
The laser manufacturing company, Radiancy, Inc., based at Yavne
Industrial Park in Israel, with corporate headquarters located in Orangeburg,
N.Y., announced in June 2002 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
had granted the Company clearance to market its non-laser, light-based
photoepilation system, SpaTouch,” for patient removal of unwanted hair at home.
Radiancy’s president, Zion Azar, said the FDA’s new, “Physician Directed Use (PDU)”
indication confirms “the superior safety, ease of use and clinical efficacy of
the innovative light energy technology exclusive to the SpaTouch.”
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Palomar expands line of light-based hair reduction
systems as FDA approves
In a press release dated Aug. 1, 2002, Palomar Medical Technologies Inc.
announced that it had received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) to sell and market a new handpiece for its EsteLux
light-based hair reduction system– “good for all skin types, including tanned
skin.”
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IGPE suffers major brownout
All did not go well for the proponents of needle-type electrolysis attending
the April 2002 Congress and Membership Meeting of the International Guild of
Professional Electrologists in Chicago. A small contingent of members — calling
itself the “Ethical IGPE Coalition” — had hoped to stall the reelection of
incumbent Guild president Trudy Brown, and, more importantly, defeat a proposal
of the Guild board to remove the words “Professional Electrologists” from the
corporate name and replace them with the words “Hair Removal Specialists.”
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AEA Teaching the Teachers
The American Electrology Association’s International Board of Electrologist
Certification (IBEC) has developed a program to prepare electrologists to become
teachers in a classroom environment. In a recent press release the AEA said,
“Once again the AEA is leading the way, setting high standards for the
electrology profession by providing this pedagogy program. If you are looking
for an opportunity to grow and do something for your profession of electrology
then this is the program for you. Here is an opportunity for you to achieve your
goals.”
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BAE reaches out to others
“passionate on permanency”
At the 45th Annual General Meeting and Open Convention of the British
Association of Electrolysists (BAE) held at the New Cavendish Club, in the heart
of London, on April 28, Sybil Perkins passed the Chairmanship of the Association
over to Sue Paradise.
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iMM-Pac’s high technology
will rev up epilation speed
The speed at which epilation can be performed is of the utmost importance to
electrologists’ clients. “This is why something new appears on the market each
year, offering a quicker way to remove unwanted hairs,” says Clément Beaumont,
president and CEO of the electrolysis manufacturing firm Dectro International.
“Computerized electroepilation is no exception to this desire for speed,” Mr.
Beaumont adds. “And our Company took up the challenge to increase the speed of
electroepilation without compromising the effectiveness of this modality. . .
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From truffles for facials
to laser for blondes
The U.S. television news networks have not been slow to jump on the
controversy surrounding the practice of laser hair removal, particularly in New
York City where Kim McMillon “an attractive, 34-year-old Wall Street investment
banker” is seeking compensation of $100 million from Greenhouse Day Spa, after
receiving permanent facial scars in a laser hair removal “treatment gone wrong.”
[Reported in Hair Route, Dec. 2001, page
20.]
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AEA forms early plans for
2002 Convention in Vegas
The American Electrology Association (AEA) will hold it’s 2002 Convention at
The Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas, Oct. 23-26. The Keynote Speaker will be E. Scott
Sills, M.D., an endocrinologist from Atlanta, GA. Dr. Sills will be talking
about “PCOS: The Significance of Symptom Awareness in Electrology Settings.”
Other speakers include:
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Laser warfare in New York –
physicians Vs estheticians
The questions of permanency or “permanent reduction,” were never even hinted at in the lengthy, cosmetic laser story featured in the Styles section of The New York Times, on Sunday, February 17. The big debate in this article, written by Elizabeth Hayt and titled “Whose Hand Holds the Laser,” was not about the efficacy of laser hair removal but rather about who should be allowed to perform the potentially dangerous procedure.
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Laser treatments a bitter
lesson for some patients
“What you see isn’t always what you get,” was the thrust of a health-news story circulating in the U.S. press during December 2001, about the possible hazards involved in cosmetic laser treatments. The article had significant impact, given that it was penned by the award-winning journalist Colette Bouchez, formally a health reporter at the New York Daily News and author of several medical health books.
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NTP proposes estrogen be
added to carcinogen list
Late in 2001, the National Toxicology Program (NTP) of the USA’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences announced its intention to add steroidal estrogens to its “known human carcinogens” list in the next Report on Carcinogens (2002).
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IGPE’s Congress 2002 set
for springtime in Chicago
The annual Congress of the International Guild of Professional Electrologists (IGPE) is scheduled to take place at the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago, April 28-30. As far as International Hair Route has been able to determine, the program for the event will be more or less the same program that was planned for the IGPE’s September 14, 2001 Congress, which was cancelled due to the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York.
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Different methods of hair
removal not without risks
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has issued a paper cautioning the public against the irrational use of products and methods for eliminating superfluous hair.
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OK, but will it get those
dirty, dirty hairs out?
Clean your duds without suds? That’s the promise from Japanese appliance maker Sanyo Electric Co., which has unveiled what it describes as the world’s first washing machine that cleans clothes without needing detergent.
