Silk'n light-based hair remover gets FDA approval for home use
By Darren Murph 
posted Mar 25th 2008 7:18AM
posted Mar 25th 2008 7:18AM
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This alternative may be worth looking into. The article states - the average reduction was 50% with no adverse side effects.
* Except the growth of a third nipple.
pretty sure that means 50% reduction of hair, not 50% chance of not having side effects
Thqt's good, I don't look forward to being called a silverback in a few years. I'll knit y'all a sweater.
I wonder how well this would work on my taint. Oh and E71 I already have 3 nips so no big deal for me!
When I see names like Home Skinovations, it makes me think the name came before the product.
I wonder how many people will mistake this for a wii nunchuk.
Or will mistake for a Apple product.
how much???
Should sell well in Brazil! ;)
It looks like a Wii nunchuck in a Wii nunchuck holder lol.
So you mean that's not a wii nunchuck washer/warmer combo device? Dammit!
How much wood would a Wii nunchuck chuck if a Wii nunchuck could chuck wood?
No more hairy hobo shoulders! This hobo is gonna be a stripper!
HowTF does this work?!
What do you mean "zap"? Singe, burn (can you imagine the smell)? "Pulse" it right out of the roots (can you imagine the agony)? Pull it right out, one at a time (Abu Ghraib anyone)?
Eew..... I think I'll stay hirsute.
It's bascially a lower cost version of a laser based system.
IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) devices like these typically use a Xenon lamp and some fancy optics instead of a laser.
The light is directed onto the skin through that wand (nunchuck) thingy and when the light hits the hair root (the bulb part under the skin), the light energy is converted to heat where it then vaporises the root.
It's worth pointing out that these hurt, if you don't like the idea of waxing, you should probably avoid these even more, and I speak from personal experience :)
The best way to describe the sensation is getting twanged at point blank range by a very thick and well streched elastic band.
Ewww, that's graphic.
From I read in the above comments.....
Using this to remove the hair from a certain personal area would be less than enjoyable.
Well, there goes any cure for dingleberry collectors. NOT that I have that problem, mind you... just that I heard some men have that problem.
Problem?!?!? Here in Eugobatamia dingle berry is the national fruit! We can hardly keep up with the demand. Why would anyone wanna rid themselves of dingle berry catchers? On another note, if you wipe properly you won't have dingle berry issues.
dingle berry, dingle berry, dingle berry. Man those words. Always make me laugh. Dingle berry!
@Ellianth:
No, no, no... *I* don't have that kind of problems, some friends do. Would you happen to have a URL that explains proper wiping procedures so that I can help my friends out?
You just have to experiment until you get it right. A bath every once in a while also helps too :P.
Out with the Sharpie, in with the Silk'n.
Drunken shammings just got a lot more interesting.
Do you think it could remove the hairs from my shoulders and back and put them on the top of my head?
>sigh<
So nobody's going to have pubic hair anymore, huh? That's sort of depressing.
The 90's are over man... just let it go in peace.
Now if we could just combine this device with that heat-wave riot control truck DARPA made then we could de-pube swarms of hippies at the next nearest folk festival.
After which a fire truck to hose off all the dead hair, B.O. and patchouli oil to awaiting HAZ-MAT crews.
Air Nair?
Kind of ironic that laser-based hair growth systems are being marketed too.