Comments on: Beauty equipment usage in Japan http://whatjapanthinks.com/2011/10/12/beauty-equipment-usage-in-japan/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Thu, 10 Apr 2014 22:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 By: Steven http://whatjapanthinks.com/2011/10/12/beauty-equipment-usage-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-249318 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:55:51 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/?p=4405#comment-249318 I agree with you so much about the roller “beauty equipment”. To me, most of that stuff seems like overpriced-gadgetry.

I kind of wish there were a scientific study on these kinds of things. I imagine it would be difficult to claim “completely dissatisfied” if one spent a fortune on some magical thing that you roll on your face that doesn’t seem to do anything one way or another. With the kinds of marketing and price tag those things have it would seem ridiculous to think they weren’t effective. I think there is a lot of snake-oil on the Japanese market. Maybe they need more scientific studies… if they do exist they need a way to let people know about those kinds of fraudulent things effectively.

I’ve seen a lot more audio file snake oil in Japan vs. America as well. So I think beauty equipment is just the tip of the iceberg as far as that kind of stuff goes.

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