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Sobbing wrote:
has IPL worked for u? laser hair go brr

ive been thinking about purchasing one of those devices that lets u do it at home since i dont wanna bother with appointments

anyone tried the at home ones?

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Sobbing wrote:
i also dont know what brands are good i dont wanna dump €500 on something that doesnt work

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Arthema wrote:
I personally didn't get to use it, my friend did however and we both tried different methods at the same time, she bought this IPL thing from a pharmacy and I went for actual laser treatments with a professional lady,
the treatments I got were more permanent.
and my friend said that while for her it was not gone, even though it has been so long, it got reduced but didn't work as well as it should've because her hair is not the darkest.

IPL is not a laser treatment, it's light that is pulsing intensely, hence, Intense pulse light
I'd also say that you should take into consideration that you'd HAVE to be consistent with it to see actual good results, you should have hair dark enough and skin that is fair, otherwise, if the contrast isn't there well, you accidentally can burn yourself
Also, a device that has a plug to the wall, otherwise I don't believe it's strong enough?
I can ask my friend what device she use exactly, I think she got like 2 or 3 devices

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So she bought 2 expensive ones and one that was cheap but rlly bad and it burned her so she never touched it again
One is called kenzzi and the other one is Ulike, specifically a pink air3
I remembered that I wanted to get the second one myself since it's is not just for hair removal but also other things on the skin but that one is expensive as hell

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Sobbing wrote:

Abby wrote:
I personally didn't get to use it, my friend did however and we both tried different methods at the same time, she bought this IPL thing from a pharmacy and I went for actual laser treatments with a professional lady,
the treatments I got were more permanent.
and my friend said that while for her it was not gone, even though it has been so long, it got reduced but didn't work as well as it should've because her hair is not the darkest.

IPL is not a laser treatment, it's light that is pulsing intensely, hence, Intense pulse light
I'd also say that you should take into consideration that you'd HAVE to be consistent with it to see actual good results, you should have hair dark enough and skin that is fair, otherwise, if the contrast isn't there well, you accidentally can burn yourself
Also, a device that has a plug to the wall, otherwise I don't believe it's strong enough?
I can ask my friend what device she use exactly, I think she got like 2 or 3 devices

what kind of hair does she have then, is she blonde? my hair is dark enough and my skin is fair so i think its the ideal targeting for these machines as ive heard it works worse on lighthaired individuals
and i for sure thought ipl was laser

the more u know

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Sobbing wrote:

Abby wrote:
So she bought 2 expensive ones and one that was cheap but rlly bad and it burned her so she never touched it again
One is called kenzzi and the other one is Ulike, specifically a pink air3
I remembered that I wanted to get the second one myself since it's is not just for hair removal but also other things on the skin but that one is expensive as hell

which one would she recommend out of those two
u said wall plugged but i think those are wireless atleast from what i googled

they seem like uk brands too
we have brands here in sweden but im not sure if those are influencer brands or actually work, they are around the same price too, 200-300 euro range

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Arthema wrote:

Sobbing wrote:

Abby wrote:
I personally didn't get to use it, my friend did however and we both tried different methods at the same time, she bought this IPL thing from a pharmacy and I went for actual laser treatments with a professional lady,
the treatments I got were more permanent.
and my friend said that while for her it was not gone, even though it has been so long, it got reduced but didn't work as well as it should've because her hair is not the darkest.

IPL is not a laser treatment, it's light that is pulsing intensely, hence, Intense pulse light
I'd also say that you should take into consideration that you'd HAVE to be consistent with it to see actual good results, you should have hair dark enough and skin that is fair, otherwise, if the contrast isn't there well, you accidentally can burn yourself
Also, a device that has a plug to the wall, otherwise I don't believe it's strong enough?
I can ask my friend what device she use exactly, I think she got like 2 or 3 devices

what kind of hair does she have then, is she blonde? my hair is dark enough and my skin is fair so i think its the ideal targeting for these machines as ive heard it works worse on lighthaired individuals
and i for sure thought ipl was laser

the more u know

Her hair is dark blond on body
yep I heard other ppl have no success or burn themselves cus the device targeted their skin and not the hair as the hair was too light
nope! lot of people think it is laser which I did as well at first but yeah, the more you know!

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Sobbing wrote:

Abby wrote:

Sobbing wrote:

Abby wrote:
I personally didn't get to use it, my friend did however and we both tried different methods at the same time, she bought this IPL thing from a pharmacy and I went for actual laser treatments with a professional lady,
the treatments I got were more permanent.
and my friend said that while for her it was not gone, even though it has been so long, it got reduced but didn't work as well as it should've because her hair is not the darkest.

