I have decided to purchase an IPL from China and need a little advice on what to look for. I am currently looking at this machine http://www.ipl-rf.us/ipl-sienna-multifunction-machine-p-110.html which is their best selling machine. I have contacted several vendors and this machine is the best selling one for all vendors I have contacted. It’s relatively small.
I have had permanent reduction from an IPL in the past and due to the large areas I plan on treating its just too expensive to get it done locally.
In my experience as long as you treat the area 30-40 times and not allow the blood to nurish the hair follicle you WILL have permanent reduction. Atleast I did. Of course I had to treat once every couple weeks to achieve that. I did it that way as an experiment you might say cause treating once every 6 weeks was a joke and not effective. Btw, that permanent reduction was on my face and my beard is as thick as anyones!
So imo the only way to get REAL hair reduction with an IPL is to treat often with a short interval between treatments. My hair is VERY dark and my skin is VERY light.
I realize the laser is more effective but who the hell can afford to purchase their own laser? Certainly not me.
At worst it will serve as a more effective way of waxing. My previous experience with an IPL was the Palomar Estulux about 5 years ago.
This unit im looking at has quite a large spot size 16x57. The head is good for about 30-40k shots and the replacement head is only a couple hundered bucks. It goes from 20-50 jules.
Again, I realize the laser is more effective but what would be the pros and cons to this unit? Thanx