Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-06-26
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OF HlHRDSf u LADIES.
6aperAuous Hairs q the Uppsr
Lip. Chin and Checks
pArILEssIY AND PERMANENTLY

PAIHLESSLY AND PERMANENTLY
Destroyed by the Electric Needle
Operation By an Electric 0urgeon--
A Popular Philadelphia Estsblish.
ment
Dr. J. Van Dyck, Electro-surseon. inter.
viewed by the female correspondent Of one Of
our leading fashion journals, in which she AyG
we havo received numerous letters Of In
quiry from all parts Of this country from ladies
who are afflicted with that most unsightly and
humiliatins Of all facial blemishcs, (superfu-
Gus hair on the face and who are exceedingly
anxious TO know n there is any sure method by
which this obnoxious growth could be perma-
nentiy destroyed, and before replying our
editor determined TO gain all the information
that could be had on the subject, and appointed
me to secure the required knowledge. called
On several druggists and asked them about the
virtues OF the various deplatories sold for this
purpose. They all told me they were obliged
TO keep them in stock: because they had calls
for thcm. In selling them they knew they only
removed the hairs from the surface and could
only afford temporary relief. druggist on
Surgeon In this city, DIR. Van Dyck, who per-
manently destroyed hair by Eectrolysis (The
Electric Needle Operation and he could give
me all the required information. soon ascer-
tanned that DIR. J. Van Dyck, Electro-eurgeon,
was located at 10 N. Eleventh street. I called
At the above address, rang the bell, and was
ushered into tho Doctors reccption-room
where found several ladies waiting 10 see tho
Doctor; and 10 lend interest TO the romance,
nearly all were heavily veiled. After being
seated for few minutes, a dear old lady, past
sixty, motioncd for me TO take a seat along
side Of her on sofa. She says, "My dear,
suppose you, too, have called to consult DIR.
Van Dyck about these terrible hairs. j am 30
much older than you that know you won't
mind me speaking right out just how feel. ]
can't tell you how grateful am TO the Doctor
for what he hns done for me. I suppose you
will think a lady Of my age very foolish old
woman for worrying about hairs on her face;
but, indeed dear, you don't know now they
have annoyed me- and Inundated me. They
have been the distress Of my life and have
caused me to shed many bitter tears. have
been extracting and cutting them for forty
years. only had few scattering hairs at
FIRST, cut them of and they increased and got
darker, harsher and coarser, until my face was
literally covered with growth OF coarse, still
wiry hairs heard OF DIR. Van Dyck, consult
ed him, and went under his treatment, and
can't tell you how happy am over the results
OF his operating. All the coarse stin hairs have
been removed, and am now having some finer
hairs destroyed Another lady had growth
Of hair on her upper lip, quite developed
mOustache. A lady from Kansas City was un-
dergoing a series of operations for very dis
figuring birth-mark involving all of one cheek;
she could not speak with too much praise
about the Doctors skill. He had, up to that
time, operated on about One-third OF the
cheek, and where he operated the skin looked
perfectly natural. Another lady was paving
tuft of hair destroyed upon number of moles
on her face and neck and was having the moles
removed too. A young lady from Washington
was having hairs removed from between the
eyebrows. A young lady about twenty years
of age had heavy growth of hair down the
sides of her face like n beard. Among Others
who came In during my visit was young naval
officer who came to the Doctor from Washing
ton TO have hair growing high upon his checks
above the beard line destroyed. After long
wait was invited into the Doctors operating
room. found comfortably furnished, bright,
light and cheerful room. Lighted by two win
dows, and In front of each window is a COM
Portable, easy operating chair, like parlof
rocker, and along side of each chair is a stand
holding battery, Instruments, etc. The Doctor
very courtcously invited me TO be seated, and
asked what he could do for me.
handed him my card, and said, "Dr am
not here TO be treated but to interview you for
the benent OF Thousands Of readers want you
TO tell me all about this great discovery, this
God send to SO many afflicted ladies, and all
you can about superfiuous hair" The Doctor
said Madame the discovery of this method
Tor the permanent removal OF hair is indeed a
boon to thousands OF your sex Superfuous
hair, properly speaking, Is an excessive abnor-
mai and noticeable growth of hair on the fe-
male face, seen most conspicuously ON the pp-
lin. ..l.G .l..- al. .t-G-
tween the eyebrows. Hair also grows SUPER
huously ON the forehead, neck, arms, hands
and breast. Gentlemen are also annoyed bya
growth OF hair on the cheeks above the beard
line, also on the nose between the eyebrows,
and on the forehead and neck Superfiuous
hair Is surprisingly prevalent. We sec 1t on the
street, in the drawing room and wherever Ia
dies congrogatc. Atleast thirty-fve of every
one hundred ladies have more or less superflu-
ous haiI sometimes during their lives. There
are no two cases alike, some women have thor
oughly developed boards, some have heavy
growth on lip only, others have 1t very heavy
ON chin and throat, others on check only,
many have scattering coarse hairs, and shade
here and there on different parts of the face
and neck "What increases this growth, Doc
torf NEARLY every lady with this annoying
blemish knows that the use of depilatorles
plast0rs, wax, pumice stone, the tweeZers
scissor, razor, only make these hairs grow
coarser, haisher, darker, sitter and more
numerous, for by their use fine hairs are cut
or extracted which in time make them grow
heavy.
The only method known TO science by which
supcriiuous hair can hc permanently destroyed
is py Tue operation OF Electrolysis the Electric
needle process. Just step this way, please"
mere tne Doctor stepped over to an operating
chair where his assistant, an able operator, was
removing haf from inc upper ip OF very
pretty brunette about twenty-three or twenty
Iour years OF age. The Doctor asked her IL
ene Wouia opJect 10 me witnessing the oper-
a,ioh' her repiy was, doctor, feel SO CRATE
iui lor what TINS operation has done for me
,na' uoh care now many witness It,. The
DOCTOR says, you see this very fine delicate