Anyone tried "Hair Off" Mittens to retain the sly look during the day?

[andrew]

I ran into some info on the net about "Hair Off" mittens and how they can be used during the day to minimize the 5 o' clock shadow effect.  Anyone ever tried these or anything like them? Check the exerpt below from this article:

I was quietly munching my veggies the other day at my neighborhood Boston Market when this cool black dude named Damien, who is as bald and glistening as a cueball, strolled over and said, "Love your haircut, man."

He carefully inspected my pate, counting the number of knicks and scratches that I had inflicted on myself with my trusty Gillette.

"You know how the Boyz 'n the Hood keep their heads lookin' cool?" he said.

"How?"

"With this!" He reached into his rear pocket and triumphantly whipped out something that looked for all the world like emory cloth: black, flexible sandpaper with very fine grit.

Whereupon he began industriously sanding his scalp!


"It makes you look great, it keeps your head shiny, it makes your skin tougher and smoother, and the women love it. I always keep one in my hip pocket to get rid of a six o'clock shadow. Up there. Women have been using these things for years to keep their legs smooth; now us guys use 'em."

Soooooooo, a few days later I got down to Revco drug store, made my way over to the women's depilatory section, and sheepishly purchased two paks of Hair Off Mittens, like a teen-ager shyly buying his first pack of prophylatics.

The kind I bought is called Hair Off Mittens, imported from Canada by CCA Industries of Rutherford, N.J., 07073, but I have to assume that this company has competitors. I paid $4.95 per pak of three mittens -- but I think you could save money by going to Home Depot and buying a year's supply of 600-grade emory cloth.

It worked: Now on my arm I've got a beautiful blond named Betty, who has long luxurious ringlets of cascading hair, who says she loves bald-headed men....

[sifudave]

Interesting.  Almost sounds too easy though.

I did find this site: http://www.hairfacts.com/methods/friction.html

It mentions this product and using 600-grit sandpaper or pumice stones in it's place.

YMMV, I guess.

[xnewyawka]

Sanding the noggin' ?!     Doesn't sound too good to me.

It also sounds like the opposite side of the companies that are trying to get you to buy products to "grow hair".
I think I'll stick with a second scraping of the dome if I feel it's needed, or if I may be doing something special later on that day.

[Tyler]

Hey Andrew, give it a shot and let us know how it goes.

[BALDANDRE]

Cool, if it works...sign me up..

HATE the 5'oclock (or any) time shadow stubble!

[herronm]

Andrew,

Please post a review when you are done.

[andrew]

Will do ...

[warhawk]

Will do ...

kool!  looking 4ward 2 the review.

WARHAWK

[Paul]

I'll jump on the bandwagon if it works, Andrew.     I'll be very interested in your review.              Slick---Good,  Stubble---Bad

[sifudave]

Agreed.  If it seems to work then I will give it a shot as well.
Thanks for the heads-up, BTW.

[JDog]

Man I get 5oclock shadow at 12pm so I will be the first person lined up to get one if they do work.

Looking forward to your review Andrew.

To add to Pauls comments.


Slick=very good....Stubble=very very very bad.

Thank you.

[Head Bald Guy]

Hair Off Mittens are fine sand paper! I would not recommend using them on the head or the face.

HBG

[xnewyawka]

Thank you head Bald guy, I knew it sounded too good to be true. Along the lines of HCM, rogaine, toppik and all the other scams. I figured you guys would know better.   

[jusbnme]

Hair Off Mittens are fine sand paper! I would not recommend using them on the head or the face.

HBG

Thanks for the heads up HBG.

[PBurke]

Hair Off Mittens are fine sand paper! I would not recommend using them on the head or the face.

HBG

just think of how much dead skin it would remove. ha ha ha  not worth it.