Top positive review
5.0 out of 5 starsLove this machine!!!
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2018
Having had three professional treatments at 150.00 a pop for pits, Hoo and legs, I balked at spending another 150.00 for a few more treatments every couple of months.
I bought this and am thrilled. I’ve used it on all three areas on my self and two girlfriends.
One GF has red hair and the carpet is lighter than the drapes , so she didn’t get a very good result after three treatments.
We crank the light all the way up and hold an ice pack to the more tender areas for about a minute before zapping. It does feel like a quick, hot poke in the really tender areas, but no worse than plucking one of the tougher eyebrow hairs.
You don’t feel anything in the areas that have no hairs. If there are hairs that you missed shaving before your session, those crackle and snap. Leaving a waft of burned hair smell and a tiny,black, burned bit of hair.
My other GF used an EpiLady for many years and is tougher than the average gal and she has milk white skin and very dark, abundant , eastern block hair.
Three treatments in, 2 weeks apart, she is showing patches of smooth, no hair spots.
She doesn’t shave between treatments ( and is very crabby about it because she hates body hair) so I know where to zap her.
You can tell the affected hair, because as your working and moving the hand piece, a few hairs seem to just fall out.
She is about 25% less hairy after three treatments than when we first started.
We three have used a single light all over our bodies for a total of 2 whole treatments.
Before it caved. We did a little quick math and estimated it was well over 3000 zaps.
We are going into our 2nd month of treatments with the 2nd replacement light now. I have maybe 40 stray hairs on each leg and my pits and Hoo are much less hairy.
I could easily get by with shaving once every 2-3 weeks.
The red hair bowed out. She’s pretty sensitive and couldn’t handle the anticipated zap and not get results as fast as she wanted.
Me and my Eastern European girlfriend are still going to zap each other every two weeks until there’s nothing left to zap.
It’s bonding for us. Lol
My recommendation also would be to set the handpiece down for a few minutes between big hair groups. Like give it a 3 minute test after doing pits. 3 minutes Hoo/Bikini line and 3 minutes rest after each leg. Watch the little lightbulb light. As long as it’s green. You have lots of zaps. When it goes to amber, you have maybe 100 more.
Once it’s starts blinking, set the handset back down and let it run for 5 minutes to cool before you change out the bulb.
Don’t touch the replacement except for on the side ridge and be sure you have the pins aligned in the right direction before you slowly and carefully put the new one in.
I love this little machine and am glad I bought it.
It’s more fun if you have a friend or partner help. AND. Don’t be afraid to chill your skin for 15-30 seconds with an ice pack before you zap to minimize the zap.
