The Smooth Edit

Health Reporter · Editorial staff

Talia Marchbanks

Edits the publication's service journalism on laser hair removal and assigns its reader-question pieces.

3 stories by Talia Marchbanks

A bottle of sunscreen, sunglasses, and a wide-brimmed sun hat arranged on a warm stone ledge in summer lightField Notes

Can you do laser hair removal in summer? Yes, carefully

Sun exposure is the season's real complication. Here is how patients make it work.

· Talia Marchbanks · 5 min

A gloved aesthetician guiding a laser hair removal handpiece across a seated man's upper back in a bright clinicDispatch

Laser hair removal for men: backs, chests, and necklines

Men are the fastest-growing group of patients, and their treatment has its own rules.

· Talia Marchbanks · 6 min

A handheld at-home IPL device resting on a bathroom counter beside a folded towelField Notes

At-home devices vs. professional treatment

What the handheld gadgets deliver, and where they fall short.

· Talia Marchbanks · 5 min

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