Laser Hair Removal Unit considerations before buying

Posted by admin on May 6, 2009

Silk'n Laser Hair | Simply flash the hair away

Before deciding on which home laser hair removal unit you should buy out of the three main competitors, i.e. the Tria, Silk’n and Rio x 60 laser hair removal units you need to compare the area each device can treat and how many shots (or laser beams) it would take to treat a certain area. Here at so-smooth we want you to be well informed and happy with your purchase and as such we are hoping to provide you with as much information as possible before you decide which home laser home removal unit is best suited to your needs.

Over the past few weeks we have scrutinised our products and as such are able to provide you with accurate non biased informative article. The Tria’s treatment area is about 1cm x 1cm, the Rio x60 treatment area is just less than 1cm squared (0.85cm x 0.5cm) and the Silk’n boasts a massive 2cm x 3cm treatment area.

With the Tria you need to overlap each shot by around 4mm to obtain the maximum benefit from the product. In the Tria instruction leaflet we are told that it takes about 50 shots to treat each 3cm x 3cm area. They go on to say that this would take about 90 seconds. Although the laser beam emits at a fantastically fast speed the time it takes time to move the Tria from one area to the next, and there is a small amount of time between each laser pulse. The Rio laser x60 also requires a certain amount of overlapping to achieve maximum hair reduction. The Rio x60 advises an overlap of around 3mm. The Rio x60 device has a very helpful attachment which makes an indentation on your skin so that you can see which area has been treated and how much needs to be overlapped before moving and administering a second shot. The Rio x60 booklet suggests that to treat an area of around 3cm x 3cm you would require approximately 10 shots.

The Silk’n requires no overlapping at all, in fact the instruction manual advises against any overlapping. The silk’n with its very large treatment area can treat an area 2cm x 3cm in one single shot. If this calculation was made comparable to the Trio and Rio x 60 the Silk’n would only need approximately 1.23 shots for the same area that the Tria takes 50 shots doing and the Rio x 60 takes approximately 10 shots to do.

We have prepared a YouTube video comparing the Silk’n and Tria treatment areas for you to see in more detail the different treatment areas on each device. The video demonstrates with a five pence piece how different each models treatment area is. We have also prepared a Rio x 60 YouTube video for your information. We hope this information helps you make a more informed decision when buying a home laser hair removal unit. In following articles we will be looking at how long each device lasts, what area can be treated during their lifetime and real time costs for both the short and long term.