Anyone tried Boots 'Smooth Skin' home IPL hair reduction system yet?

catalina89

hi everyone!
thks for all this posts and info! can't believe smth affordable for hair removal was created!:j
however, the problem is that i live outside UK and boots deliver items only across the country
does anyone know where i can order it if i live in Sweden???

thks everyone in advance

moneysaver122121

Hi all, I saw something similar to this on the telly a few days ago and after doing a bit of research found this product. Can any guys who have used this product chime in as regards the efficiency of the product on male facial hair? I guess what I'm asking is, does this thing actually WORK for guys? Ideally I'd want to completely do away with my facial hair as I much prefer the clean-shaven look and my facial hair grows ridiculously quickly so shaving every day is a pain.

LouLou

I'm wondering about the "Plus" model, saw it alongside "Memyelos" in Boots earlier (or me my elos..however it's spelt!). They're both the same price at the moment, £399.99. Would be good to read some comparisons!

lordm_2

catalina89 wrote: »

hi everyone!
thks for all this posts and info! can't believe smth affordable for hair removal was created!:j
however, the problem is that i live outside UK and boots deliver items only across the country
does anyone know where i can order it if i live in Sweden???

thks everyone in advance

You can try ebay

Littlesusie_2

moneysaver122121 wrote: »

Hi all, I saw something similar to this on the telly a few days ago and after doing a bit of research found this product. Can any guys who have used this product chime in as regards the efficiency of the product on male facial hair? I guess what I'm asking is, does this thing actually WORK for guys? Ideally I'd want to completely do away with my facial hair as I much prefer the clean-shaven look and my facial hair grows ridiculously quickly so shaving every day is a pain.

It is suitable for men and can be used on the face but the instructions don't recommend using it on the scalp, eyebrows or beard area because you might change your mind. Of course in you know you want to be beard free then I can't see a problem as the smooth skin is suitable for facial use.
I had very strong coarse hair growth on my legs and that has now almost gone so I can't see why it wouldn't work on male facial hair. It maybe that you'd still have some growth but shaving would be drastically reduced. After 12 treatments I now only shave my legs once every 2-3 weeks and even then theres very little to remove. Before they needed doing every day.

bluejulie

12 treatments done but there is still hair growing every week, so have to shave.

Fallen_feathers

Can you send back your boots smooth skin if it doesn't do what it says because what a waste of my money.I have only owned it for a few months still have the paper work and it's not damaged but was just wondering if anyone has send it back and got their money back.I did the 12 treatments the hair fell out butit just grows back and it seems to be the same story with everyone else who owns the product.:(

bluejulie

I really think of sending mine back.What a waste!

.Mia.

I have been reading this full thread for the past couple of weeks, as I wanted to make sure I didn't ask too many questions that had already been answered. I am sorry to bring up a thread that has almost become obsolete, but I would very much appreciate some more opinions from the people here.

The reason I began investigating laser/IPL hair removal was after seeing a Lumea advertised in some magazine... after a few quick searches, I realised that most of the reviews pinned the Lumea in the 'not very effective' category. My attentions were turned to the Tria and the Boots machines.

Having read through the whole thread, I can definitely see that some people have had success using the Boots machine, and some have not.

My intention isn't to gain permanent hair removal (I know already that this is a red herring, the body will continue to create hair even if you disable/destroy existing hair follicles). I am also conscious of the costs involved with professional hair removal and I estimate that (even with Groupon deals, etcetera, which make me suspicious about the machines used/technical knowledge of the staff in the salons) it would be far more expensive for me to have my hair kept at bay profesionally rather than at home. Besides this, there is the small embarassing factor of bikinni line which I'd rather not wap out for some random person...

So, on that note, I have mainly decided that a home hair removal system is the way forward for me. Currently I am average hairy (I guess) and would like to target my lower legs, bikinni, armpits and one damn hair (Frank) that constantly pops out of my chin (a telegraph pole, as it's been called before). I have read so much about the treatment time required for legs (and I know I am not desperately patient) but I think I would be happy to invest some time in doing these areas if I could be sure to avoid the following concerns:

Legs: Whenever I shave or epilate, you can still see small bumps in my skin from where the hairs were - like chicken skin. Does the laser/IPL cause these too? I also have some mild ingrowns (where the hair coils just under the surface of the skin... perhaps I need to exfoliate more anyway, but I don't have the patience!). Can this be avoided with the laser/IPL?

