Has anyone used this device? It is not available in the US yet, but the reviews are best I’ve seen for any home laser/ipl device. They claim to get greater efficacy with lower power because of “square pulse technology”. Sounds interesting.
http://www.boots.com/en/Boots-Smooth-Skin-Intense-Pulsed-Light-hair-reduction-system_117122/
Here is a link to the manufacture of the product: http://www.cyden.co.uk/
Thanks for sharing. I personally have not heard about this light-based device. Just so you know, this unit cannot rid one of all hair colors. Home devices are not powerful enough to get results like you would expect if you went to a skilled laser specialist using a powerful laser. You always get what you pay for.
What kind of maintenance does this unit need and how much will that cost?
There is no way this machine can provide permanent results. If you actually read those reviews, they’re either fake or from people who’ve only used it for several weeks. You can’t tell anything that early. You can wax and write a review 4 weeks later saying that barely any hair returned. That’s not actually the case of course.
The fact that they claim to remove the hair permanently in only 6-12 weeks and to work on all hair types should be enough of indication to not waste your money on this. Even the most powerful machines can’t do this due to the way hair removal devices actually work (by targetting pigment), and they claim to do this with very little energy.
It’s all marketing and BS. Give it a year and everyone will be asking for their money back.
LAgirl, like you, I am incredibly skeptical of user reviews and most home hair removal products. (I think the reviews for VISS are total BS.) However, my sense is that these reviews are not fake.
First, “Boots” is the British equivalent of CVS or Walgreens. It would be a major scandal if they were caught creating fake reviews. They have reputation to uphold.
Second, I have read the reviews and many of the people wrote about their experience several months after stopping to use the product.
It seems like the Cons of this machine are (1) a new bulb/handset cost $160 Euros (which lasts 10,000 flashes) and (2) it has slow shot-to-shot refresh. So it might take 1-2 hours to do your legs.
That being said, I still share your skepticism, which is why I am curious if anyone on this forum has experience with this product. Thanks for your input!
Like LAGirl said though it’s impossible to have permanent removal in 6-12 weeks, even with the best professional laser. Since hair grows in cycles it’s not possible that a machine can kill hairs that are dormant and not even growing. It doesn’t matter how powerful or revolutionary the device is, you can’t kill what isn’t physically there.
Every single review is 5 stars as well which to me also doesn’t seem realistic. There’s got to be at least ONE person that doesn’t use it right and says it’s not good.
Boots is not marketing this. Cyden, the manufacturer, is. They’re the ones who would benefit the most from these reviews. Just because a product is sold somewhere legit doesn’t mean it’s effective. No-no! and other useless products are being sold at Sephora in the US, which is a much more well regarded high end brand. Boots is not going to go out of business if people stop buying this thing. It’s really irrelevant because most manufacturers of these gimmicks have figured out that hair removal products make for an easy scam because it’s hard to prove that it was the product that was ineffective and because it takes at least a year of use to know that it’s not.
Have you heard of Tria and Silk’n? Those are home machines that have been available for over a year now, are more powerful than this thing, and still don’t damage the hair permanently.
You have to understand how hair removal works to realize this doesn’t. Hair grows in cycles, so it takes at least a year of treatments to treat all the hair in one area. And all these machines work by heating up pigment. Low-powered machines can’t deliver enough heat to disable the follicle. Even professional machines can’t unless they’re set at aggressive settings.
But hey, don’t listen to us. Buy it and report back in a year. We’d love to hear some feedback.