Posted: hair removal costs, lazer hair removal
Home laser hair removal might be an option if you don’t want to fork out thousands, but it still quite expensive. Below I’ve listed some of the more popular home laser hair removal kits that are available on the market and the costs of those. Before you embark on this path, consult your physician or a skin specialist to ensure that this treatment is suitable for you.
Tria home laser hair removal kit – $595
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The most expensive of the home laser hair removal kits, this one is approved by the FDA and it is based on the same systems that professionals use. You use it by progressively zapping the areas where you want to remove the hair until everything has been covered. It has a skin sensor on it that might tell whether it will work or your skin or not. If it doesn’t work for you, they do offer a thirty day money back guarantee. Set the device to a setting you are comfortable with and away you go. The average review (of 2) are 4.5 stars. |
Silk ‘n Personal – $449 and $69 for additional bulbs
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This device uses home pulse light (HPL) to do the laser hair removal job. It targets the melanin pigment in the hair follicle with the laser and its effect is to inhibit hair growth. The manufacturers do not recommend that you use this for the face or neck, so if those areas are the ones you were interested in, you’re out of luck. Some of the men that have written reviews on it seems to suggest that it is not as effective on men as it is on women. Its up to you whether you want to test this or not. You’ll also have to buy additional bulbs for the device and at $69 a pop it doesn’t come cheap. Still, it is more cost effective than 6 sessions at a professional clinic. The average rating (of 13) at Amazon is 3.5 stars. |
Silk ‘n SensEpil – $449 and $49 for additional bulbs
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This device can deliver up 750 pulses (per bulb) – each pulse is one area that is ‘zapped’. This is about enough to cover the legs, arms, under arms and genital area. Also uses bulbs so you have to get a few extras of those for ongoing treatment. The one person that have written a review on it has given it a 5 star rating. |
A good suggestion made by an Amazon reviewer before buying or using any of these products is to consult your physician. Most home laser hair removal products are only suited to light skin and dark hair combination, so you might find that none of these products are for you. Some areas of your body will always be out of reach, no matter what hair removal method you try – so either have someone help you with those areas or go to a professional.
Overall, you might not get the same professional effect with a home laser hair removal kit, but it will be cheaper. That is a trade-off that you will have to decide before you buy any of these products.
