Works great so far
To give you some background I have fair skin and thick dark hair. When I shave stubble is still visible at the skin surface and when I shave my armpits it always look like I haven't even shaved. So I'm one of those people. I'm cursed.
I've tried most hair removal methods like shaving Nair wax and epilation. Chemicals burn my skin so I scrapped that back in my teens. Since then I've used a combination of epilation and shaving but because the epilator hurts and hurts far too much to treat my underarms or bikini line I've been toying with the idea of laser for a long time. I decided to buy this before I invested $3-5k in a series of treatments (for pretty much everything).
When I first received the SensEpil I did most of my body: underarms legs bikini area arms and a bit of my stomach. The bulb was shot by the time I finished my arms but I did get my full body covered. It takes a while about as long as it takes to use an epilator maybe a little less.
It can hurt in some areas. For most of my body at the highest setting it only stings periodically (sort of like a light rubberband snap) but in some sensitive areas it was tough to take. But bear in mind that's the highest setting - there are five. At the lowest setting I didn't really feel it at all.
The initial effect was minimal. On my arms which I didn't shave the hair was singed a bit. Elsewhere it left me a little stubbly - I later shaved and it was fine. My guess is that the flash of the light singes surface hairs but treats the roots. So the first three days it didn't look like anything was happening but by the fourth day or so I noticed that when I shaved my legs were extremely smooth. Then I noticed that my underarms looked a hundred times better - after shaving there was very little visible stubble which was a first for me.
When I noticed improvement I bought a new bulb and then went over my body again two weeks later (it recommends a treatment every two weeks). Again the bulb lasted through my whole body and it hasn't burned out yet though I bought another for backup. Overall I'm noticing a gradual reduction in hair. My armpits look great there's significant hair reduction on my arms and legs. The only area that's showing only a slight reduction is my bikini line possibly because the hair is so coarse and dense. But I am noticing a reduction and I'm going to keep it up.
The only reason why I've given it 4 stars instead of 5 is because it does cost a bit given that aside from the initial cost you should expect to buy a bulb for each treatment. It's nothing compared to professional laser costs - consider $50 a treatment vs. $500 and up (for the whole body). I'll update my review over the next few months with remarks on its effectiveness.
Update: It's still working great and I'm officially in love with this machine. I have essentially no stubble under my arms - I've never seen them like this before - and the hair on my arms and legs has gone way down. Pubic hair area is fading out at a slower rate but I'm still happy with the progress.
Another update (a few months in): It's still pretty great. For me (and this could just be my body) it takes really really well to the underarms and arms. After that it works reasonably well on my legs. One quirky effect: I take great care to cover the entire area sometimes overlapping and hitting the same place twice (even though it says you shouldn't do that) and I'll still get a few patches of hair growth. So for example I'll do my legs and they'll become totally smooth except for a patch here or there where the hair will look totally unaffected. Maybe I am missing those places but anytime I've noticed it I've been especially careful to be thorough. I haven't seen this happen on my arms or my underarms though. Also it does work on the pubic region but that hair is very very stubborn for me. So the main benefit in that area is that it really reduces the density so that when I do shave it's smooth. But after a day or two there's stubble.More detail ...
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