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Androgen therapy may help
some postmenopausal women
A recent study conducted at Laval University, in Quebec, Canada, has confirmed that androgens play a major – but so far underestimated – role in women’s health.
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Amazon Croton tree sap may
be an antibacterial cure-all
Researchers in Alberta, Canada, are taking a closer look at the red sap of an Amazonian tree that brings quick relief for common complaints such as cuts, stomach pains and itchy insect bites. The sap, called Sangre de Grado, comes from the fast-growing Croton tree, a species commonly found throughout the Amazon region.
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First birth control patch
receives FDA approval
In December 2001, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc., a leader in prescription birth control options, announced that it had received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), for the first “birth control patch,” Ortho Evra (technically described as norelgestromin/ethinyl estradiol transdermal system). The Company says that “women soon will have a new birth control option that combines the 99 percent effectiveness of the Pill with the convenience of once-a-week dosing.”
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Attention to hair details
is never just for women
Men without gray hair are perceived as more successful at dating than their gray-haired contemporaries; that is the conclusion of a nationwide “Great Dating” survey sponsored by Just For Men Haircolor, to determine what unmarried men and women look for in a mate.
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Postmenopausal diabetics
may have help from HRT
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may help postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes to stabilize their blood sugar and control their disease over the long term. A study of more than 15,000 women whose average age was nearly 65 years found that those who were taking HRT had significantly lower levels of HbA1c – a measure of long-term blood glucose (sugar) – regardless of age, ethnicity, education, obesity and other factors.
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IGPE’s Year 2001 Congress
rescheduled for April 2002
The International Guild of Professional Electrologists’ Congress 2001, originally planned to take place on September 14-16, 2001 (just two days after the terrorist attack on the twin towers of the World Trade Center, in New York) has been rescheduled for April 28-30, 2002, at the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago.
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Laser hair removal victim
Sues NY spa for $100M
In the New York Post on November 1, 2001, it was reported that a New York woman, described as “an attractive Wall Street investment banker” is suing an East Side spa for $100 million for “horribly disfiguring her face” during a laser hair removal beauty treatment.
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Hinkel Inc’s Delilah knows
answer to Samson’s secret
The A. R. Hinkel Company is proud to announce the addition of the Model UC-4 (nicknamed “Delilah”) to its line of state-of-the-art epilators. The new design incorporates a dark glass front panel surrounded by a Corian bezel, giving the unit a highly distinctive look. The unit combines the best features of the new computerized epilators, without forfeiting the natural advantages of a totally manual, two-pedal blend machine.
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Pfizer wants to know why
women are quitting HRT
A study conducted by Dr. Robert F. Reynolds and his colleagues for Pfizer Inc., in New York, has shown that fewer postmenopausal women are staying on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) long-term.
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Ballet presents Gold Probe
Award for the year 2001
Electrologist Shelley Barouh was the very happy recipient of this year’s Ballet Gold Probe Award, sponsored by Synoptic Products, the North American distributor of Ballet electrolysis needles.
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Studies prove progesterone
noneffective against PMS
A review of 14 trials on the use of progesterone and progestogen therapy has found that progesterone and synthetic drugs similar to the female hormone, are of no help to women suffering from premenstrual syndrome (PMS).
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Dr. Blum says “Goodbye” to
IHR and Skin Talk column
Jon H. Blum, MD, the dermatologist from Farmington Hills, Michigan, who authored International Hair Route’s column “Skin Talk,” for 15 years, has retired from professional practice and from writing, effective November 30, 2001.
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FDA gives the “OK” to a
new birth control invention
Women may soon opt for a new type of contraceptive, a hormone-emitting flexible plastic ring they slide into the vagina once a month to prevent pregnancy.
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New cataphoresis roller to
be Apilus standard in 2000
At the annual convention of the American Electrology Association, in October, electrolysis manufacturing company, Dectro International, introduced a new cataphoresis/anaphoresis electrode set which meets electrologists’ demands for equipment that readily lends itself to the sterilization process.
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AEA Grand Raffle winners
take home grand prizes
A lot of conventioneers at the American Electrology Association’s big October bash in Memphis, Tennessee, went home with prizes won in the Association’s Grand Raffle.
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P&G donates its valuable
hair removal technology
The Procter & Gamble Company is donating all the patents and intellectual property relating to its proprietary NAC Depilatory Technology to TRI/Princeton, an independent, non-profit research institute. The Company says the technology holds promise for becoming the first-ever, leave-on depilatory, for eliminating unwanted “peach fuzz” facial hair.
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Name that Guild! Will it
be IGPE or IGHRS?
Even before some Hair Route readers receive this September magazine, the International Guild of Professional Electrologists, Inc. (IGPE) may have a name change. The old organization was founded 22 years ago by New York electrologist Fino Gior, to raise money for a major public relations effort that would champion traditional electrolysis and educate consumers on the truth about electronic tweezers.
