I was researching laser hair removal, after a conversation with my doctor, about my unwanted, embarrassing, and stress inducing facial hair. I have a lot of them, due to the fact that I have severe PCOS, aka Polycystic Ovary/Ovarian Syndrome.
PCOS causes me a LOT of unwanted symptoms, the second most emotionally painful is the facial hair. (The first on the list is MUCH more emotionally painful, and that is infertility).
Anyway, enough about that. As you can imagine, I have a lot of tough hairs to get rid of on my face, and other areas of my body, such as underarms, legs, forearms, etc.
The hairs that I do get on my face, the ones that are noticeable, are about as thick as a mans would be, but of course there isn't nearly as much as an average man would have. Even one hair is too much for me though.
So, I looked up a couple of different laser hair removal devices, a couple of which are from Silk'n, and one from Tria. The Silk'n ones seemed to have a larger panel where the light would hit the skin, and thus remove hair. Their manual says that it has a 4cm squared area per pulse. With Tria, you would need to do 50 pulses to cover an area of 9 square centimeters, and you only need 3 pulses of the Silk'n to cover 12 square centimeters. Tria also needs more treatments than the silk'n to have long term results.
Some people also compare this device to the No No! The No No! is a hair burning device, it is NOT a laser hair removal unit.
Anyway, tonight, I just finished my 4th treatment of my face. I can see a big difference in my upper lip area. On my chin and neck, not so much, not yet anyway. If It wasn't for my upper lip, I'd be convinced it's not working at all. I do have to note though, that with my chin and neck, sometimes I can't resist plucking the hairs, because they are very dark and noticeable, so I'm not sure if that somehow interferes with the treatments and their efficacy. I wondered if I might be "resetting" the hair follicle if I am plucking the hair out before the root is dead.
I sent Silk'n an email with some of my questions, but I never did hear back. Boo to them for not replying. My email was important, to me. Those questions are important. I tried to call them, but I was on hold forever, so that's another strike lol.
Oh, I forgot to mention, I've done a couple treatments on my legs as well, and I can see huge patches where the hair is NOT coming back at all, not even fine fuzz. That's pretty awesome!
So, here is my list of pros and cons for this device.
PROS
- Has a Lifetime of pulses (Approx 120,000 - Silk'n themselves say this is enough to do your entire body, follow up treatments, and to share with a friend if you want to.
- It seems to work well, especially on finer hairs, such as on the legs, or arms, toes, etc.
- It recharges between pulses really fast
- Large treatment panel area, so you get done faster.
- Fairly inexpensive for the device, and what it does.
- You can use it in the privacy of your own home, any time of the day or night.
CONS
- Follow up customer service is not good.
- It sort of hurts, but not much.
- Darker skinned people cannot use this device.
- People with light skin, and light hair, also cannot use this device. (You must have light skin, and dark hair. It is possible for dark blondes or redheads to use it, but you would need a lot more treatments, from what I have researched. (Why anyone would want to get rid of their red hair is beyond me, it's gorgeous!!)
- I wish it worked with LESS treatments, but I shouldn't complain.
- It may take up to 2 years of treatments before you see a complete reduction in some hairs. (This seems to be the case with any laser hair removal though.)
I personally love my Karmin
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