What to choose? Salon Treatement vs. Home IPL hair removal treatement?
After reading through studies, listening to experiences, talking it over with friends and conning to the decision to go ahead with permanent hair removal, we have one more decision to make. Where do we get the treatment? There's a long, long list of pros and cons for and against each of these. After a long study of the facts, the scales tip in our favour of home treatment.
EFFECTS. - Because salon devices are more powerful than their home counterparts, one might assume that they would produce better and longer-lasting results, but this is wrong. With more powerful devices, you may notice an earlier change (the most powerful home depilatory is the DermaGene Light 3in1 20J) in terms of hair growth and strength, but the end result is the same. As the technology used is the same, there are no fundamental differences between treatments: multiple treatments are required, hair removal from the hair follicle is prohibited, blonde and grey hairs cannot be treated, extra care must be taken with light protection after treatment, the effects last 6-8 years and booster treatments are recommended. For some people, the prescribed number of sessions is not enough to achieve the desired effect and more treatments are needed, which can easily be done at home.
In addition, the home machine can easily be used for six-monthly maintenance treatments afterwards.
TIME - As described earlier, 20 to 30 per cent of our body hair is in a growth (anagen) phase at any one time, so we need to repeat treatments at certain intervals to treat all our hair follicles. Rather than conforming to others and rushing to appointments, we much prefer to do the treatments ourselves at home, where it's okay to be an hour late or only feel like getting the process done at midnight. Treating two legs takes 15-20 minutes, so even time pressure is no excuse. Getting rid of unwanted hairs at home, comfortably ensconced on our favourite sofa, while watching a TV series, doesn't sound too bad. If we're honest with ourselves, this is probably the most important factor in the decision. Let's compare two home IPL hair removal machines (DermaGene Quartz Sin'', DermaGene Light 3inl) with the price of salon treatments! There are many salons offering treatments at different prices. In general, the larger the body part we are talking about, the more expensive the treatment will be, as the more flashes are needed.
FLEXIBILITY - If you have your own IPL device, you can be your own boss when it comes to hair removal. Even if you don't initially consider full hair removal, once you've purchased the device you can always choose to treat new areas. Plus, as we wrote earlier, IPL technology can treat a range of problems depending on the range of light used In addition to hair removal, our home IPL devices also offer other features (skin rejuvenation, acne treatment, pigment spot treatment, vasodilatation treatment), which can also occasionally cost between £5 000 and £10 000 in salons.
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