Braun Smart IPL Silk Expert Pro 5

Everything pointed towards IPL so I purchased the Braun Silk Expert Pro 5. I waited three weeks after my last epilating session. With tons and tons of ingrown hairs as well, I used the IPL device on my legs. It wasn't painful on max setting, epilating hurts WAY worse. It took me twenty minutes instead of an hour to do my entire body. It's only been five days but I see a big difference in my skin already and the prevalence of I grown hairs. Can't wait to see what a full treatment series does!

After years of eyeing it, I finally got Braun IPL and when I tell you IT CHANGED MY LIFE in a few uses!! My legs are finally smooth without a trace of ingrowns! And I have only used it like 4 times. Get it it is so worth the money

I wanted to get laser hair removal done professionally but unfortunately where I live they didn't have the latest/greatest technology I wanted so I decided to just get a Philips Lumea IPL device on a Black Friday sale (so it came under $200) a few years ago. Let me tell you, IT'S BEEN WORTH EVERY CENT AND MORE!! I could never wax or epilate because the pain was too much but IPL is tolerable (the lighter your skin tone the less pain, I'm more on the medium olive side so I can feel some tolerable pain on mid-setting but heard lighter skin tones barely feel anything)! It's been so long since I started it and I can't remember when the hairs started being drastically reduced but I think it took about 2 months to start showing results. I barely have any hairs on my legs (i can go months without shaving) or on my upper lips (it comes with a facial attachment) and drastically reduced hair growth rate on my armpits and bikini. If you fit the skin/hair tone profile and don't want to do hair laser removal I would say do consider it!

My husband got me a Braun at home IPL as a gift for Mother’s Day. It’s great for hair removal but in addition to being a hairy bitch I am also a freckly bitch so I was wondering if it would fade my dark spots as well. I am pretty confident in experimenting with skincare for better or worse so after doing a test, I applied it to my entire face and after 3 weeks it was an insane difference. Like INSANE. I will be using this thing on my face every week for the rest of my life (I’m coming for you Brian Johnson!). Not only are my freckles significantly lighter but my skin texture and glow is amazing. I’ve literally never had a glow in my life. It even seems to have ever so slightly faded my deepest wrinkle between my eyebrows. I am 100% positive it was from the IPL and not from anything else in my skincare lineup. My routine has been very minimal for months with no actives so I know it is the IPL. Obviously YMMV but I was so shocked by the results I had to post it.

I've used one off and on sporadically for a few years (I get very lazy and only remember it when the weather gets warm). I bought a cheap open box model off ebay and it seems to work ok. Before that I had a silk'n but I got tired of buying the cartridges. Some of the hair seems to be gone for good (inner calves and about 80 percent of bikini and under arm). Definitely worth what I paid fifty times over. I hate shaving and epilating never worked for me either.

Overall, this device is definitely life changing. It’s so nice to not have to shave daily. I save so much time in the shower and getting ready for work. Even if I wanted to shave the spots I used to shave every day, there’s hardly anything there. My body is so smooth and silky. My boyfriend is always rubbing my legs and saying how smooth they are. I wish I started this sooner!

I've gotten a few messages from people saying their device is making the dreaded clicking noise. And let me just say right now, if you bought your device firsthand and you notice it's doing this, get in contact with customer support IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT WAIT. I don't know about other companies, but braun silk pros come with a 1 year warranty free of charge. If your device is in any way not functioning right, they will send you a free replacement.

Using the Braun pro 5 IPL device on the highest setting. I’m zapping the area near my knee a couple times ever 3-5 weeks. Sharing interim progress since I’ve seen some folks wondering if it can work!

To summarize, I began using the Braun at home IPL device in January 2023. ... I thought the device had worked pretty well with a significant reduction in growth in all areas (underarms worked the best). ... One month after that, in July, is when this nightmare began... It began with massive cystic like acne (which I have never experienced before!!) ... I have been obsessed with finding the "cause" and it literally took me until October to put two and two together and realize the IPL was to blame! ... I beg anyone considering at home IPL to research THOROUGHLY.

I got the Braun Silk Pro 5 and I’ve been using this since late February to remove the hair on my legs, chest, stomach, and face. On my legs, stomach and chest it’s practically eliminated all the hair besides a couple spots that I expect to also be gone in the next month or two. I’m literally smoother than my cis girlfriends are and now they want to get one too 🤣 I’ve also been using it on my face, even though people said it wouldn’t work, and it’s gotten rid of my cheek and sideburn hair and i have very little on my neck now. My chin and mustache are more resistant but i’m still seeing much less density there too. I was totally expecting it not to work for those areas bc i didn’t find a single review or post saying it worked. the more I looked into the science of IPL I realized that you have to use it MUCH longer than the instructions say when it comes to your face so I’m thinking people give up before it works. I’m going to continue using it on my chin / mustache and I think it might actually fully remove it. But either way, if it stops where it is at now, it’s still sooooo much better than it was and if I end up having to get full laser then I don’t think I’ll need as many sessions bc of how much density I lost in those areas. Even if you get clinical laser removal it still takes like close to a year to finish sessions.. so it makes sense that a weaker home device would also need that long. So if any of you girlies aren’t getting laser yet bc of the price, try out the braun IPL or other IPL ( i read there are a couple better than the braun I got ). Very worth the price if your skin type and hair color is a good match for IPL!! For my schedule, at first I did my legs and face 2x a week (they recommend 1x a week) but you MUST be very consistent with spf sun block and lotion so your skin doesn’t suffer. Slowly work up to a frequency that gives your skin time to heal between sessions. Now I only do my legs/chest/stomach once a week and I’ll probably be able to cut that down to 1x a month soon once these last hairs are gone. My face I am still doing 2x a week but might move down to 1x a week soon bc the mustache and chin hairs seem to be dying out 🥰 Not bad for $300. Saved me thousands in hair removal. Highly recommend if you can stick to the time consuming schedule!!