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Charlotte Colombo Trending Laser hair removal is meant to be the gold standard treatment for excess hair, but not everyone can afford to go to the salon. According to the , the treatment costs an average of $389, so it’s no surprise that some people are starting to rely on at-home laser hair removal kits instead. Home laser hair removal kits use slightly different devices than those used at salons.

According to , these kits use intense pulse light (IPL) devices. The idea is for these intense lights to pulse to the hair follicle to interrupt hair growth. While this process is less powerful than run-of-the-mill laser hair removal, @britain.



skincare says it still runs a certain amount of risk in a viral TikTok. In the clip, which has amassed 564,300 views as of this writing, the expert shows images of burns across women’s legs and faces that she says were caused by IPL devices. “This is what can happen to your legs or any other body part if you decide to buy an at-home laser hair removal machine,” she began.

“I see them all over TikTok, all over Instagram. Everyone’s saying how great they are and how they don’t have hair anymore, but they don’t understand, like, the wavelengths, and the actual settings, and the science, and everything behind the actual laser itself.” She continued, “You can end up with third-degree burns .

.. that don’t go away on their own, and you have to do chemical peels, microneedling, and a ton of other extensive aesthetic stuff just t.

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