Mr Purdy said a date for their new joint opening would be announced in January 2012 and that TfGM shared "the frustrations of people waiting patiently to use the services".

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So far ThermoLase has opened ten Spa Thira hair-removal salons in America, and is opening joint-venture salons in Japan, France and Saudi Arabia.

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