It’s now a service in her studio, which specializes in treating people with skin of color. “It was initially created for white skin and dark hair and as the industry progressed, they started having lasers to treat us as well.” “The thing about it is when the industry first started, we weren’t the target candidate or clientele,” she said.
She said for many years people of color weren’t considered candidates for this procedure. But, finding a place that treated her skin type didn’t come easy. The shaving, the waxing the tweezing and it essentially destroyed my skin in the process.”Ī few years later as an adult, she discovered laser hair removal. “My mother didn’t know what to do about it, I didn’t know what to do and I did all the things to get rid of it. “I was 15 years old and I started having facial hair, excessive hair on my face and body and it was devastating to me,” Wagner-Gaymon said. It’s something the studio owner Keisha Wagner-Gaymon also experienced as a teen. Peach Fuzz Skin Studio in Brooklyn is helping people tackle unwanted face and body hair and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome or PCOS. BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, Brooklyn (PIX11) - For many women, face and body hair can be embarrassing but also a nuisance to get rid of.