Those interested in the Tria may want to keep an eye on:
http://triabeauty.wordpress.com
Anyone know the best place to order it in the U.S.? Someone found it for $995 but didn’t say where.
Hi all, new to the forum and I TOO am interested in the TRIA, but have yet to make the final commitment. I’ve read a lot of positive reviews but I’m still a little aprehensive since it’s still a little too new to know the long term results. According to the website triabeauty.com you can purchase a TRIA through a physician or by calling them directly at 877-321-8742. or you can e-mail them. Thought I’d let you know.
If you’re looking for permanent results, don’t get your hopes up too high. If you’re looking for hair removal that may last longer than other temporary methods currently available, then it’s something you may want to keep following.
OK I took the plunge and ordered from one of the physicians on their list. It was $1000 + tax and shipping, which they weren’t sure what would be yet. That’s about the same cost as a laser treatment package, but I’ll add my results in a few weeks to see if actually works.
You’ll need to wait 4-6 months after your last treatment to be able to judge permanence. So it will take most people here at least 1-1.5 years to truly judge the results.
Vulpes, make sure you understand how much less powerful this machine is than the professional one that got you results. This only goes to 24J and 600ms.
That’s true. I don’t expect to know for certain for some time, but during my previous treatments I saw a consistent, noticeable improvement (10-15% reduction) starting around 2 weeks after each treatment. I’ll try to take pictures during the process.
On a side note, why do many people believe a longer pulse width is bad? Wouldn’t a longer pulse deliver more energy to the follicle? Quote:
“If a very long laser pulse is used, the pigment cells radiate the energy almost as fast as they absorb it, while the large hairs keep absorbing it faster than they can radiate it. As a result, the hair heats up much more than the pigment cells in the skin. The ability to deliver a long pulse of energy is a recent and welcome development in hair removal lasers.”
http://pioneervalleyderm.com/services/lightsheer.shtml
Everything I’ve seen on laser FAQ’s suggest longer pulse widths reduce the chance for skin damage.
SSLHR explains this in detail on this site if you run a search. The basic concept is that the zap is more powerful when the pulse WIDTH is shorter which means more energy is delivered faster to the follicle. The only benefit to shorter pulse width is making it safer for darker skin, i.e. it’s also less effective, but there is no alternative for darker skin - something needs to be sacrificed. Part of the reason that GentleLASE alex is one of the best machines on the market is that it has a very low stable (not adjustable) 3ms pulse width (as well as a very large 18mm spot size).
Btw, in the article, they’re talking about a different thing. They’re talking about 810nm for diode (like LightSheer) vs 655nm on alex lasers and 1064nm on Yag lasers, which generally accounts for the depth of laser penetration. Also, they’re not being completely truthful. They’re being biased to LightSheer. A Yag laser is much safer for darker skin than a diode like LightSheer due to the longer pulse, i.e. 1064. Btw, all hair removal lasers are long-pulse lasers.
Congrats on your new TRIA!! According to the website, the TRIA has 125-650ms vs the Lightsheer which has 5-400ms. Is it really that big of a difference?? Does the pulse width coordinate with the fluence ie. The higher the jules the lower the pulse width?
That’s referring to dark skin clients only, to protect their skin.
Lowest pulse is most effective. On LightSheer, even 100ms is rarely used. Mostly only on darker skin. Otherwise, generally 20ms is used. Once again, the reason that GentleLASE is one of the best machines around is that it has a stable pulse at 3ms. So yes, 125ms is too high. And at 24J, they use 600ms, which is not going to produce permanent results. It may be enough to cause temporary dormancy of hair. That’s all.
how much have you paid tria?and where have you bought it?i live in azerbaijan and i also want to buy it
Read through the thread. There are several links that others have provided. It costs a bit over $1K US.
Make sure you understand that it’s not likely to provide permanent hair removal, only potentially temporary long-term reduction.
Probably because the dollar is so weak now. UK pounds is equivalent to $2US nowdays.
Hi, This may be a little premature, but I just started using my brand new Tria device and for what it’s worth here’s may round one results: Over 4 days I Tria’d 5 fairly large and different areas. Typically, if I shave one of these areas on Sunday, by Wednesday it is fairly obvious that I will be shaving them again on the upcoming Sunday. This week I shave each of the 5 areas as usual and Tria’d 2 of those areas. Over the next 3 days I shaved each of the remaining 3 areas and then Tria’d them. Today, Thursday, shaving this coming Sunday would seem pointless. For any typical 1" x 1" area that may have contained say 20 hairs and should by now contain 20 stubbly things that will need attention by Sunday, I see only one tiny lower-eyelid looking hair and maybe 10 “five o’clock shadow” type stubbly things. I know this is just my first week, but for me this is incredable. I’ll try to report back in a few weeks.
That’s great to hear Amy. What setting are you using? Are you overlapping/double zapping? A highest-setting (20 fluence) treatment combined with full overlapping should only need to be done every 2 weeks from what I understand.
Sounds very interesting. The first home device that actually does remove hair. However I’d like to know how this works on dark course hair. I am a beautiful male that was cursed with chest hair. However it’s so course that it grew back after a WEEK after waxing…not 3 weeks as promised. I wish i could rent this TRIA product instead of buying the full price, unfortunately i’m not near any of the MD’s listed on their website. I have no doubt we’ll see a home device soon with permanent results and put those damn laser hair removal salons who charge 300-400 for moving a damn light over a body. Laser hair removal salons, your price gouging will be over soon =]
It is very expensive to purchase and maintian a quality light-based system for hair reduction. Throw insurance and staff into that cost as well. I don’t think the TRIA was meant to be permanent, as in forever. The verdict is still out on how well it satisfies the consumer.
Hair cannot grow back in one week. Either the hair was breaking off underneath the skin when you waxed or the next cycle of new hair was ready to come forth.
So after reading a lot of reviews for this device the majority of reviews seem to say this device WORKS as intended. Anyone disagree with the majority of reviews out there?