Ragitsu Posted December 22, 2020 Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 Below are some futuristic methods of grooming that I've come up with. I'd love to hear any other sufficiently advanced suggestions (for setting flavor, if nothing else), if you have them. * Telekinesis: yank the hair out. Hopefully, some means of momentarily ceasing surface nerve transmissions is used in tandem with this procedure, otherwise...ouch. * Teleportation: relocate the hair. * Disintegration: vaporize the hair. * Temporal manipulation: reverse the age of the hair until it disappears into nothingness. * Microbots/nanomachines: machines barely visible or entirely invisible to the naked eye get to work. Nanomachines can even rest near the root and continuously consume hair growth. * Targeted cell programming: through controlled apoptosis (i.e., cell suicide), hair never forms to begin with and/or existing hair slowly falls out without being replaced. Cellular function can be revitalized or new cells can be introduced if and when necessary. * Bioengineered organisms: deliberately created critters feed on hair like miniature grazing sheep. These creations may even secrete - as a waste byproduct - a topical anesthetic that helps to mitigate any associated pain. * A chemically complex solvent that dissolves hair and nothing else. * A robot with numerous slender pinching digits: hair is rapidly extirpated the old-fashioned way...but in an impressively quick fashion. * An actual "laser razor". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAgdesh Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 A lightsaber and a very steady hand..? Ragitsu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted December 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 1 hour ago, MrAgdesh said: A lightsaber and a very steady hand..? Thank you. I assure you, this topic is of great interest to those of the futuristic Egyptian dynasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 The easiest is a depilatory cream like some super version of Nair which not only removes the hair but also stops hair from growing in the future for some specific number of months. Ninja-Bear 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted December 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 6 hours ago, archer said: The easiest is a depilatory cream like Nair which not only removes the hair but also stops hair from growing in the future for some number of months. That solution already exists, however; I'm trying to come up with ultra-tech solutions to a low-tech problem . Genetic engineering can potentially sidestep the issue entirely, but not every culture necessarily shares the same taboos (or lack thereof) on modifying genes...especially for "frivolous" uses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 One method I've read/seen in a few sci-fi stories is ultrasound, or even more exotic vibratory energies, to pulverize hair follicles down to their roots. This doesn't seem like a great stretch -- medicine already uses targeted sound bursts for things like breaking up internal calcifications. Ragitsu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Goodwin Posted December 24, 2020 Report Share Posted December 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Ragitsu said: That solution already exists, however; I'm trying to come up with ultra-tech solutions to a low-tech problem . Genetic engineering can potentially sidestep the issue entirely, but not every culture necessarily shares the same taboos (or lack thereof) on modifying genes...especially for "frivolous" uses. A quantum portal that the hirsute individual can walk through, passing them to another universe but leaving the undesired hair behind. (Yes, it's Extradimensional Movement, to "the dimension where a particular patch of hair is gone.") Ragitsu and Lawnmower Boy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted December 24, 2020 Report Share Posted December 24, 2020 A cream, injection or possibly even a pill-- something that works systemically to simply turn off the follicles. Re-dose every X amount of time to stay hairless; follicles begin to slowly reactivate after you stop taking the medicine. Get really technical, and the compound affects pubic hair without affecting terminal or vellus hair, though career spacers may prefer (or may even be required) to be completely hairless to reduce the workload on the filtering systems. Anyway, at least have a concoction that doesn't affect terminal hair, if only because not every player is envisioning a bald character. Ragitsu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted December 24, 2020 Report Share Posted December 24, 2020 20 minutes ago, Duke Bushido said: A cream, injection or possibly even a pill-- something that works systemically to simply turn off the follicles. Re-dose every X amount of time to stay hairless; follicles begin to slowly reactivate after you stop taking the medicine. Get really technical, and the compound affects pubic hair without affecting terminal or vellus hair, though career spacers may prefer (or may even be required) to be completely hairless to reduce the workload on the filtering systems. Anyway, at least have a concoction that doesn't affect terminal hair, if only because not every player is envisioning a bald character. I really like the idea of a cream which can be applied anywhere. Make for hilarious practical jokes. Duke Bushido 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted December 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2020 3 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: One method I've read/seen in a few sci-fi stories is ultrasound, or even more exotic vibratory energies, to pulverize hair follicles down to their roots. This doesn't seem like a great stretch -- medicine already uses targeted sound bursts for things like breaking up internal calcifications. I had thought of pinpoint vibrations, but decided not to say anything. Anyhow, kudos: one measure of a man is his willingness to participate in unnecessary conversations on esoteric subjects. 2 hours ago, Chris Goodwin said: A quantum portal that the hirsute individual can walk through, passing them to another universe but leaving the undesired hair behind. (Yes, it's Extradimensional Movement, to "the dimension where a particular patch of hair is gone.") This is a very specialized application of Clarkeian technology. I like it! Theoretically, you could adjust this technology for other types of grooming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 Retro virus for the condition that causes total, or partial hair loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Goodwin Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 Time machine to a stone age world. Return with a bumblebee inside a clamshell. Duke Bushido and Lord Liaden 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 Travel to an alternate universe where your hair naturally grows that way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted January 6, 2021 Report Share Posted January 6, 2021 Just remember that you don't want to lose ALL your hair. Losing eyebrows can be a pain in the neck in warm environments since you no longer have them channelling sweat away from the eyes, and losing eyelashes - which can happen in some forms of baldness - is actively bad for your eyes, as they prevent most small particle intrusion into the eye socket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 6, 2021 Report Share Posted January 6, 2021 In the future, being hairy will be fashionable, so everyone will have long, luxurious beards. Even the women and children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted January 6, 2021 Report Share Posted January 6, 2021 4 hours ago, Sundog said: Losing eyebrows Terminal hair. So long as your solution doesn't affect terminal hair, you'll keep your eyebrows. 4 hours ago, Sundog said: and losing eyelashes - Also terminal hair. Regarding the "Defending the eyes" function: I'm not saying they don't. I _am_ saying that the only thing I've ever gotten in my eyes is eyelashes. 😕 2 hours ago, tkdguy said: long, luxurious beards. Pubic hair. 2 hours ago, tkdguy said: Even the women and children. Dwarf hair. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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