To IPL or epilate?

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I have been waxing my bikini area my whole adult life, it's quite hairy in my opinion and the hairs are dark. I was getting a Hollywood wax every 6 weeks really I probs need it every 4... I can't shave I get terrible ingrowns and itching. When my dc started talking about our bodies I decided to just get a high bikini wax and trim the rest sorry it's a lot of detail so female body hair is a normal part of the grown up body they see

I get underarms, legs and bikini and it costs me about £70 with a tip each time (hollywoods gone up to £35, underarms are £18 (I get Lycon wax as my underarms are very sensitive to the wax) and half leg is £20, so that's £73 plus a £5 tip each visit... if I do just a high bikini (£18.50) and shave my legs I can get away with £37.50 plus tip £43

The girls in the salon are lovely but I hate the long chats when I sometimes don't want to... I find these interactions tiring for me... I have to talk myself into them. It's the small talk in an intimate situation for a long time while feeling self conscious my vagina and fat body is all hanging out and the long silences (which actually if I was more able to I would just say hey I'm going to listen to some music and zone you out... not sure why I don't do that!!!!!

So my thoughts are do I invest in an ipl... will it work on my bikini area, or a newer epilator like the Braun silk epil? If I can save the cost of the salon then it's worth the upfront big spend? But if it's not going to at least clear my top inner thighs/groin so I can do swimwear without looking like a badger?

Any advice? Tips? Suggestions? Thanks for reading this far too

Im looking at this thinking I might jump on the lumea bandwagon but I did have one of the earlier ones years ago and I ended up doing some bits more than once accidentally and still have a few small pale scars from it so I’m tempted to do a payment plan and pay to have it done in a clinic instead

I have had the lumea and the Braun version. I like the Braun slightly more for its shape and ease of use but otherwise they do the same thing (and work!)

Life changing

I had laser hair removal (bikini, underarm, half leg) in the Skin clinic almost 20 years ago. Best money I have ever spent.
Personally I'd go straight in for that.

IPL was ineffective for me so I shelled out for laser a few years ago (full leg, underarm and Hollywood) - was about £1300 for six sessions on a deal. Life changing. I whizz a razor over my legs maybe once a month but don't really need to. Underarms I have nothing and pubic area grows super slowly (just last year - for two years I had nothing but haven't been back for a top up session!) and is downy/fine so easy to shave - I used to get bad ingrowns too but I think the coarseness of the hair affected that as never get them now.