Bikinni area: I hate any method of hair removal I have ever tried here - shaving and imac-ing give some serious ingrowns and the hair comes back too soon, I tried plucking / epilating and even if I could get over the pain, my skin suffered tremendously. I think I could probably cope with weekly uses of the machine, if it would mean my skin would be smooth... is this possible to achieve?

Armpits: Shaving here is almost never an issue, I can shave almost dry and never experience the problems that I have with legs/bikinni area. I've read a lot about the skin feeling like it is sunburnt for a while after use - will I have to walk around holding my arms up, or is the pain not that noticeable and only a mild discomfort?

Frank - This one, I have a few concerns about. I have read that some people experienced increased hair growth in the chin area... I suppose I could keep plucking this little one out on its own, but I'd rather it just wasn't there (once in a while, I forget to check and find it has grown to epic proportions!). Does anyone have any advice about this? Could I create some weird cardboard cutout that covered everything but that tiny area around the hair?

What kind of moisturisers have you found are most effective? Oil based ones (i.e. Vitamin E Oil or Bio Oil) or more watery ones (my standard moisturiser is Avene Cicalfate)? I have a big thing against the standard commercial types, so tend to prefer natural or organic moisturisers... any tips would be much appreciated!

And now, onto the machines! (early apologies for the mammoth post too!).

I am also struggling to get my head around the power outputs of different machines; most websites do not put these details out about their products either. My understanding of laser/IPL is that the stronger the power output, the more likely it is the hair follicle will be denatured. Does anyone know which of the Tria and Boots machine is 'stronger'?

I am currently torn between these two machines - the Boots PLUS and the Tria. I have already bought the Tria as a present for a friend, as she only has a small treatment area and I've been increasingly thinking of buying the Boots PLUS for myself (seeing as how it is much cheaper and has a larger treatment head). However, the cost for these two reaches almost £900, which is a fairly considerable amount, and I've started reconsidering my purchase (the Tria is still in the box).

As I've been searching for laser/IPL stuff for the last four weeks, I now also keep seeing advertisements for different machines almost any site I am on - today I found a link to a professional home machine. This one is just over £1300, has a six month money back guarantee and a five year warranty (though I am worried the company will liquidate in two and even if I want to return my item I won't be able to). I am really leaning towards this item as it isn't much more expensive than the Tria + Boots machines together and I would expect it to make treatments faster and more effective... Am I being completely ridiculous? For this kind of money, I could probably buy about 6 lots of Groupon vouchers for the whole of my body and my mother's!! I am struggling to decide, would really appreciate some opinions from people who have experienced some form of laser hair removal!

And what about the Viss machine that I've seen crop up once in a few posts?

Thank you in advance for even reading this whole post (if you managed to get this far!).

Mia

londonsurrey

For pain prevention, my main tips are:

1- pop the gel in the fridge. Seems silly, but it really does work better - it's the cooling system!

2 - apply the gel to the zapping head, not your skin. Make sure that the gel connects up the four little metal connectors, or it won't work.
The reason to not apply it to your skin is that between zaps(when you're waiting for the machine to charge up again, or when you're just figuring out what to do next), the gel is sitting on your skin, heating up.

If it's sitting on the zapping head, it's not heating up. Trust me, I know. The most delicate area I do is my (ahem) undercarriage. The pain was quite offputting. With the gel not-on-skin trick, there's barely any pain at all.


3 - Chicken skin. I have it on my underarms, after completing one year of zapping. Not sure if it was like that anyhow, or whether the ingrown stuff is doing it.

Anyhow, my latest area is the bikini line - thick hairs, prime candidates for causing chicken skin. I didn't like the way they were being left under the skin line.

So my latest innovation is to shave, leave it a day or two (just enough time for the hairs to grow to peek OUTSIDE the skin), then zap. This way, when the successfully treated hairs loosen, they are easily eased out of the skin, as opposed to them sitting there sadly just under the skin surface.

It's very easy to tell which hairs were affected - they fall out naturally anyhow, but if you're really keen or if a particularly fat hair stub is irritating you, if you gently grasp it with tweezers, it simply slides out without any tugging (the skin doesn't hold on to it).


I hope this helps, and doesn't seem too mad.