Webwax strips made their début in the 1960s and quickly became the method of choice for removing unwanted hair under the arms and on legs. Webfor women, things were more complicated. Public hair/body hair did continue to represent unbridled sexuality. Erasmus' moriae encomium (praise of folly). Webin the 1920s and ’30s, women used pumice stones or sandpaper to depilate, which caused irritation and scabbing. Some tried modified shoemaker’s waxes. Webthe book describes some of the dozens of methods americans have used to try to remove body hair, from razors to harsh chemicals to lasers and even to genetic. Weba look at the complicated story behind the hair below our heads, from the first brazilian wax salon to women who wore their body hair proudly.
