Ideal Image Franchise Press Releases and Franchise News

Hair Apparent - A Hair-removal Chain Takes Off
Chiropractors Rick Mikles, 49, and Joe Acebal, 48, sensed that they could build a business with staying power by focusing on laser hair removal. After all, the process for removing hair permanently is... more (12/12/2006)

Is Laser Hair Removal Occam's Razor?
In the hands of a skilled practitioner laser hair removal is a rather simple and long lasting procedure. If we interpret the words of William Occam: "Why repeat a difficult task, when there is a m... more (10/10/2006)

Laser Hair Removal Fights Public Enemy Number 1 - Body Hair
As Americans everywhere are shaping up for the spring, hitting the gym and donning lighter clothes, they want to feel confident at the beach or pool without the unnecessary stress of worrying about em... more (9/9/2006)

Unwanted Female Facial Hair - Most Common Laser Hair Removal Procedure
Female Facial Hair Buzz: Before the development of lasers for hair removal, both women and men have fruitlessly tried to rid themselves permanently of unwanted hair. They have done so essentially sin... more (8/8/2006)

Ideal Image Raises $16 Million From H.i.g. Capital And Orix Venture Finance Llc
Ideal Image Development, Inc. (http://www.idealimage.com), a leader in providing laser hair removal services, today announced that it has secured $16 million in equity and debt financing. The financi... more (6/6/2006)

Still Shaving?
You've seen Ideal Image on billboards, read about the company in such prominent publications as Vogue Magazine and heard about it on the radio. Why is Ideal Image so huge? "That's ... more (9/1/2005)

Laser Clinics Zapping All The Way To The Bank
Dean Akers has a theory for why the company he runs is popular. "Going back to biblical times, women with beards have not been fashionable," said Akers, chief executive officer of Ideal Im... more (8/26/2005)

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
After years of tweezing facial hairs, waxing her bikini line and dealing with bumps and ingrown hairs from shaving her underarms, Vicki Winston has had enough. So last month, the 37-year-old Knoxville... more (7/12/2005)

A Chain That Zaps Rogue Follicles
We are obsessed with unwanted body hair. That explains why laser hair removal is now the most popular nonsurgical cosmetic procedure after botox. A Tampa company is even franchising the concept. Ideal... more (2/28/2005)

Ideal Growth Plans
Insecurity about back hair and female facial hair is fueling a big business for Tampa-based Ideal Image Inc., allowing the laser hair-removal company to expand to at least 20 locations. Ideal Imag... more (7/1/2004)