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Pubic hair transplants are big business in South Korea - (Hey Curly, Hey Moe)
Ananova ^
| September 2, 2003
| Ananova
Posted on 09/03/2003 5:38:35 AM PDT by Damocles
Pubic hair transplants are big business in South Korea
Transplanted pubic hair is the latest trend in South Korea, where it is regarded as a sign of fertility.
Surgeon Afschin Fatemi, from Unna in Germany, said: "In the West, women try to reduce their genital hair as much as possible, but in Korea the trend is for forestation."
He said a mass of pubic hair was considered a sign of fertility, which was why many women were paying as much as £1,700 ($2600) to have hair transplanted from their heads.
Fatemi added: "The structure of head and pubic hair on Asians is quite similar. The implanted hair isn't long and rarely falls out."
The operation is conducted under local anaesthetic and bandaging can be removed after just one day.
Story filed: 11:42 Tuesday 2nd September 2003
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Errr, ok...
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posted on
09/03/2003 5:38:36 AM PDT
by
Damocles
To: mhking
Ummm, you may want to see this (or not)...
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posted on
09/03/2003 5:39:10 AM PDT
by
Damocles
(sword of...)
To: Damocles
A sign of fertility??
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posted on
09/03/2003 5:39:25 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
To: Damocles
I find this all very fascinating...
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posted on
09/03/2003 5:43:52 AM PDT
by
WestPacSailor
(Sorry folks, this tagline's closed. The moose out front should of told you.)
To: Shermy; w_over_w; aculeus; Dog; a_Turk; dighton; mhking; Grampa Dave; swarthyguy; aristeides; ...
Shermy! Shermy. Shermy? Where is your journalism?
You waste bandwith on perverse publication of paragraphs about a purloined penguin, totally ignoring a meaty story with great pubic concern?
Next time go for human interest. Obviously, any of these Korean maidens would have gladly traded a tractor for a cockatoo. They would not have been koi about it, either.
To: Damocles
He said a mass of pubic hair was considered a sign of fertility ...Maybe that'll encourage a guy, and maybe it won't.
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posted on
09/03/2003 6:07:46 AM PDT
by
dighton
(NLC™)
To: dighton
Maybe that'll encourage a guy, and maybe it won't. Discouragement, big time. Don't know any guys who find a rampant jungle attractive. Eww....
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posted on
09/03/2003 6:11:54 AM PDT
by
Modernman
To: Damocles
Here's a transplant that didn't turn out so well:
To: VRWCmember
I think this guy got it backwards. The article said hair was transplanted FROM the head.
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
This has
got to be wrong on at least three different levels....
Just damn.
If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...
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posted on
09/03/2003 7:03:32 AM PDT
by
mhking
(No, I won't fix your computer.)
To: Damocles
And over here Moby is a role model.
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posted on
09/03/2003 7:33:40 AM PDT
by
najida
(What handbasket? And where did you say we were going?)
To: Damocles; Shermy
Here everyone seems to be shaving. There they transplant.
Could the Arab curse "I twist your moustache!" be applicable here?
To: VRWCmember
I think this guy got it backwards. The article said hair was transplanted FROM the head.Him and Kim Il Jong...
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