IPL is not a laser treatment, it's light that is pulsing intensely, hence, Intense pulse light
I'd also say that you should take into consideration that you'd HAVE to be consistent with it to see actual good results, you should have hair dark enough and skin that is fair, otherwise, if the contrast isn't there well, you accidentally can burn yourself
Also, a device that has a plug to the wall, otherwise I don't believe it's strong enough?
I can ask my friend what device she use exactly, I think she got like 2 or 3 devices

what kind of hair does she have then, is she blonde? my hair is dark enough and my skin is fair so i think its the ideal targeting for these machines as ive heard it works worse on lighthaired individuals
and i for sure thought ipl was laser

the more u know

Her hair is dark blond on body
yep I heard other ppl have no success or burn themselves cus the device targeted their skin and not the hair as the hair was too light
nope! lot of people think it is laser which I did as well at first but yeah, the more you know!

are u close friends with ur ipl expertise friend
could u ask her what she thinks of my 2 choices?? she probably knows what to look for if shes invested her money in a couple of them at this point

and thank u for the help abby

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Arthema wrote:

Sobbing wrote:

Abby wrote:
So she bought 2 expensive ones and one that was cheap but rlly bad and it burned her so she never touched it again
One is called kenzzi and the other one is Ulike, specifically a pink air3
I remembered that I wanted to get the second one myself since it's is not just for hair removal but also other things on the skin but that one is expensive as hell

which one would she recommend out of those two
u said wall plugged but i think those are wireless atleast from what i googled

they seem like uk brands too
we have brands here in sweden but im not sure if those are influencer brands or actually work, they are around the same price too, 200-300 euro range

The second one she still uses today
dunno about the kenzzi one but I saw her use the other one, it can be plugged from one side of the device, like this

idk about the origin of the brands, friend is not from the UK and I have 0 clue what's the market for those devices in Israel but from what I managed to gather, look for something with specifications that might be similar to this device? power wise, wavelength, and the energy output

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Arthema wrote:

Sobbing wrote:

Abby wrote:

Sobbing wrote:
what kind of hair does she have then, is she blonde? my hair is dark enough and my skin is fair so i think its the ideal targeting for these machines as ive heard it works worse on lighthaired individuals
and i for sure thought ipl was laser

the more u know

Her hair is dark blond on body
yep I heard other ppl have no success or burn themselves cus the device targeted their skin and not the hair as the hair was too light
nope! lot of people think it is laser which I did as well at first but yeah, the more you know!

are u close friends with ur ipl expertise friend
could u ask her what she thinks of my 2 choices?? she probably knows what to look for if shes invested her money in a couple of them at this point

and thank u for the help baby

ahaha yeah, she's my closest female friend I'd say, I don't live in Israel anymore but we still speak almost every other or third day
of course, what are you thinking about? like which ones you thinking of as brand and model? if she can't find the specs I can also try and help with that

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Arthema wrote:
regarding colours for skin n hair
this is a table showing more or less whats good and what isn't

I'm medium white I'd say, but a bit lighter and more yellowish, and my hair is black,
my friend is pale and her hair is lighter than brown, not by much though

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Sobbing wrote:

Abby wrote:

Sobbing wrote:

Abby wrote:
Her hair is dark blond on body
yep I heard other ppl have no success or burn themselves cus the device targeted their skin and not the hair as the hair was too light
nope! lot of people think it is laser which I did as well at first but yeah, the more you know!

are u close friends with ur ipl expertise friend
could u ask her what she thinks of my 2 choices?? she probably knows what to look for if shes invested her money in a couple of them at this point

and thank u for the help baby

ahaha yeah, she's my closest female friend I'd say, I don't live in Israel anymore but we still speak almost every other or third day
of course, what are you thinking about? like which ones you thinking of as brand and model? if she can't find the specs I can also try and help with that

yea i googled the kenzzi one and it shows that its from the UK, i dont neccessarily wanna pay import taxes and i didnt see the plug in thingie pics showed models just using it wire free so i got baited

and thats cute, hope u 2 stay in touch, do not become like me and seek ipl advice on a dead forum

these 2 are my options right now, both are plug in afaik, she can also use the google translate addon if she has that on her browser

