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I haven't done this but I'm very interested in people who have since I plan on doing it at some point too!
I have had it done. It was minimally worth it, deffinitly not worth how much it costs.
It would really only suggest it if you have the money to spare and you are very light skinned with very dark hair. The lighter your skin is the better it will work. The darker your hair is the better it will work. If you tan easily and/or have lighter hair it will not work as well.
I had it done for 4 years and still have some of the hair that I had. I expected better results. I am fairly light skinned but do tan easily and my hair is fairly dark but not black.
There are also some other posts on here about it.
I had it done several years ago...not the "full area," but I had the upper inner thigh up to where the underwear is. I LOVE it. I never have to shave. I would get terrible razor burn and irritation and now no more! It was expensive but I did it when I was in college and even with that I was able to swing it. Totally worth it. Now I do have fair skin and dark hair, so it did work well for me.
liartist: Was the process painful at all? I have extremely sensitive skin and shaving hurts even if I don't cut myself - When I do it's a lot worse, razor burn, cuts, everything. I have very light skin - I don't tan, and dark brown hair. How long is the process and is each session painful?
@mrscheetos: I actually started yesterday on my underarms and brazilian. It is less painful than waxing but it's not exactly pain free. Hot rubber band is a good description. But it's super fast and easy. Totally worth it, in my opinion. The darker your hair, the better your results will be.
BEST THING I'VE DONE.
I'm doing my legs, arm pits and bikini area.
The bikini is a slow area and it's annoying the 2-3 days after the sessions cause you shave and the hair growing itches 
. I had thick hair there and now it's less and thinner and it grows slower.
I'm still in the middle of the treatment but I don't regret it a bit. Since my hair was extremely think I might need more than 20 sessions which is what I payed for but I'd totally pay extra sessions if needed, the result's been extremely good and FI's so happy with it he swears he'll pay the extra sessions for me.
I must say I have dark hair and light skin (not really fair skin, but the sun doesn't shine there). The contract stated that the process' results decrease with lighter hair and darker skin.
My treatment's done with diode laser, I had a previous tratment with amethyst laser and it did nothing.
@peacegrl099: Thanks for sharing! TMI but I do have darker hair and I'm really pale. I'm doing it to minimize the shaving because I get bad razor burn, and ingrowns. And I don't think the price of waxing is worth it for the result. Thanks again for sharing!
@liartist: thanks so much for sharing!
@techie: yeah I heard it was painful but IMO its worth it because the razor burn I get is always painful and irritating. Does it hurt more on the underarms? I would imagine it would lol
@Coffee cup: thanks for sharing, but woah! 20 sessions? lol when I made my appointment she told me 90% of her customers need 6 sessions. My cousin did 6 and its completely gone, Im wondering if it is a different laser
@kayberry: It's a bit painful cuase they're burning the folicule and it feels like they're pulling the hairs one by one. The bikini hurts more than the legs but where I go they numb the area with ice and I don't feel a thing.
I used to get razor burns too and the laser irritation is way less than that and (as the pain) it get's better with time, besides they usually apply some product afterwards for the irritation.
I had a WHOLE LOT of lazer hair removal done, and it was NOT a good experience. I have very thick body hair and darker, olive skin. It HURT. I even applied lots of topical lidocaine before each treatment and I still foudn it unbearable. I do wax my lip, eyebrows, arms; and I dont consider myself to have a low pain thresh-hold. I went in to get underarms, belly, bikini areas and legs done. I went over 18 months and then gave up. Now I have patchy armpits and legs. I dont know if I just have huge hair roots, but after being zapped by the lazer, the dead hair would come out of the skin (like popping a think pimple, sorry for the mental image) and smell of burnt hair. The skin would then be red and blotchy for days afterwards.
I dont know if I just wasn't a good candidate, but if you get good results with waxing, i would just stick to that.
@mrscheetos: It's diode laser. My hair's think like shamefully thick. They reccomend 12 sessions but might be due to the intensity, they started with really low mHz and they increase it with time (it might be the way they work). I've heard of some places that claim you'll be done with 3 sessions but I'm extremely happy with the results I've had so far.
@beekiss: I don't think I would be a lot of help here since I'm in Mexico but it was around $3000 pesos here for my legs, bikini and armpits (is it the right spelling?). It's around 250 USD.
@mrscheetos: You know, I was expecting it to hurt more on the underarms too but it actually just tickled. :p lol
I put deodorant on immediately. No burning sensation at all. :)
Totally worth it to say goodbye to razor burn. :p
@beekiss I got a promo package for the brazilian. $260 for 6 sessions, and I pay a $35 upgrade fee each time.
I wish I could afford to get laser hair removal on my bikini area :( I got waxed one time and it was so unbelievably painful (I too have very thick, dark hair) and it only lasts for about a week...to me it isn't worth getting waxed, especially since you have to grow it out for weeks (not ideal for bikini season!). As soon as I can afford it I want to get laser hair removal! I have dark hair but a fair/olive complexion, so I wonder how well it will work for me.
Best.thing.ever. I have two more sessions to go BUT I did full body. And I used the supposedly painless lightsheer Duet...but no matter what you do the brazilian HURTS LIKE HELL. I seriously think you should use numbing cream if it works with your machine. The lady told me since the machine I used doesn't use gel and has a larger head, it might cause me to react or interfere with the results. But I am going to use it anyway next time.
Best decision you will make. No more razor burn in the most sensitive area! Good luck
p.s pain depends on the person. I have DARK hair and Im pale my friend went to the same place said she didn't feel anything.
@abby_mb: Thanks! i was considering full body, but for the price I'm going to wait after my first session for the brazilian. I heard it hurts, but what you're describing seems much more painful than other descriptions lol. Did you go in Dearborn?
@abby_mb: I can use numbing cream in my treatment but they told me it doesn't work that well in the bikini area, meaning no matter how much cream you put on it will still hurt. They numb the area with ice and I don't feel a thing.
@mrscheetos: It depends on the person of course, but it's over so fast. The brazilian took less than 5 minutes. They will speed up or slow down based on your pain tolerance.
I totally want this done too.
I'm very very pale skinned, but I'm a strawberry blonde down there (TMI, I'm sure). Anyone know if that would be too light?
@mrscheetos: Maybe “hurts like hell” is a bit much, buttt it’s not fun lol. Yea I‘m getting it done in Dearborn, its attached to European Hair Salon. But because the head of the machine is big it only takes 1.5 hrs to do full body, so it isn’t bad. It actually doesn’t hurt anywhere there is a lot of meat (arms, armpit, thighs, stomach and upper legs) just the brazilian for me hurt the most.
And @Ivorybuttons, you get the best results when the contrast between the hair and skin is greater. So pale skin with strawberry blonde hair probably won’t give you the bang for your buck like someone with black hair and pale skin would get.
@abby_mb: thank you, that makes sense. I guess I'll just stick to waxing
Totally worth it- I have pale skin with almost black hair. I've had 6 sessions and all the nasty thick beard hair is gone. I have some fine hair but I am having 6 more touchups. I spent 800 for 6 treatments and 6 touchups which is 100% worth it to me. I dont' have to shave as often and it is just fine hair.
I'm having my legs done and I have finer hair on them. Now when I touch them they are prickly like a cactus.
My advice is to make sure the place you go to has a new laser, not an IPL one. Those are like a big flashlight.
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Has anyone had laser hair removal done on the bikini area (brazilian). Can you share your experience, positive/negative? Ill be starting it soon.