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.

Silk'n is a bit famous already!

Silk’n hasn’t been in this country for very long. Many of you will not have seen a UK TV advert or have read any UK based articles on the Silk’n. We know there is a lot of interest in the Silk’n so here at So-Smooth we have gathered a definitive list of the most popular Silk’n reviews from America. We will add all UK based reviews when they appear in the media, until then we hope the American viewpoint will suffice.

Many articles have been written about the Silk’n. We have listed six very popular articles in the following list. We have uploaded the articles for your information so please feel free to click on the links to view the full article:-

June 2008: Dematology Times “Light-Powered Device for Hair Removal”

May/June 2008: Allure Magazine “Fuzz Zappers!

September/October 2008: MedEsthetics “Silk’n Home-Use Hair Removal”

2008: Instyle Magazine “Pulse Light (IPL) Hair Removal Intense”

Skin and Allergy News: “Pulsed-Light Device Allows for Home Hair Removal”

W Magazine: “I really do think the future is light and electricity”"

Silk’n has regularly appeared on television programmes in the states. Three TV features of note are as follows:

Firstly Silk’n appeared on City News:

Secondly Silk’n appeared on The Today Show:-

And Thirdly Silk’n appeared on Good Morning America:

More reviews will be added to this blog when they appear.  If you hear of any articles that you think we would like to see please add the URL’s to the comments section.  If you would like to purchase a Silk’n you can do so from our main website, www.so-smooth.co.uk.