Laser Pulse Lifetime

Posted by admin on July 18, 2009

Silk'n Laser Hair | Simply flash the hair away

The new Tria laser (released February 2009), Rio x 60 and Silk’n all emit laser pulses to permanently remove unwanted hair. Tria takes about 90 seconds to emit around 50 shots. The total number of shots in the new Tria’s lifetime is around 90,000 shots. After this time the Tria needs to be returned to the manufacturer for recycling or thrown away.

Using all the 90,000 shots in a Tria would take 90,000/50 multiplied by 90 seconds (162500 seconds, 2700 minutes) this equals about 45 hours worth of treatment. However you must remember that the Tria needs up to 8 hours worth of charging (with fan off) for each session of 300 shots. When you take this into consideration the total treatment time increases tenfold. If you look at the Tria Vs Silk’n treatment area comparison article you will see that you can treat an area 61cm x 61cm during a Tria’s lifetime.

The Silk’n takes 3.5 seconds for one shot. The Silk’n does not need to be charged and can work continuously. Therefore it would take each Silk’n bulb 44 minutes to emit all of its shots. Each Silk’n sold in the UK comes with two treatment bulbs which would give a total of 88 minutes worth of treatment time. If you look at the Tria Vs Silk’n treatment area comparison article you will see that you can treat an area of 42cm x 42 cm with each bulb.  You can then purchase another bulb for approximately £45.00 and continue treatment.

So in summary it would take over 45 hours with a Tria to treat an area just over 61 cm long x 61 cm wide and 88 minutes for a Silk’n to treat two blocks of 42 cm x 42cm.

It would seem that using the Silk’n is a far less time consuming method of permanent hair removal than using the Tria.  Click here to read the Silk’n and Tria laser strength comparison article.

Tria Vs Silk’n Treatment area & Laser Pulses on YouTube:

Both the Tria and the Silk’n can be purchased from our home page.