Is the Philips Lumea worth the money?

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And if so, which model?

I have dark hair so assume it’s suitable?

Thanks in advance

I got the Lumea Prestige and I’m very happy with it. I think in most cases there is vast improvement. But that improvement might not be complete permanent hair loss in the areas you treat. I still have some hair on my legs but I shave them so much less than I did.

YES! My hair is dark so stubble was very noticeable when I shaved. Now I have smooth, pale (in a good way) legs, underarms and bikini line. The best result is my underarms, no dark shadows at all.
I got the Lumea Prestige as a Black Friday deal, definitely worth the money.....

Short answer - yes, for me. Think mine is the Prestige, I went for the most expensive, can't remember why. I've had it for 2 years. Used it consistently for a year then got a bit erratic, back into it now.

I have (small) areas where the hair disappeared and never came back (upper chin, moustache), and several areas where I shave about once every 3 months (feet, stomach), and areas that i shave every week/fortnight (legs/underarms) and areas I'm still working on quite intensely (cheeks, jaw, throat) but it's all much more manageable than it was.

All sounding very positive! I think I will treat myself 😊

I got a babyliss at about half the price and I’m really pleased with it

Yes from me too. But if you can, wait to get one on sale - I got mine in Black Friday sales (I know, a few months away still) and saved loads.

Yes! It's amazing, I hardly ever use it or shave now. I only wish I had bought it years ago!!

It’s honestly amazing. I used to have to shave my legs every day. Now I only need to catch the odd stray every few weeks and I haven’t even used the lumea for months!!

Yes yes yes yes yes

Yes yes yes!!!
I got the £250 one as I wanted the corded (apparently you have the keep charging the cordless prestige to stop it dying and I cannot be added with that). I have very dark and thick hair and it's reduced so much,

I think the br1920 is corded

Yes. I've had mine nearly 3 years. Legs and armpits are hair free with minimal top up treatments.

Bikini line never responded too well but it's helped.

Has anyone with light body hair and freckly skin used one?

I was tempted to buy a cheap one just to try it out, but then I thought well the cheap ones probably don't work as well, so would be money wasted anyway.

Is the only difference between the prestige and the model below the fact the prestige is cordless?

Yes definitely

@isthismylifenow it works by picking out the dark hair on light skin. They don’t work well where you don’t have enough contrast between skin and hair colour

Yes - it works best on if you have dark hair. It hasn’t worked so well on my sister pale leg hair where as my dark leg hair worked a treat!

Yes def worth the buy. Took me a few cycles for it to kick in but the general stubbbliness went almost immediately. Went from having to shave daily to every few days to once in a blue moon!
It all came back with a vengeance though after about 6 week of no use due to covid but had one session since and it seemed to have got rid of a lot of it quicker this time around.

I paid mine off on credit over 6 months, it was 350 originally.

Absolutely worth every penny. I used it for 3 months on my armpits and the hair never grew back, that was 7 years ago!! There is very little difference between the products, other than being corded or cordless, and having different attachments.

100% yes.
Light skin, dark hair here. Got the Lumea Prestige and have been hair free for more than a year now with minimal top ups (perhaps twice in the past 12 months)

Going against the grain here, but I found it 100% useless. I'm mousy with fair skin and it made absolutely no difference to me. Nowhere - legs, underarms, 'tache. No difference whatsoever

I can't decide if it's worth it. Didn't work at all on my face. On my legs I eventually got rid of 90% of hair, but it came back pretty quickly once I stopped treating it. And a quick top up doesn't seem to help, so I think to really maintain it I'd need to just keep treating it every two weeks indefinitely, and I'm not sure I can be bothered.

Do you have to shave first to use it or can it be used direct on the hair?

Going against the grain here, but I found it 100% useless. I'm mousy with fair skin and it made absolutely no difference to me. Nowhere - legs, underarms, 'tache. No difference whatsoever

It wouldn't though ,would it ,with fair skin and mousy hair? Hair needs to be dark and skin lighter

It should've done according to the colour chart in their marketing blurb. There's different intensities for different skintone hair colour etc. And to clarify, it's the hair on my head (no, I didn't try it there) mousy. Underarms, pubes and legs are black and coarse.