Not many people admit to being plagued by ingrown hair. Not only does New York native Cindy Barshop talk about her onetime problem, it’s what motivated the former IBM marketer to start Completely Bare, her growing chain of high-tech day spas. One of the first to bring permanent light-based hair-reduction treatments to Manhattan, Barshop is now considered an expert in hair removal (doctors ask for her advice when investing in new equipment) as well as a medi-spa trend forecaster (she was an early adopter of light-based skin rejuvenation and hired an in-house dermatologist before it was de rigueur). (more…)