The dying art of face threading


Beauty secret: Cheang threading a customer’s face at her shop in George Town. — ZANUDIN AHAD/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Ladies, look closely in the mirror. If you see many fine hairs on your face – sometimes called peach fuzz – and you think it ruins your complexion, you might want to try traditional face threading.

Not only will it get rid of peach fuzz, but dead skin cells, whiteheads and blackheads will come off too.Traditional bridal service provider Apple Cheang, 52, said it was also a Chinese bridal ritual that was now losing its significance.

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