[Arielle]

I saw some mentions of the Tria 4x and IPL home devices here.

Typically I have been using an epilator all over below the neck, but have now real solution for facial hair short of an experimental diluted spearmint oil topical treatment. Which only serves to slow the beard growth back to normal or slightly less than normal levels, which is a help since the Biotin and Swanson's hair/skin/nails had the beard growing easily twice as fast as normal... (But yay halting and partially reversing early sings of balding!)

I am interested in getting permanent reduction/elimination of dark hairs, particularly in the beard area, but elsewhere also. Having some leftover pale hairs doesn't bother me too much as this stage, as I am not trying to present femme, I just hate shaving. It is a time consuming daily routine that just kind of makes me sad and frustrated.

With pale skin and medium dark hair, used to be blond, now my hair is more of a dark brassy color. Beard and body hair is a bit darker though. Not black or DARK brown though... Is it realistic to get results with a home unit?


- Jaded Jade

Hi Jaded Jade,

I have a Tria 4x and a Philips Lumia IPL. I would say that the Tria 4x is much better, it does seem to reduce hair growth each pass, the Lumia IPL does seem to control. I have completely switched to the Tria, and have found on my face especially that ignoring the manual and doing two passes on say a Monday/Wednesday of a week works for me on power 4. Power 5 is just too painful for use on the face.

You will likely never get rid of facial hair until you eliminate testosterone as it will regrow, even without then topups are likely to be required occasionally. I have been happy with the effects of the Tria, I would suggest going that route rather than an IPL of some form.

Hope this helps

Arielle