Has anyone used Silk'n Flash&Go hair removal

[Cheyanne]

While searching for hair removal options I ran across the Silk'n Flash&Go on Amazon. It has surprisingly good reviews. I'm wandering if anyone on this forum has used it with any success.

Here is a link to the item on amazon if your interested.

Silk'n Flash&Go Hair Removal Device https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HX27AM4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_oC.wybT7YSR0J

I'm thinking this might be a more affordable option to laser and electrolysis. My next concern is how long a cartridge lasts.

If anyone has some experience I would greatly appreciate you sharing it. Thank you.

[Deborah]

I've been using this one since Oct.  https://shrtm.nu/oZuq

It has good reviews too and comes with 100,000 flashes.  When I got it there was a sale so it cost about $50 less.   One pass on my face is around 50 to 70 flashes.

It does seem to be working, albeit slowly.  Daily regrow the has reduced.  While I can still see my beard shadow, most often other people don't seem to notice it anymore, even at the end of the day, without makeup, in male clothing.

For long term results though I can't say. 


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[Cheyanne]

Thank you so much for sharing. Im seriously considering this option anf seeing results in less than three months is wanderful by my standards.   How many applications have done in that time?

From what I've read it recommends one application every two weeks, but I feel that standard doesn't have fast growing facial hair in mind.

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[Deborah]

I started out every two weeks and then moved to once a week.   My skin is a bit tender where there are dark hairs for a day or two after treatment.

Also, while I feel like I am seeing improvement in this short time there are still dark hairs growing.  I think there are fewer but I haven't counted them, LOL.  I just don't want to give an overly optimistic review. :-)

The skin tone sensor that prevents the light from flashing if your skin is too dark is very sensitive.  I had to tape over it with white tape to get it to fire consistently when I have some suntan.  That's probably not recommended but it hasn't hurt me at all.


It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
André Gide, Autumn Leaves

[Cheyanne]

Ok so I ended up getting the Remington iLight. It was a tad bit more expensive than the later, but Remington is a reputable company and just felt more comfortable with it. I'm assume all of these devices aren't much different from each other except in the quality of assembly and enclosure materials.

So here's my plan. I'm gonna go ahead and document my progress with this thing. I'll take pictures before I shave for each treatment. And I will document how I shaved each time. I have an electric shaver as well as the blade so I'm wandering if the affects will differ from either one. I should recieved it by Wednesday so I won't shave until then just to show how much of a beard I have. I'm hoping everything is successful because transitioning is expensive and I would prefer to cut costs anywhere I can as I'm sure most would.

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[2cherry]

Well, I don't want to spoil things, but I predict that it's not permanent.

Home appliances are throttled to about 10-15 Joule of energy. To destroy a follicle, coagulate it, it needs to be heated up to about 85 degrees Celsius for very short burst. If you do the math, the energy required to heat up cm2 is somewhere between 50-100 Joule per cm2. Most professional devices generate around 70 Joules.

The energy burst is controlled by huge caps, which discharge good amounts of energy, or joules. To generate such energy, it needs to be cooled. That's why these machines are so big.

So the science will predict that it's not going to be permanent.

But, there is some result:

When you hit a follicle with a burst of intense light, say around 10 joule cm2, the energy will not coagulate the follicle.The follicle goes into a state of semi-sleep due to limited trauma. The follicle is simply shocked, and drops the hair. This means that hairs will stay away somewhat longer than if you pluck them. But they will return, around 3 months max.

Here is my caution against these devices:

They can work against you if you decide at a later stage to go to a salon for proper treatment. The more limited trauma you inflict on a follicle, more it will be strengthened by the body. So when you do get professional treatment, it might take longer to remove them because of adaptation of the surrounding structure. They might even grow in different directions, making it very difficult to treat with electrolysis.

Sure, these are good devices for the body. Legs, arms. It replaces epilators, and that is what they are designed to do. But if you truly want permanent removal, please don't place your hope into such a tiny device... especially not on the face.

Think for a moment: it requires 3 electrolysis sessions for 1 hair to be removed permanently. The amount of heat generated reaches near boiling levels. That's why it's painful. That's why it's permanent.

[Cheyanne]

Hmm. Is there a paper that discusses this information anywhere? I don't mean to be rude, your information is intriguing and this is the first time I have seen it, and I'm curious to know where you got it. Thank you by the way.

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[Kitty June]

I have the silk. I will say it helps reduce, but you're still going to need to see a professional eventually.
It's reduced the growth enough that it's not as visible but I have lots of grey white hair and like laser it does nothing for those hairs.
For us poor girls (financially) it's a good thing but not all we could hope for

[josie76]

I have the Remington also. First thing, buy several extra bulbs. At max power you will go through them. On the plus side, it's wall plug powered so no recharge. You can use it as fast as the recharge cycle 2 seconds.

So I had a very very thickly populated beard. I mean hair over hair over hair. It has reduced the dark hairs but I have been using weekly for just under three months now. After the first few weeks I noticed if I plucked a hair it was a bit shorter than before. So the growth point did get heated. The hair did come loose. But natural shedding was going to take months on its own. So my wife plucked all of my hairs. Took a few days to get it done. So now I still have hairs but they are way thinner and patchier than before. My shadow is slighter where before it looked like I had stubble from the color from far away even right after a shave.

Next thing, face hair roots are deep. Light power will not do anything. I have to use the max setting to get an effect. At first I had to use toothache cream on my face well before treatment. Now I can run over each square cm of my face and neck twice per session. Yes it still hurts but nothing like before  . After plucking I think it actually worked better. As just when the follicle would start growing a new hair I would hit them with the light again. This way there wasn't a lot of extra hair to absorb the heat away from the follicle itself. At mex power the bottom of the hair appears melted. At low power it looks undamaged except for maybe more blackening.

Also be prepared to feel like you have a sunburn under your skin for a few days.

Have fun and good luck 

[Katya]

I went for the Remingon "iLight Pro Plus" which costs a little more but gives 30,000 flashes per lamp so seems like a much better deal in the long run.  It says not to use it on face, and I think this is wise.  I am getting a professional laser job on my face whiskers and they have to hit me pretty hard, so no way the little DIY thing could do that job.  For the rest of my bod ... chest, arms, legs ... the little Remington is doing a fine job.  It takes a long time, every week for several months, and it is quite tedious.  But it does eventually work well for body hair.  I would definitely not recommend it for facial hair.