[GoneGirl]

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

I agree with Arielle. The Tria 4x works fine if you have lighter skin and darker hair, although I find it a bit tedious to use because it has to be lifted up and repositioned against the skin to trigger each pulse. It takes 25 pulses to cover a square inch of skin. It's not painless either.

She's also right about lasered facial hair coming back if your DHT level is that of a normal male. Even natal females have the potential to grow a visible beard, but in her estrogen rich body, facial hair growth is inhibited.

Electrolysis is the only recognized way to permanently kill hair follicles. The term 'electrolysis' is a misuse of the word, though. Almost no one does galvanic electrolysis anymore. Rather they use high frequency energy (microwaves) at 13 MHz, or better still 27 MHz, to "cook" the papilla and a bit of surrounding tissue. It's called 'thermolysis' and is much faster and less painful than true electrolysis.

Clara