That's kinda what I figured. My mother was married to an
   egyptian for a couple of years in the 80s and they have a
   tradition of using a sugar mixture to remove all body hair
   except the head, starting at puberty - 'cause sand. == I was
   going through puberty myself at the time and, intrigued, I
   decided to get rid of the beginnings of chest hair using a
   strange bottle of Nair I found under the bathroom sink. Well, I
   didn't follow instructions. I rubbed it into my wisps of chest
   hair, quite vigorously because it wasn't instant. RAW and sore
   for a week after that. Never did THAT again. == lol it's ok. It
   was not only a lesson learned but I came away with a
   word-of-warning story to tell, which I did smile emoticon