1.   And even obstetrician-gynecologists are offering laser hair removal to their patients.

2.   As with laser hair removal, the ideal candidates for this treatment have dark hair and light skin.

3.   But the regulations on laser hair removal vary by state, he added.

4.   But this is Gillette Co. where hair removal is serious business.

5.   Caruso said the FDA was concerned because the company displayed the laser before it submitted its supplemental application for use in hair removal.

6.   Douglass cited Altus Medical Inc., a Burlingame company that makes lasers for cosmetic hair removal, as an example of an offbeat investment that other VCs passed up.

7.   Electrolysis is the method of hair removal that requires nearly electrocuting oneself.

8.   Hair removal lasts four to six weeks.

9.   Hair removal, which is mostly for women, currently is done professionally through electrolysis, which can be a tedious and only partially effective method.

10.   If approved for use in hair removal, the cosmetic laser would compete with one already approved for that use made by Thermolase Corp.