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I just did my 6th session today, so this is a partial review, but the over-the-top title really is how I feel about this thing.I got this IPL because I trust the brand and there was no way I would ever go with a cheap no-name brand for this kind of thing. It's expensive, but IMO, the freedom it gives you is worth a lot more than that. There aren't many things that actually change your life for a few hundred bucks - but if you fit the restrictions on skin and hair colors, this is one of them.I'm medium-white with dark hair - mostly black where it counts, a few shades of brown in other places like my upper lips. I've never shaved regularly. Shaving meant rapid and prickly growth and after a couple of times I would have to do it every day on my legs, bikini and armpits. So instead I used to either wax or use an electric epilator.So I've been zapping a lot of body parts for 6 weeks now: entire legs, bikini line, armpits, upper lip and chin. After a few weeks I added a few more (around the nipples (since hair there is growing around them, not on them), extended bikini, and my forearms.Since I didn't want to shave my face, I did wax my upper lip before the first time, thinking that maybe it would take longer to work, but I didn't care.It's completely painless for me, at the higher level. Get a little zap now and then, but even that is more surprising than painful (say, 1/10 on the pain scale, and it only lasts half a second).At first you will probably smell some burning hair, I suppose that's normal (because that's how it works).If you see black spots on the machine's window after using it, it's because you either didn't shave, or you missed some hairs. Those got nuked, and the black spots are their remains. Very hard if not impossible to remove, try cleaning the head with a moist microfiber cloth. They don't affect anything, though.I use the small head on my upper lip, chin, the lower parts of the bikini line or where I want to be extra precise (gotta try for straight lines, eh), around my wrists, and on the lower legs for the shin bones, ankle bones and front of the knees. I use the big one everywhere else.So here's my results after 5 weeks (I only did week 6 today so it doesn't count):The first week, the hair grew as it normally would after a shave. Meaning after 5 days, it was clearly visible (a few mm) and prickly. Ew. I didn't notice any change.The second week I noticed that while the regrowth seemed to be the same in terms of length and amount, the hair was a lot thinner, especially on my legs, and definitely not scratchy. Win.The third week, my armpits were at maybe 30%. The rest of me was also showing very good progress, I want to say 50%. After that I noticed that regrowth was very patchy, clearly mostly stalled, and some hairs were growing without a root - I could pluck them off with my nails.Now, I'm mostly hairless everywhere.- Upper lip never really grew back at all, save a few very short, light hairs that are really invisible. Remember, I waxed there instead of shaving before the first session. The machine would have been worth the price for that alone.- Armpits are completely hairless. I haven't shaved them for two weeks now because there's nothing to shave anymore. Total win.- Lower legs have a couple small patches around the shin bone that are more resistant so I still have little dark spots there but they barely even breach the skin anymore, and a few stragglers here and there that I probably missed before. I only shaved before my session today out of an abundance of caution to get any small straggler that I may not see in the back.- Upper legs have like 10 single hairs on the both of them. Those I probably missed a couple of times.- Bikini line is mostly hairless except for two patches with the same small spots on my pubic area. Those seem to be mostly dead but they won't grow enough to fall off. Also a few are still growing where the tendon of the thigh muscles meets the bikini line.- Nipples only have one little hair growing back.- Still have two or three hairs growing on the chin (or rather they're *trying* to grow, but failing). Didn't shave those this week because they haven't breached the skin since last week.So after 3-4 weeks, I didn't have to worry about going out wearing shorts. After 5 weeks, I can go to the pool or something without even checking if I have any visible hair and I don't have to shave some areas before zapping anymore.- Extended bikini line is going well but I've only been at it for 3 weeks.- I also started doing my forearms, the part between my butt cheeks, and the lower part of my labia last week. Can't talk for that yet. And no it doesn't hurt either, it's just a real pain to shave well down there.I will keep doing it weekly for another 6 weeks. I think it's important, to catch the hairs that were in sleeping phase before. At any point in time, some are sleeping, some are growing, and among those, some haven't broken the skin yet. So you have to keep at it until you've zapped them all, and that takes a few months.I will update in a few weeks.

This works well when used regularly, per the instructions. It does effectively slow re-growth. When used per instructions I had little hair regrowth after 8 weeks. But then didn't use it for 6 months and 90% of hair grew back. (That's my own fault.)I had my upper lip professionally lasered in the past which resulted in permanent hair removal (after 6 treatments). But that would be too expensive for legs and underarms and the Braun is less painful than professional lasers.I've been using this on my legs and have tried under arms. It is not painless as stated, but I use the highest level for more effectiveness, possibly the lower level would hurt less but I'm able to handle the discomfort.TMI about me: I have pale skin and brown hair, and the hair on my legs is very fine. Shaving irritates my skin so much I can't do it. Waxing is more likely to just break the hair on the surface instead of pulling out the root which is the only way to slow regrowth. Believe it or not, I have spent last few years carefully plucking the hair from my legs. I also have terrible problems with in-grown hairs which is very irritating.I use the "gliding" treatment mode and it takes me about 20 minutes on each leg which is why I have only 4 stars for ease of use. There is a delay between "zaps" and if it zapped more frequently it would go faster but that might not be possible on a home device. My legs have a little redness after use but you can easily go out with bear legs right after and no one would notice anything.Conclusion: This is effective for slowing regrowth and I've had no problems with ingrown hairs. I would recommend this product if you have realistic expectations and do not expect the kind of permanent hair removal from professional lasers. Great if you are traveling because if used regularly before leaving you won't have to worry about shaving while away. (Unless you go for 4 months or more.)I continue to use this product, for me it is better than any other available options for hair removal.

Totally works!! And WAY cheaper than paying a salon to do this. It recommends using once a week, but I find it’s only effective for me if I use it every day/every other day for a few weeks (yes, that takes a lot of time, especially if you’re doing legs!) and then I can drop down to once a week. But I’m super pleased with the effect!

In terms of IPL hair removal, I've never seen better results than with this one. Within just a few sessions, I was amazed by the amount of hair reduction. However, I'm giving this product 1 star for a reason.After about 7-8 weeks of consistent use(treating my whole body, divided into 2 separate sessions a week), it started to make a clicking noise when pressing the flash button, and this noise would happen 2-4 times before the flash finally happened. I decided to keep on using it since the Amazon return window had already closed, hoping it'd get better but it didn't. It actually got worse. Now, it'll click anywhere from 2 times to a dozen times before finally flashing. Not only that, but it has started to deliver a feeling almost like a a very small electric shock while the clicking noise happens. This is potentially dangerous.It's a shame that such an effective device would start to fail after such a short amount of time. I'm currently looking into requesting a return or replacement with Braun themselves, but the process is vague and unclear, so I'm still trying to figure out how exactly to get that done.