Just because it's been done before, doesn't mean try this at home....
X-ray epilation has been used²⁹. Following a total dose of 4,000 rad; ‘excellent results were achieved’, with the paper concluding that ‘x-ray therapy is an easy, safe, and painless method for the management and cure of chronic trichiasis’. In another case³⁰ a man had a thick beard within his oral cavity due to a surgical defect which was treated with 50 Gy of X-ray radiation in 25 fractions. ‘At follow-up 1 month after completion of radiation, there was almost complete alopecia of the graft. The patient felt as though his taste had almost returned to normal and he denied any significant dryness. The radiation mucositis and dermatitis had resolved.’
