I just bought a Philips Lumea Precision Plus

[WastingMyYoungYears]

And I'm very excited .

Hopefully the first to go will be my bikini and my underarm hair.

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To the person who asked, I'm not hair free!

The lumea isn't permanent it just reduces hair. It's fabulous though and the reduction is v v significant. I definite did not use it as regularly as I was supposed to.

As I say, I'm pregnant now so can't use it but HATE that I have to shave now!

I've used it once, but it's frustrating that I'm not immediately smooth . I knew that wouldn't happen, but still.

Can you use it on fair skin with fair hair?

holly, there's a table showing possible combinations online somewhere.

Just bumping this to ask how long it took until anyone using this started to see results? I've used it twice so far, apparently to not a lot of effect.

I've been using it for about 6 months with definite reduction. I am not hair free but regrowth is slow and finer.

The hair still grows for days after being zapped and then falls out, which I hadn't expected- I just thought it wouldn't grow. So, the results will be a good few days after using it and, yes, I think it takes a few sessions to see a difference. Not a miracle but good nonetheless.

If it wasn't totally weird, I would post a pic of my arm pit- I have obviously missed a strip down the inner side and it has hair with the rest of pits satisfyingly bald, so it does confirm a good result.

Hope you see some benefit soon (they are eye watery expensive after all)

Thanks wooly .

Can somebody link to this please? Sounds great

dotty - make sure you charge up the battery as regularly as recommend,even if you don't use it. I stopped using mine over winter and it wouldn't work when I came to switch it on.

Ooh wooly, some of my hair is falling out, just like you said it would .