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Hormone Center of New
York now a reality
Geoffrey Redmond, MD, well known to readers through his regular column, “Endocrine Perspective,” in Hair Route magazine, has completed his move from Cleveland, Ohio, to New York, NY, and recently launched a new Hormone Center in that city. The move puts his increasingly-multinational practice within easier reach of patients who come from as far away as Hawaii, London and Japan.
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Spider vein removal made
easy for medical doctors
With the arrival of the Arachnophlebectomy (arack-no-fleh-bectomy) Surgical Device, medical doctors now have a simple and effective way to destroy unsightly spider veins. The new patented device received clearance for marketing from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration earlier this year, and is being manufactured by Advanced Medical Products Inc. (AMP) of Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Sterex needles adds a new
twopiece to its product line
Responding to popular demand, Sterex Electrolysis International has added a new, size #2 (002) needle, to its brand-leader twopiece range of needles.
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AEA in Memphis for Rockin’
an’ Rollin’ and CEUs
Beginning in 2002, the American Electrology Association’s (AEA) annual convention will return to Las Vegas, Nevada, every other year, and hold the event at different cities on alternate years. In 2001, AEA conventioneers will gather in Memphis, Tennessee — Mecca of Elvis, King of rock ’n’ roll.
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“Reduction” only, OK. But
who will enforce the rules?
Health Canada, the Canadian government agency that has authority over therapeutic products and devices, has finally taken a stance on the question of who may use lasers for hair removal and what claims may be made by practitioners for permanent hair removal.
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“UK Student of the Year”
wins trip to Memphis, TN
Now in its twelfth year and with entries at record levels, the Sterex Electrolysis International competition to find the “UK Student of the Year,” recently held its grand finals at the prestigious Selfridge Hotel in the West End of London, England.
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Who gets to use laser for
hair removal in Florida is
still anybody’s guess
If you are an electrologist in Florida currently operating a laser – for hair removal or any other reason – you are in contravention of the law. Exceptions to the law, as it stands today, apply only to electrologists that have certain additional credentials in the medical field.
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“Rebound epidemic” of HIV
may already be underway
San Francisco was one of the first centers of the AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s, when as many as half the gay men in the city were believed to be infected with HIV. Today in San Francisco, new infections of HIV – the virus that causes AIDS – are rising more quickly than previously believed. The latest statistics are taken as an alarming sign that a “rebound epidemic” of the killer disease may already be underway.
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Electronic tweezer-maker
offers new cream to aid
laser hair removal
“Foundations of Freedom: The Right to Bare Arms” is the headline on a press release of May 17, that promotes a cream to “improve the effectiveness of laser hair removal on a person’s arms by as much as one-third or more.” The product was formulated by Dr. Evan Denoff, MD, Ph.D., and developed by Judith Stephens, a well-known figure in the electronic tweezer hair removal industry.
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Lasers are more versatile,
lighter and more available
Laserscope is the latest laser manufacturer to receive clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its light-based, “permanent hair reduction” device. Making the announcement in a press release dated May 24, Laserscope’s president and CEO, Eric Reuter, said: “The FDA clearance adds yet another compelling indication for our Lyra laser, and further differentiates this product from the competition as the most versatile and innovative aesthetic laser on the market today.”
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Findings of hair study just
another way to raise funds
Late last year the Max-Planck Immunology Institute in Freiburg, Germany issued an internet press release with the headline, “Unwanted Hair Growth May Soon be Under Control.” The accompanying article announced that researchers had succeeded in identifying a protein switch that regulates the activity of numerous genes carrying information for the keratin protein structure of hair fiber: an important mechanism for hair formation.
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Latex allergies put lower
protein gloves in demand
Studies conducted in 2000 have confirmed that cornstarch, when combined with the proteins in latex gloves, causes the majority of allergic reactions experienced by glove-wearers in hospitals, medical centers and personal healthcare facilities. Cornstarch is the most common dusting powder used to lubricate latex gloves, and glove manufacturers are earnestly searching for ways to alleviate the problem.
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Keeping up with misleading
ads is a never-ending task
The main office of the American Electrology Association (AEA) continues to receive from its members a constant stream of hair removal advertisements that contain misleading advertising. Teresa Petricca, the AEA’s executive director, says “It’s truly amazing the things that are being perpetrated on the public.” In the past few months she’s had to investigate everything from electronic tweezers to Cotton Tip devices. The most recent oddities are the Patch Device and ColdLaser ads, which have been promising “permanent hair removal,” to the readers of many beauty and esthetic magazines across North America for years.
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U.S. entry at Cannes Film
Festival tells a hairy tale
A very hairy lady was the central figure in one of the American entries to the May 2000 Canne Film Festival, in Canne, France. The movie, titled “Human Nature” is described as a romance/comedy and stars Patricia Arquette in the lead role, Lila – “the woman with a secret;” she’s got a beard, and she has hair over her whole body. Early in the story, Lila’s friend Nathan, played by Tim Robbins, has to deal with this reality:
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National associations set
2001 convention plans
The annual conference of the Society of Clinical and
Medical Electrologists (SCME), set for March 5-9, 2001, will be the earliest of
the conventions presented this year by North America’s national electrolysis
associations. The fabulous Tropicana Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada,
will be the venue.
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