Letters to the Editors
(December 2002)
Past Letters
HELPING THE CONSUMER
Dear Sirs/Madams:
I was referred to your website and hope that you can please help me. I am a
39-year-old black female with this horrible odor problem. I never know what is
the source of the smell. I shower with Hibiclens soap, then use an antibacterial
soap. I also have a 1% gentamicin cream I apply in the morning, then use
perfumed lotion on my clothes. I try not to use the actual perfume on my skin
directly, to decrease the sour effect when I sweat. I use Mitchum deodorant
under arms and in spaces.
I am desperate. I have to work to live, but I can tell by the reaction of others
that a horrible or pungent smell is with me. I think my showering and hygiene
efforts only last until about 10 a.m., then I need to re-shower. I am so lonely
and desperate I don’t know what to do. I try antiperspirants on my feet also. It
holds for a while only. My dermatologist didn’t seem to have time to talk to me,
the last time I met with him. He was more concerned about something happening
with his office staff, etc. I have so much anxiety I think I have developed a
clinical depression. The embarrassment and humiliation is beyond words.
If you can give me some suggestions for my doctor, or someone to talk to, please
help. No one will even sit around me long.
— Brenda Williams
Memphis, Tennessee
Editors’ reply
Strangely, this is the third consumer inquiry that Hair Route has received on
this subject in the last six months, and we must assume that, one way or
another, they all relate back to Linda Edsell’s article, “Bromhidrosis Patients
Need Your Help; You Can Smell Them Coming!” published in the November 1996 issue
of Hair Route.
As Ms. Edsell explained in her article, the literal translation of apocrine
bromhidrosis is ‘stinking sweat.’ “No matter how much deodorant, antiperspirant
or perfume they use, these individuals are foul-smelling most of the time,” and
the only viable, sure-fire cure is the permanent removal of all axillary hair
and destruction of the hair follicles via electrolysis.
As with previous bromhidrosis inquiries, Ms. Williams’s plea for help was passed
on to Ms. Edsell, and with the help of WROPE (Worldwide Registry of Professional
Electrologists) the two have located electrologists in the Memphis area who are
prepared to help rectify Ms. Williams’s problem.
At the same time, to do its part, Hair Route has reprinted Ms. Edsell’s 1996
article in its entirety, and made it accessible to patients and practitioners
alike on International Hair Route’s website at
www.hairroute.com
HELPING SUBSCRIBERS
Dear Editor:
I am one of three electrologists at Northgate Electrolysis Clinic. We have
subscribed to Hair Route for several years and always read it from cover to
cover.
Today I am writing in regard to the article entitled, “Lights and Lasers in Hair
Removal, Part I.” The piece is very informative and written in clear language
that anyone can understand, and we would like permission from Hair Route, and
Ms. Linda Edsell, the author, to copy all or parts of the article, for the
purposes of educating our clientele. Proper credit would be given to both Hair
Route and Ms. Edsell.
We plan to create a poster for our waiting room wall comparing the basic
differences between laser, flashlamp and electrolysis. Excerpts from the
article, giving a more detailed explanation, would be put into a brochure that
our clients could take home.
If this proposal is not acceptable to you, perhaps we could make just one or two
copies to be left on the reading table in the waiting room?
I’m looking forward to “Lights and Lasers in Hair Removal, Part II.” My
colleagues and I will read it with great interest.
— Margaret Pennesi
Sarnia, Ontario
SOME HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS?
Dear Editors:
I stopped subscribing to International Hair Route magazine for several years,
because of your blatant bias against electrologists who wish to expand their
knowledge and technology.
Your magazine seems to only publish letters against Trudy Brown, president of
the International Guild of Professional Electrologists, who is only doing her
job – educating the public, and educating IGPE members – supporting them in
their endeavors.
The lengthy article about the American Electrology Association’s Terri Petricca,
elevating her to sainthood, while she proceeds to destroy people in the hair
removal business – stopping any kind of advancement by electrologists who wish
to take advantage of opportunities in their field – sickened me. Other than
that, I enjoy your magazine.
Hoping to find you more inclusive of opinions.
— Florence Hopson
Lynnwood, Washington
Editors’ note:
Thank you, Florence, for your recent subscription renewal . . .
Dear Hair Route:
I feel you are biased against laser due to your articles. We all want to know
the truth. Please give two sides not just one.
— Debbie Caddell
Auburn, Washington
Editors’ note:
Thank you, Debbie, for your recent subscription renewal . . .
Dear Hair Route:
Many thanks for such a great publication. I read it cover to cover and
appreciate your integrity.
— Julia Hamilton,
Santa Cruz, CA
Editors’ note:
Thank you, Julia, for your recent subscription renewal . . .
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