IVISKIN: https://www.iviskin.se/iviskin-g3/?utm_source=Google%20Shopping&utm_medium=Feed&utm_id=1&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwh4-wBhB3EiwAeJsppNo_IbaBBpTK7o2SJPDxOhJR1ao9l4SUSckMQqH1iVN66LMqjdmZYxoCOmMQAvD_BwE

its 900k PPL so pretty long lifetime and has some iceshield function no clue, 5 levels

COMFORTH: https://comforth.se/products/permanent-ipl-harborttagere?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwh4-wBhB3EiwAeJsppFeL--HOGNGLB6BFuYRts8PG5dN_1qbeMgDyNSbCo6ogxkLpdXM_exoClYEQAvD_BwE

600k PPL, 5 levels as well

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Sobbing wrote:

Abby wrote:
regarding colours for skin n hair
this is a table showing more or less whats good and what isn't
xI'm medium white I'd say, but a bit lighter and more yellowish, and my hair is black,
my friend is pale and her hair is lighter than brown, not by much though

yea then ur ideal for laser
how much did u end up paying for ur treatments and how many sessions did it take
im uncomfortable with having another person laser me and having to go there cus im lazy

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Arthema wrote:

Sobbing wrote:

Abby wrote:

Sobbing wrote:
are u close friends with ur ipl expertise friend
could u ask her what she thinks of my 2 choices?? she probably knows what to look for if shes invested her money in a couple of them at this point

and thank u for the help baby

ahaha yeah, she's my closest female friend I'd say, I don't live in Israel anymore but we still speak almost every other or third day
of course, what are you thinking about? like which ones you thinking of as brand and model? if she can't find the specs I can also try and help with that

yea i googled the kenzzi one and it shows that its from the UK, i dont neccessarily wanna pay import taxes and i didnt see the plug in thingie pics showed models just using it wire free so i got baited

and thats cute, hope u 2 stay in touch, do not become like me and seek ipl advice on a dead forum

these 2 are my options right now, both are plug in afaik, she can also use the google translate addon if she has that on her browser

IVISKIN: https://www.iviskin.se/iviskin-g3/?utm_source=Google%20Shopping&utm_medium=Feed&utm_id=1&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwh4-wBhB3EiwAeJsppNo_IbaBBpTK7o2SJPDxOhJR1ao9l4SUSckMQqH1iVN66LMqjdmZYxoCOmMQAvD_BwE

its 900k PPL so pretty long lifetime and has some iceshield function no clue, 5 levels

COMFORTH: https://comforth.se/products/permanent-ipl-harborttagere?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwh4-wBhB3EiwAeJsppFeL--HOGNGLB6BFuYRts8PG5dN_1qbeMgDyNSbCo6ogxkLpdXM_exoClYEQAvD_BwE

600k PPL, 5 levels as well

hmm yeah import fees are not fun
and yeah to market it nicely you got to take good pics lmao

Oh it has been a year already, we're doing good I'd say, she's going to be my flowergirl if she wants to in my wedding lmao

imma send it her way now and talk with her as she's done with uni for today

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Arthema wrote:

Sobbing wrote:

Abby wrote:
regarding colours for skin n hair
this is a table showing more or less whats good and what isn't
xI'm medium white I'd say, but a bit lighter and more yellowish, and my hair is black,
my friend is pale and her hair is lighter than brown, not by much though

yea then ur ideal for laser
how much did u end up paying for ur treatments and how many sessions did it take
im uncomfortable with having another person laser me and having to go there cus im lazy

yeah ahaha hence why I said fuck it and went for actual laser treatment

hmmmm I had 10 sessions paid for and 1 additional for free?
it was 4 areas only though, armpits, full legs, full arms and pubic area, I didn't finish all the treatments but even without all of them, it worked wonders for me, I used to be hairier but now it is much much less, I used to think the same but I found a fellow Russian lady that helped me with any uncomfortable moments I had or questions, and I had a total of 7 treatments

it cost me like around 1k eur for all those areas but it was a promotion cost for a holiday and you bet your ass that once I get a job again or my husband settles down with his job I am getting a package like that again, and maybe in the future will buy an IPL for myself for any veins I have on legs mainly and any stray hairs that laser might miss

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Arthema wrote:
yes, I got fully naked sometimes doing that laser

yes it was uncomfy at first but got rlly easy with time

it was rlly bad going back home sometimes cus the gel used gets sticky as hell and you cannot shower for a few hours but if it's close to home it must be better, I either took a bus or a motorcycle
but worth it

imma go look with friend now