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Hair today gone tomorrow

Pubic waxing saloons are the latest trend in continental Europe where one in two women aged between 18 and 25 regards pubic hair as unhygienic - and are shaving it all off, according to a study carried out by a German psychologist.

The study also found that more and more men agree and are shaving off pubic hair while growing numbers of parents are treating their teenage children to a pubic waxing as an eighteenth birthday present.

Psychologist Elmar Braehler who led the study said: "Even teenagers as young as 14 or 15 are joining the trend to remove all pubic hair. They don't do it because they think it is trendy - they just find pubic hair revolting to look at and think it is unhygienic."

In Germany there are even specialist shops now offering permanent pubic hair removal costing 260 GBP per treatment. One store owner, Ossi Casmir, said: "We even get parents bringing their kids along for their first treatment. I'd say it is now as popular as the typical present of paying for their kids to have a course of driving lessons."

Austrian Times

Vienna ÖVP endorses proposed district cuts
Vienna People’s Party (ÖVP) Josefstadt district head Veronika Mickel suggested continuing to speak about a reduction of positions in the city's administration.

Skiing starts in Vienna
Over this winter holiday week, Vienna’s residents will once again be able to make a trip to the slopes without venturing out of the city. The capital’s very own ski slope, "High Hills", will be open daily to the public from 4 February until 11 February.

Vranitzky appreciates tuition fees discussion
Former Social Democratic (SPÖ) Chancellor Franz Vranitzky has said he welcomes the current debate about a reintroduction of tuition fees.

Wiener Linien records rising demand for annual passes
The number of people opting for annual Wiener Linien tickets is soaring.

Many Austrians mistrust jurisdiction
Almost four in 10 Austrians had a worse opinion of the country’s juridical system today than a few years ago, a new survey shows.

Ice wine harvest later than ever
The grapes for ice wine production have been harvested later than ever this year in Austria. The fruit for the popular dessert wine are normally picked in December at the latest but only now have the temperatures been cold enough for the harvest.

Westbahn welcomes 6,000 a day
Westbahn manages to sell one in two of the overall number of tickets it offers, a spokesman said today (Fri).

Vice chancellor refuses to exclude FPÖ
The People’s Party (ÖVP) keeps refusing to disassociate itself from the Freedom Party (FPÖ) following FPÖ leader Heinz-Christian Strache’s controversial comparisons with the Nazi era.

Austrian and German terrorists hid plans in their underpants
Two alleged terrorists including one Austrian hid plans in their underpants to hack off heads, burn bodies and then send the videos back to their al-Qaeda bosses in Afghanistan, a German court has heard.

Vitamin D linked to fertility
Austrian scientists have found a link between a lack of vitamin D and fertility. Graz-based endocrinologist Barbara Obermayer-Pietsch and her colleague Elisabeth Lerchbaum compared data from several vitamin D studies and say there is a clear link between vitamin D and the production of testosterone and sperm quality.