I just received devise. It certainly seems professional. Very simliar or identical to expensive laser treatments at a salon for sure. Seems very smartly designed & easy to use. Just  fyi girl friends.

Please keep us updated on how well this works for you. 

It works like any laser at a salon. If you have dark hair it can disrupt the root of the hair & over time eliminate the hair completely. It has various setting levels for the amount of heat you can stand for the various parts of the body.

Oh. It will be funny to play with the Tria.

The battery runs for 30 mins. Shave and apply the Tria. In the beginning, it will be a little bit painful, and you may lower the power level at which you feel comfortable. I have used it for about 10 months. As time goes, it will not take so much time and pain. Legs take longer time, while armfits less. I usually use the Tria while drying my hairs with a fan after shampooing. For beard, I have treated more than 20 times, but still see some fine hairs. Nowadays I use the highest power level.  When I ever try to use it apply to facial areas close to the eyes, I zap while closing my eyes.

And read the user's manual well. I guess I will not be able to completely remove the unwanted hairs, but the Tria can greatly reduce them.

Good luck,

Barbie~~

It sure seems to work by just of the sting. I can only use level 3-4 on face, level 5 elsewhere. Be careful it is a strong device it will burn you if you cover one area too much too quicky, it calls for a 2 week schedule in between treatments for skin to heal & for new hairs to grow out to be zapped.

It sure seems to work. It only stings when it connects to dark hair then gives a good shot of heat to burn it. I can actually smell it.

just fyi gf's.

Barbie, You look great young girl. What part of the world do you live in???

I am seriously think about getting one.  For the arms and face.

It's a real laser, no games. has five heat settings & covers maybe 2/3 rd of a dime diamenter on each surge. It's burning something for sure on my face, easy to use on face or anywhere, charges up & lasts for 20 minutes at least. $400.

Like all it burns medium & dark hairs not white or gray. They call you after you received it to confirm product & type of hair.

good luck

Do remember you need three week cycles between sessions to get the next cycle of hair growth.
Still not sure that $400 laser will match up to a $150,000 machine that was used in the salon on me. I've had I think 9 sessions and I'm face, chest and tummy hair free.
And remember to shave before laser, you want to zap the follicle, not burn hair which doesn't do anything'


But I hope it works for you, keep on zapping and remember to close your eyes, you don't want eye damage.

Cindy

Quote from: Francis Ann Burgett on August 06, 2011, 07:35:51 PM
Barbie, You look great young girl. What part of the world do you live in???

I currently live in this part:
http://runkeeper.com/user/201099298/activity/45177188

And, typhoon Muifa just passed next to me. We had about 300 mm (11 inch) rain today. It is still windy at speed of 15 m/sec.

Barbie~~

Quote from: Cindy James on August 07, 2011, 02:21:01 AM
Still not sure that $400 laser will match up to a $150,000 machine that was used in the salon on me.

I have never visited a professional salon, because the cost is too expensive. For beard alone, they asked me about $300~$500.

A merit of Tria is its convenience. It's for home use. You do not need to make reservation. Just apply the Tria whenver you have leizure time. Time is an important factor for most people.

I guess the effectivenes would be proportional to the degree of pain of the laser shot. The level 5 of the Tria was at first painful for my legs, and intolerable for my beard area. If professional laser is far more effective than the Tria, I guess the patient would have great difficulty in enduring the pain. And I guess the area coverage is bigger than the Tria.

If anybody tried the both, it would illuminate the difference.

Barbie~~

Barbie, a runner, how cool. Good luck. We also know storms here, hurricanes to us. I was very close to one most unpleasant woman called Katrina.

Take care & good luck in your races.

Quote from: barbie on August 07, 2011, 05:15:07 AM
I have never visited a professional salon, because the cost is too expensive. For beard alone, they asked me about $300~$500.

A merit of Tria is its convenience. It's for home use. You do not need to make reservation. Just apply the Tria whenver you have leizure time. Time is an important factor for most people.

I guess the effectivenes would be proportional to the degree of pain of the laser shot. The level 5 of the Tria was at first painful for my legs, and intolerable for my beard area. If professional laser is far more effective than the Tria, I guess the patient would have great difficulty in enduring the pain. And I guess the area coverage is bigger than the Tria.

If anybody tried the both, it would illuminate the difference.

Barbie~~

I think that is one of the differences, the salon has experienced people doing the laser, I had all sorts of tests before they started. There is a big difference in pain threshold and effective threshold. It has cost me about $3000 to get my face, chest and tummy hair free,

Cindy

i really want to get one of these, but am too afraid to take the plunge =/

Quote from: barbie on August 07, 2011, 05:15:07 AM
I have never visited a professional salon, because the cost is too expensive. For beard alone, they asked me about $300~$500.

A merit of Tria is its convenience. It's for home use. You do not need to make reservation. Just apply the Tria whenver you have leizure time. Time is an important factor for most people.

I guess the effectivenes would be proportional to the degree of pain of the laser shot. The level 5 of the Tria was at first painful for my legs, and intolerable for my beard area. If professional laser is far more effective than the Tria, I guess the patient would have great difficulty in enduring the pain. And I guess the area coverage is bigger than the Tria.

If anybody tried the both, it would illuminate the difference.

Barbie~~

As far as time goes, I'd rather spend the money and get the hair removed in the salon.. It may cost more, but will get done much quicker - and that's important to me. And I be making an educated guess that one of the major differences between the Tria and a medical grade laser is the frequency of the light used, as well as pulse duration and energy.. The frequency is important, as it will control how effective the laser is at actually killing the follicle, not simply causing enough damage to make it eject it's hair.

Quote from: Cindy James on August 08, 2011, 03:37:33 AM
I think that is one of the differences, the salon has experienced people doing the laser, I had all sorts of tests before they started. There is a big difference in pain threshold and effective threshold. It has cost me about $3000 to get my face, chest and tummy hair free,

Cindy

Sounds like a bargain to me, Cindy.. I'll be starting laser myself soonish - need to have a quick consult with you first..

ok i so i purchased the tria to try and if im not happy ill return it back to QVC, anyway my first salon treatment is friday! =) i only pay 100$ per session for my whole face and they use a YAG laser hehe

I have one , I have been using it every so often since early June, I am still not sure if it is working I guess I just need to keep using it. Although the instructions say to not use it on your face, but I sometimes do it anyway, I just use the 3 or 4 setting on my face. I hope to be able to start Professional LHR in November when I get the money, I think combining Tria and Pro LHR would help make things quicker.

I've been thinking about getting one of these....is there anyone that's tried both?  Is it really effective?  I definitely can't afford anywhere near $3000 for facial hair removal...

In my opinion they are useless or next to it. Talk to a professional salon that deals with poly fibrotic woman (POCS) they are as close to MtF in body hair problems than we can get. OK it may be expensive but we have to use something that works. Paying for what doesn't work is crap.

I had professionals work on me. They were lovely, compassionate and honest. I was the first TG they had met. Yes it cost some money but the result is awesome. I no longer shave. Oh that is a full stop at the end of the sentence.  . It was painful but I never had redness, they were totally compassionate. I go back every 3-4 months for a clean up. Which is far longer than I go for my eyebrows.

Saving money only works if it works.

Cindy