Braun Silk-expert Pro 5 PL5137 IPL Reviews

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The Braun IPL is beautifully presented and comes with a zip up storage bag that's patterned with a 1920s style pattern. The handset, booklet, cord and extra head fit perfectly.

The handset is light and very ergonomic to hold - even when you're zapping hard to reach areas. It feels of great quality and I felt confident using it.

I've been using this weekly on my legs and armpits. There are ten levels of zap, and 3 comfort settings. For my legs I use the highest, for my pits, the middle. It's not painful, its just a bit hot. And if you zap the same area twice in a row it is a bit uncomfortable, but nothing totally awful.

I found it easy to use in glide mode. The flash is quite bright, and despite mockage from my husband, I wear sunglasses while using it.

My hair growth has slowed dramatically since using this product. As it's my first time with IPL, and from what I've read, I'll need to do regular treatments more often to start, before needing to do it less and less. On week six, I've noticed great sparse patches of hair as well as hair that is very slow to grow. I've also found this is incredible for zapping away ingrown hairs.

The smaller headset is perfect for around the ankles and behind your knees, and for more precise pit-zapping.

I was surprised by how quick it is - I can do both legs and armpits in under 10 minutes!

I will continue for another month with weekly treatments and reassess but as it stands I am FLOORED by how good this is.

I am super stoked that I bought this machine. I was nervous about investing that much money, but now I wish I brought this ages ago!! It definitely slowed down my hair growth after a couple of consistent weeks of using the machine, and after about 4 months of using it, I have started to notice areas not growing back.

As a gal who has always suffered from excessive hair growth in all the wrong places, the Braun Silk-expert Pro 5 was absolutely life changing for me. I have previously done multiple rounds of laser hair removal treatments at well known laser hair removal clinics in NZ for chin and upper lip area. While the treatments were somewhat effective, as the hair growth around chin and upper lip is often caused by hormones and is at the mercy of good old Aunt Flow, you really needed to keep up with maintenance treatments to ensure the hair does not just grow back and not to mention laser is quite painful! I then got pregnant and basically all off the hair(and some) grew back and I took to plucking and then shaving(bad move). I really didn't have the time to be going for laser treatments every week or two as a busy working mum, so I read the review for this machine and decided to bite the bullet and order it. I started off using it weekly on upper lip and chin and then eventually incorporated my armpits and then my legs. I went from having to shave my upper lip and chin DAILY to now only having a few stubborn hairs which I usually just wait until they start to grow and then give them a zap. My arm pit hairs are now non-existent and my legs(after only 3 weeks) are very patchy and the hair growth is very slow. I am so glad I purchased this machine, it is so easy to use and even better you don't need to leave the house! I don't find this painful at all, similar to others who liken it to a ping of a rubber band but it doesn't bother me at all.

The title of my review might sound a bit dramatic but as someone who has fast growing, dark body hair in abundance this device has seriously made life easier. After using consistently for months I am at a point where hair growth is not only slowed but also the amount of hair looks to be permanently reduced with only sparse amounts still growing back, albeit slower than usual. It's too early for me to tell how long it will take for the hair to grow back as it's not meant to fully permanent and I'm still doing my weekly sessions but after a week of not shaving I'm confident to go swimming without needing to shave and this in itself is great to me. No more daily shaving!! The time and energy saved is so worth it.