Hello from across the pond. I'm an American woman, and I joined mumsnet today just so I could contribute the discussion about the Lyma Laser. Earlier this month, I snagged a gently used Lyma Laser on ebay (the new American version with the red led light, not the British version with the blue led light) for just under $2,000, and received it two weeks ago. Since then, I've been using the Lyma Laser for a total of one hour each day (I'm retired, and have all the time in the world). First I concentrate on a few trouble spots: slackness along jawline (not at all bad for almost 70), a few forehead lines, a few old acne scars from the 1980s (skin depressions). During the remainder of the hour, I treat the whole face.
It's too soon to tell whether the Lyma Laser is working for me or not. Over the years, I've taken good care of my skin (no sun) and had a facelift ten years ago. I've also used almost every beauty device out there -- lasers, led, microcurrent, rf, dermaplaning. Most devices are pretty worthless, but the ones I'm still using now are the Omnilux red led face mask, the Nira Laser for the eye area, the Nebulyft for under the chin, the Sonicsmooth dermaplaning device, and the Dr. Pen for nano microneedling.
When I bought the Lyma Laser, it did not come with the spray or serum. After spending $2,000 on the device, I certainly didn't feel like forking over an extra $149 per month, since it's obviously the laser that does the work. So, I've simply been using the full line of Biossance products, including their 100% Squalane Oil which provides all the "slip" I need to slide the laser across my face.
I don't believe that the Lyma laser is limited to a ten year lifespan. The fine print on the Lyma Laser's Chinese made battery states it is limited to 500 charges. The company states that each four hour charge provides two hours of laser operating time. If someone uses the device for the recommended minimum of 15 minutes a day, seven days a week, the device will need approximately one charge per week. That means 50 charges per year, or 500 charges over a ten year period. And I'm sure, that's how the company came up with the ten year expected lifespan.
But this afternoon, I realized I could extend the laser's lifespan by purchasing one or more new batteries for it. These are highly specialized batteries, but they can be ordered from a US based company, batteryjunction.com, which also ships internationally. I spoke by phone with one of their very knowledgeable saleswomen today, and the two of us found the exact battery that absolutely matched all the technical specifications printed on the battery for the Lyma Laser, including protection against overcharging the battery. Then the saleswoman confirmed that this was proper battery by checking with her manager. See the link below for the battery I bought. Actually, I ordered two of these $19 batteries.
www.batteryjunction.com/olight-hdc-18650-3500mah-li-ion-battery.html
Then I thought that since I was stocking up on batteries, I should buy a new battery charger, too. The saleswoman also recommended the following $17 charger as the very best one to use with these types of batteries:
www.batteryjunction.com/nitecore-intellicharge-i2-2016.html
I will receive the battery and charger sometime next week, and I plan to provide an update of how my little battery hacking experiment went. I'm sure Lyma (bless their money grubbing hearts) would prefer it if you didn't know you could bring your excessively expensive device back from the dead by replacing the battery with a new one for just $19. They'd rather that you plunked down another $2,500 for a fresh, new device, a device that probably costs them less than $200 to manufacture, including the fancy bag, books and box it comes with.
Anyway, that's what I wanted to tell you. I'll check back next week with the results of my experiment.