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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1978)
With bikinis comes the ‘hair harvest’ By CAROLYN BEAVER Of the Emerald Maxine Hayes has good news for the hairy. Hayes, Eugene’s first regis tered electroiogist, is anxious to dispel all fears and miscon ceptions about hair removal. It’s a relatively painless pro and it doesn’t "cost $100 per hair” as one of Hayes’ clients thought. A “Hoffman Dial-a Matic” epilator enables Hayes to op erate. The machine looks like something out of grandma’s basement. It’s a black, heavy looking object with two white dials staring out. The epilator has a three-inch plastic holder for the needles Hayes uses. Don’t faint. The needles are minuscule, only about one-fourth inch long and 5/1,000 millimeter wide. A magnifying lens/light set up helps Hayes locate un wanted hairs. She stresses she does not break the skin or enter'the blood stream, but inserts the needle in the papilla, or skin opening and guides it into the follicle, or hair root. She says she “knows” when the needle is at the root, because she can “feel” it, “If I meet resistance too soon, I know I’m at the follicle wall rather than the bottom,” she says. Once at the bottom, Hayes applies the electricity, then re moves the hair with tweezers. Hayes' method is not true electrolysis but rather ther molysis, which uses electric heat and not electric current to remove hair. A foot pedal and the two dials control the strength and duration of the heat wave. Most of Hayes’ clients are women, although men come in also, like whose who have "eyebrows that grow to gether,” giving them "a con tinual scowl,” says the elec trologist. The big hair harvest comes before bikini season for women who want hairs removed in “all sorts of areas,” Hayes says. She stresses she doesn’t do armpits and doesn't like to do upper leg areas. Some people go wild and want all the hair removed from a hair-infested area, according to Hayes. She discourages over-enthusiastic customers and explains it's wise to leave the “lenuga hair,” or peach fuzz. This is especially true for the face since as the skin ages the lenuga hair hides wrinkles. “I’d be angry if someone de nuded my upper lip," says Hayes. Because many times people are nervous before their first hair weeding, Hayes insists on a consultation session before the actual operation. Often dur ing the session she will remove a hair or two so the client doesn't feel squeemish come ‘harvest ’ time. “I know what it’s like being on the other end of the needle,” says Hayes. Quite a few years ago, her mother, also an electrologist, was to remove some hairs from her chin and upper lip area. Even though she trusted her mother and knew all about the process, she worked herself into an extremely tense state. Exhausted with worry, Hayes fell asleep during the operation, only to wake up to her mother saying,‘‘Okay, honey, you can go now." If a client is overly-anxious, Hayes says she can feel it through the skin. “I can feel tenseness under my hands. The skin tightens up, the tissue is tense.” Her fingers have become “very sensitive,” she says as she cleans and recleans her tweezers and fiddles with the dial-a-matic controls. Hayes began her practice about 18 years ago in a dermatologist’s office after graduation from the Golden Gate School of Electrolysis in San Francisco. Being in a doctor’s office “gives people more confidence in my ability," says Hayes. If someone has an ingrown hair or a particular skin prob lem, she says she could have the doctor look at it. She says it provides an extra protection both for her and her clients. Both Hayes’ parents influ enced her decision to become an electrologist. Her father, a radio buff, instilled in her an early interest in electricity and its possibilites, she says. “He used to have radio sets all ovei the house,” she recalls. If an electric storm came up he’d have her disconnect the antennas from the house. Hayes’ mother convinced her that electrolysis would be a good profession. Her mother told her, “There is no sense just getting together with a bunch of women in the after noon to drink and tell each other your problems." People come to see her “for all sorts of reasons,” she laughs, but she adds that no thing ever offends or surprises her. "My job is interesting. I love it. It’s intense work. Many peo ple would find it monotonous, but for me, every lady and every hair problem is differ ent.” Youth battle affirmative action rules By RICHARD SEVEN Of the Emerald The Young Americans for Freedom, (YAF), the nation’s largest conservative youth group, has announced the formation of an anti-affirmative action task force. The task force will produce material on opposition to all phases of affirmative ac tion, in addition to sponsoring speeches and writing articles. YAF member, Ken Bohem, calls the group of approximately 55,000 members, “libertarian conservatives active in all necessary concerns.” Bohem says, "We don’t think the gov ernment should have the right to admit and give special priviledges to students by race rather than ability.” Oregon currently has about 100 active members working against affirmative ac tion along with other concerns, according to state chairer Craig Armstrong. The Univer sity currently has no YAF chapter, but Arm strong says it’s his goal to build one this year. According to Armstrong, the Allen Bakke reverse discrimination case is “an example of affirmative action running out of control. "Affirmative action promotes racism by saying that someone is unqualified be cause of his race,” says Armstrong. “We feel individuals are unique and should have the right to prove themselves.” Armstrong says the state’s YAF role in this “keystone case” is to issue pamphlets against affirmative action. Black newspapers and other minority representatives have complained about af firmative action programs, according to Bohem. “Many minority students don’t want their education cheapened by race privileges,” says Bohem. The national YAF office is currently work ing in support of Allen Bakke, the white student who claims discrimination because the University of California - Davis medical school refused him admission while admit ting minority students of lower qualifica tions. Marcos DeFunis, who filed the first re verse discrimination suit in 1970 and is now a lawyer, submitted a brief in support of Bakke to the Supreme Court. This spring, YAF members will sponsor debates and seminars at many college campuses. They also plan to distribute lit erature and support legislative proposals that would outlaw preferential treatment in government hiring and education. YAF believes it represents the views of the majority of young Americans. They cite a Gallup Poll showing that 83 percent of Americans under age 30 reject preferential treatment for women and minorities while only 11 percent support it. Bohem says YAF receives most of its support on college campuses from 20-21 year-olds. Armstrong says Oregon’s YAF member ship is growing rapidly and urges anyone interested in becoming a member to call him at 1-281-4886. THE MILL RACE RESTAURANT Our 24 Hour Breakfast — Two eggs, Hashbrowns, Toast & Jelly STILL 89c NEW BREAKFAST MENU no. 3 & no. 5 Mon-Fri With One Cup of Coffee FREE! 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