Time to give up with Boots Smooth Skin IPL?

londonsurrey

I bought a Boots Smooth Skin IPL over a year ago, and started using it for under arms.

There has been a significant reduction in the growth rate; where I was shaving daily, it's now weekly, and only for a few hairs as opposed to a full underarm complement of hair.

However, I've now been using the IPL for over a year, and my armpits have been zapped about 25 times. Is it really time to stop and consider electrolysis to finish it off? I've read that you don't really get a 100% hairless result with IPL.

At the moment, it looks like the hairs all been slowed down. But it's not smooth, it's a complete grid of goosebumps where the hairs are - a lovely plucked chicken effect, even where there are no hairs currently growing!

londonsurrey

Just found this picture of what looks like a man's arm. The goosebumpy bits in the "After" picture, complete with a couple of hairs, is kind of what my armpit looks like, except that of course an armpit looks a bit different!

http://www.exetermedical.co.uk/laser/hairrem.html

suki1964

There is no method of hair removel availible that will eradicate you of hair completely and forever

Not even electrolysis

All they do is slow down re growth and once you stop the treatments - hair will return

I had electrolysis on my top lip at a hospital in my 20's - I now have to wax it as its grown back even coarser then it ever was. I honestly do believe I was only hair free for up to 2/3 months at a time and the pain of the treatment just stopped me keeping it up for years on end