The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-05-16
TAKING SUPERFLUoUS HAIR OFF
THE FACE AND ARMS.
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a reader of this newspaper.
Dear Madam: l was Inundated be-
yond measure by the groweth of heavy
black hairs on my upper lip and on
my nose, making my brows clear
across my forehead. l took the
tweezers, and after wedding the
brows and pulling out superfluous
hairs, then applying ammonia, find
in three weeks time complete cure
has been effected.
Il am grateful to you, for l have
tried remedy after remedy with NO
success. The application being so in
expensive and simple is appreciated
by one who has sQuandered money on
remedies of all descriptions.
my skin is completely ruined by
the remedies have applied. My skin
naturally was pink and white-it is a
good color now, but the texture is ter
Tible. Can you help me in this matter
as you did in the other?"
This letter is only one of many re-
ceived from grateful readers who have
followed the advice of the beauty
talks. And it is only one of thousands
that are written to this office upon the
subject of superfiuous hair.
It would seem as though every wom-
an in the land were afflicted with too
much hair, either upon the upper lip
or upon the arms, and that, in the eff
fort to get rid of this Disagreement,
every remedy had been tried except
the right one.
AS matter of fact, it is an easy
matter to remove the hair from the
upper lip. But the trouble is that it
comes back again. It can be cut off,
shaved off, scrubbed off with pumice,
bleached off, pulled out, or treated
with the electric needle. But in a
short time it is back, and, when it re-
turns, it is more stubborn than before,
is darker in shade, is heavier, and
much more noticeable.
A girl who has once begun to shave
her upper lip is in a terrible plight,
while the one who is continually cut
ting off the hair of her lip is almost
as badly off, for it is only a question
of time when she will have to use the
razor. After that it is almost hope
less, for the shaving must be done
daily, and sometimes twice a day to
keep the face free from the black
suspicion
In certain countries it is considered
a mark Of beauty to have little down
on the upper lip; and in Spain the
dark beauties encourage a little hair
to the sides of the mouth But in this
country we do not admire it, and, if it
grows so that it is noticeable, it is a
distinct disagreement.
Just why it should grow upon one
feminine face and not upon another
is not known. Sufficient for the suf-
ferer to know that she is thus marked.
Her next thought must be to get rid of
it, and her she must employ her inge-
nuity and her brains together with
the best knowledge she can collect.
The trouble is that the remedy
which works well in one case does not
work in another at all The woman
VINO succeeds in making her upper lip
smooth with ammonia and the tweez-
ers will be followed by others who do
not find this remedy efficacious.
The woman who finds that pumice
has freed her arms of hair is pattern
ed after by another who discovers
that her arms are as woolly as ever,
even after most vigorous treatment.
The electric needle is the surest of
all remedies, and as matter of fact
it never should fail Indeed, it never
will fail if manipulated properly. But
the trouble is that all do not know
how to use it. The needle must be so
managed that, when stuck into the
skin, it strikes the root of the hair.
The operator places an electrode
upon the wrist of the patient, taking
the needle in his hand, he presses it
into the skin. His practiced hand
guides him until the reaches the root
of the hair. The current is now turned
ON and the root of the hair is killed.
When the needle is pulled out the hair
drops with it.
Ii the operation is improperly per-
formed, If the needle does not strike
the root of the hair, then it will all
have been done in vain, for the hair
will grow again.
But the electrosis operation is to be
recommended, and the woman who
will pay the price, both in money and
feelings-for ii is painful, Of course
viii come out With a nice sfacorh lip.
But where there is no electric needle
handy, where one cannot reach an
operator, there are other remedies
which may work or may not, but which
are certainly worth a trial.
One of these is the combination of
the tweezers and the ammonia bottle.
This is the process as described by one
who has tried it:
Taking a pair of tweezers," writes
this correspondent, Il pulled out a
dozen hairs. Each one brought tear,
but the hair was pulled out just the
same. Then l rested, then pulled out
some more, and kept on until had
cleared a nice place on my upper lip.
Then, taking little pure ammonia,
applied it to the spot. 1t smarted, but
/ felt as though the roots of the hair
we're being killed
Next day went at it again and in
a week had my whole upper lip free,
and also the space between my eyes.
/ was careful not to let the ammonia
get into my nose, mouth, or eyes,
There are skins that cannot stand
ammonia, and in that case the remedy
is powerless; but it is no harm to try
and to proceed cautiously at first until
one understands ones own PECULIAR.
ties.
Another remedy for superfiuous hair
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