Gillette razor doesn't levitate hair after all

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Say it ain’t so! For those of us who found great hope in the ads showing the battery-powered Gillette M3Power razor lifting hair up and away from the skin, we have been deceived, AdFreak is sorry to report. It appears Gillette slammed with a lawsuit by competitor Schick, has been asked to cease and desist in this claim, after it was found to be “unsubstantiated and inaccurate.” The TV ads showed a computer-generated image of the vibrating razor lifting hair up, so that the resulting shave would be closer than ever.

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