Recommend your at-home laser hair removal device

I did my regular bikini line, but not my labia. It’s safe to use on external areas, but if your skin is darker there, it may not work as well.

Here’s info and a skin-hair color chart. It needs a contrast between skin color and hair color to work. https://us.braun.com/en-us/female-hair-removal-tips/how-to-ipl

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07/13/2023 22:23

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As PP said, the skin tone difference will prevent many people (me included) from a Brazilian using this device. I also found it difficult to use for bikini line in the crease between my leg and groin area. It needs to be flat and flush with your skin and I have trouble doing that for some reason.

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07/13/2023 23:59

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I have the Braun pro5 as well. There are different versions and the only difference is the extra heads. I have the cheapest version (under 300) and it has a standard and small head, which is enough. I think if you're doing a back or something the bigger head would be useful.

I'm not done with the first 12 weeks (about 9 weeks in) and there's a huge difference. I can't really see any hair growth, though I can feel a little - I have some finer lighter hairs that it didn't get. But if I decide to go to the pool tomorrow morning without planning ahead, my bikini line and arm pits are good to go without a second thought!

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07/14/2023 00:02

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Anonymous wrote:As PP said, the skin tone difference will prevent many people (me included) from a Brazilian using this device. I also found it difficult to use for bikini line in the crease between my leg and groin area. It needs to be flat and flush with your skin and I have trouble doing that for some reason.

It's a learning curve. In that spot I basically keep the length of the device parallel to the bikini hair line going up and down at an angle and work my way out, so I'm not spanning that crease perpendicularly.

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07/14/2023 12:20

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Anonymous wrote:I have the Braun pro5 as well. There are different versions and the only difference is the extra heads. I have the cheapest version (under 300) and it has a standard and small head, which is enough. I think if you're doing a back or something the bigger head would be useful.

I'm not done with the first 12 weeks (about 9 weeks in) and there's a huge difference. I can't really see any hair growth, though I can feel a little - I have some finer lighter hairs that it didn't get. But if I decide to go to the pool tomorrow morning without planning ahead, my bikini line and arm pits are good to go without a second thought!

Same. I started about 2 months ago and used it twice a week for the first 6 weeks, then weekly for the past few weeks. I feel like I'm mostly done - aside from the fine, light hairs there's no significant regrowth to shave off before a session. I read that you really need to do a full year of sessions every 4-6 weeks to get permanent results, so wondering if I can start spacing out session more or if I should stick with the weekly session for the full 12 weeks.