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Hairless Wonder.(use of intense pulsed light and laser in hair removal)

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Hairless Wonder

As laser hair removal comes of age, more and more women are discovering that it might not be the miracle they had hoped for. By Lindsy Van Gelder

?When Joanna decided to get her bikini area zapped, she had high expectations. The 35-year-

old fashion publicist acquired the name of one of the top dermatologists in New York City and happily forked over $800 a session for a laser series that ultimately cost her about $6,000. Sure, there were the papers to sign at every visit acknowledging that the procedures would probably achieve only an 80 to 90 percent hair reduction. But she considered those a mere formality. For years, Joanna ...

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