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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.]]>Mar 25th 2008 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/25/silk-n-light-based-hair-remover-gets-fda-approval-for-home-use/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/25/silk-n-light-based-hair-remover-gets-fda-approval-for-home-use/
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.]]>Mar 25th 2008 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/25/silk-n-light-based-hair-remover-gets-fda-approval-for-home-use/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/25/silk-n-light-based-hair-remover-gets-fda-approval-for-home-use/Mar 25th 2008 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/25/silk-n-light-based-hair-remover-gets-fda-approval-for-home-use/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/25/silk-n-light-based-hair-remover-gets-fda-approval-for-home-use/
Using this to remove the hair from a certain personal area would be less than enjoyable.]]>Mar 25th 2008 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/25/silk-n-light-based-hair-remover-gets-fda-approval-for-home-use/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/25/silk-n-light-based-hair-remover-gets-fda-approval-for-home-use/Mar 25th 2008 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/25/silk-n-light-based-hair-remover-gets-fda-approval-for-home-use/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/25/silk-n-light-based-hair-remover-gets-fda-approval-for-home-use/
dingle berry, dingle berry, dingle berry. Man those words. Always make me laugh. Dingle berry!]]>Mar 25th 2008 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/25/silk-n-light-based-hair-remover-gets-fda-approval-for-home-use/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/25/silk-n-light-based-hair-remover-gets-fda-approval-for-home-use/
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? ]]>Mar 25th 2008 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/25/silk-n-light-based-hair-remover-gets-fda-approval-for-home-use/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/25/silk-n-light-based-hair-remover-gets-fda-approval-for-home-use/Mar 25th 2008 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/25/silk-n-light-based-hair-remover-gets-fda-approval-for-home-use/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/25/silk-n-light-based-hair-remover-gets-fda-approval-for-home-use/
Drunken shammings just got a lot more interesting.]]>Mar 25th 2008 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/25/silk-n-light-based-hair-remover-gets-fda-approval-for-home-use/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/25/silk-n-light-based-hair-remover-gets-fda-approval-for-home-use/Mar 25th 2008 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/25/silk-n-light-based-hair-remover-gets-fda-approval-for-home-use/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/25/silk-n-light-based-hair-remover-gets-fda-approval-for-home-use/sigh<

So nobody's going to have pubic hair anymore, huh? That's sort of depressing.]]>Mar 25th 2008 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/25/silk-n-light-based-hair-remover-gets-fda-approval-for-home-use/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/25/silk-n-light-based-hair-remover-gets-fda-approval-for-home-use/
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.]]>Mar 25th 2008 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/25/silk-n-light-based-hair-remover-gets-fda-approval-for-home-use/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/25/silk-n-light-based-hair-remover-gets-fda-approval-for-home-use/Mar 25th 2008 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/25/silk-n-light-based-hair-remover-gets-fda-approval-for-home-use/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/25/silk-n-light-based-hair-remover-gets-fda-approval-for-home-use/Mar 26th 2008 3:42AM