1. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jun 02, 2009, 10:00 pm PDT

thanx

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2. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Jun 03, 2009, 4:06 am PDT

Thanks a lot..

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3. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Jun 03, 2009, 5:10 am PDT

Dr. Baumann- The only and the MAJOR issue with threading is hygiene. The person threading your eyebrows is holding the string with their teeth. THEIR TEETH!!! As a licensed cosmetologist I about get sick every time I hear that people want to do this. Why would you want someone's saliva all over a string that will be on your face? On top of which there is no license to date that I know of for a person who wishes to thread...meaning that there is no recourse for a client if they are dissatisfied or want to lodge a complaint about sanitary issues to a state board official. When threading is done without putting the string in your teeth only then is it a decent option for anyone to have done...until then...Tweeze those eyebrows, ladies and gentlemen. It may take more time, but if you cannot afford higher end services or are sensitive to wax....just tweeze it. You can do it yourself or find someone to help you at a salon for about the same price as a wax service. Plus the tweezers sit in barbicide and/or are sprayed with alcohol between clients. Morgan Licensed Cosmetologist IN

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4. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Jun 03, 2009, 5:13 am PDT

Dr. Baumann- The only and the MAJOR issue with threading is hygiene. The person threading your eyebrows is holding the string with their teeth. THEIR TEETH!!! As a licensed cosmetologist I about get sick every time I hear that people want to do this. Why would you want someone's saliva all over a string that will be on your face? On top of which there is no license to date that I know of for a person who wishes to thread...meaning that there is no recourse for a client if they are dissatisfied or want to lodge a complaint about sanitary issues to a state board official. When threading is done without putting the string in your teeth only then is it a decent option for anyone to have done...until then...Tweeze those eyebrows, ladies and gentlemen. It may take more time, but if you cannot afford higher end services or are sensitive to wax....just tweeze it. You can do it yourself or find someone to help you at a salon for about the same price as a wax service. Plus the tweezers sit in barbicide and/or are sprayed with alcohol between clients. Morgan Licensed Cosmetologist IN

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5. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Jun 03, 2009, 1:41 pm PDT

morganaraindancer, I've had threading done many times and the part of the thread that's in the threader's mouth doesn't touch your face. They hold just the end in their teeth and therer is about 12 inches of thread between that part and the part that touches your face. They thread until the string snaps, then they break off a new piece of thread. I understand your concern for hygeine, but this is an ancient practice that's been used by literally millions of women and I've never heard of any problems. Do you have any evidence at all that it's contributed to infections? Sometimes people are uncomfortable with methods from other cultures, but let's not be hysterical here.

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6. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Jun 04, 2009, 5:01 pm PDT

Helpful article Dr. B., the only problem is that it seems that threading can cause facial hair to become thicker and coarser because it increases blood supply to the follicles. That's what the electrologists say on hairtell.com, along with other methods that pull the hair out from the root like waxing and tweezing. I'd love to see an article from you on that. According to what they say, threading eyebrows should be ok, but other areas on the face are susceptible to androgens.

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7. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jun 30, 2009, 2:29 pm PDT

yes i agree. i have threaded my eyebrows for over a year now. It is easy and where i get mine done it costs $3 and takes less than 5 minutes.

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8. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jun 30, 2009, 3:20 pm PDT

I have tried many methods of hair removal (waxing, plucking, Nair/Neet, razor, etc.) and this is by far the best method of hair removal! Just be sure that you can effectively communicate with the threader to ensure that you will get desired results.

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9. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jun 30, 2009, 3:27 pm PDT

"Threading is fast a precise" unlike my article... "A good threader can expertly shape your eyebrows in just about no time flat" Really... "just about no time flat" is that 30 seconds? 3 minutes? It sounds like a 12 year old wrote this!

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10. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jun 30, 2009, 4:40 pm PDT

I use this really great product that has the same results to remove stray hairs one at a time. It's priced right and I can do it in the privacy of my own home. Maybe you've heard of this product. TWEEZERS!

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11. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jun 30, 2009, 4:59 pm PDT

The threader's saliva doesn't come in contact with the client at all. They simply hold one end of the thread in their mouth to give it tension, but it's far from the client. I'm more worried about the double-dipping aspect with waxing that I've seen in numerous (even upscale) salons. That is truly disgusting, especially with the popularity of bikini waxing.

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12. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Jul 01, 2009, 6:33 am PDT

Our shopping mall in Bakersfield, CA has a threading shop. I'd like to try it after your comments.

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13. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Jul 01, 2009, 11:30 am PDT

Threading my brows is a way of life to me. I've been doing it for years. I can't wax because a layer of skin is removed everytime I try it - (talk about a possibilty of infection). And I have found that threading is more precise then waxing. I always get compliments on my brows. Now for the ignorant comment of hygiene. Obviously, you've never seen it done. It's not like they lick the entire string of thread and wrap it around your brows. That's the dumbest thing to say. Experience it for yourself before throwing around bad hygiene comments, please. Threading is a cultural process and have been done for years, way before electrolysis. I have found people who call themselves threaders that are not from that Culture, personally, I don't trust that. Pinky in Montgomery County Maryland is absolutely the best Threader. If you haven't tried her, you should. Oh and btw she is a licensed Cosmotologist.

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