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is the main constraint on electrolysis or laser money? Because $200 could have paid for a few sessions on the face and would have gotten you much further (at least based on my understanding of personal laser devices).
The promise of personal devices is results roughly equivalent to what you would see from a professional, just over a longer period of time. Yeah $200 would have paid for like, 3 sessions of my face, but I'd also like for this to be a solution to my arms, legs, bikini area, etc. I typically wax those areas, but have had issues getting good results with waxing my face T.T hence the purchase. Ideally, once I see facial results, I can start using it on the rest of my body instead. I think this will be more economical in the long-run for full body treatment, I'll just be trading money for time.
huh, that's a pretty big claim (that it gets the same results, just takes longer). The costs for laser treatments are a whole order of magnitude greater, I would imagine if at-home devices were effective the economics would cause most people (esp. trans people who typically have less money than the average person) to use them and have them recommended - so my assumption has always been that they can't be that effective.
either way, I'm happy to be wrong and excited to hear how it goes!
EDIT: here are some of the things I see being said:
I think this just confirms my impression that IPL results are not likely to justify the cost, unfortunately.
I don't really know if it will work either, that's why I'm testing before I recommend it lol. At the very least the refund policy of the corporation I bought from is very generous, so hopefully I'll just be out some time if it fails.
I bought an IPL device originally for my legs because I was shaving them every other day and it was great for that. Now I only need to shave my legs once a weak at most, and even at that point my legs are still smooth.
I have had mixed results in my face so far. Using it once a week like the manufacturer recommends does nothing whatsoever. Now that I have started using it after each shave, the hair between my chin and my adams apple has thinned or disappeared in a few patches. My chin, my upper lip, and my cheeks have seen no improvement so far. Although it could be that I just haven't hit the right growth cycle yet, since I have only changed my routine 2-3 weeks ago.
yeah, that's my main concern, that you didn't have money for laser or electrolysis and put what you had in IPL instead; hopefully you can get your money backπ€