the geeklet

I decided it's time I contribute a little bit more to the Geeklet, and I figured what a better way to start than by writing about one of the coolest things I've ever purchased: The Mangroomer!!! As some of you might already know, I've been blessed with very healthy hair folicals over my entire body. (There are others in our group of friends that have been equally blessed, by I won't rat them out here.) I'm not necissarily ashamed of the hair, in fact I feel like more of a man for it. Unfortunatly for me I wasn't born in the 70's when it was acceptible to show some hair, and thus have been forced to explore many hair removal methods.

My first attempts at hair removal involed shaving. With age this stopped working as I began to grow hair in areas that I could no longer reach. Shaving also gives you in-grown hairs and I've heard that it makes the hair grow in thicker.

There was also the Nair incident in college where I let some girls Nair my back. Again, this worked, but only with help. I could never look those girls in the eyes again.

Last year I tried waxing my back. Bad idea. It got rid of the hair for like 3 weeks, but I also broke out all over and couldn't go shirtless for two weeks. Net effect: I was hairless for one week, zitty for two. Not an acceptible trade off.

I've also tried some more expensive alternatives like laser surgery. This too did not work. It made the hair less thick, but I guess I was a little too manly for it. (At least that's what I like to tell myself.)

I was about to throw in the towel and accept my fate when I decided to do some research on the internet. I found a couple of crazy shaving contraptions that didn't seem very realistic, and then I stumbled on the the best invention ever: The Mangroomer!!!! You can purchase this thing from most local stores. It's basically an electric hair trimmer attached to an extendible arm. I take this thing to my back once I week and call it good. It's awsome and suggest anyone looking at getting rid of some unwanted hair pick one up.

Until hair comes back in style (which it will if I have anything to do with it,) I'm thankful for the Mangroomer!!!

P.S. if you make a post we won't assume you have hair issues.