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Article: Impede unwanted hair growth.(REPORT)
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- Life Extension
- Article date:
- August 1, 2009
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A cosmetic nuisance endured by women and men is the need to constantly remove body hair.
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Few people realize how inefficient the shaving process is. Daily shaving chops off only a fraction of the hair shaft, leaving most unwanted hair impacted beneath the skin's surface, ready to re-emerge within 24 hours.
Those who shave daily can spend 100 hours a year running a razor over their delicate skin. An 80-year old who shaves daily from age 15 will spend nine months of their life removing hair using this primitive method. Those who pluck hair squander even more time. Modern methods of hair removal also leave a lot to be ...