Soprano XL laser hair removal

I'm not sure whether Groupon, Fabfind and all those other group buys are a good or bad thing.  I've a stack of unused coupons now that were total steals...but I still have to get around to using them!

One of the things I decided to try was discounted laser hair removal.   I had it done before on my upper but it didn't work fully.  That time I started with IPL which made very little difference before moving onto a different laser.  That worked better but still not completely.  It wasn't very painful but it definitely did smart-especially just below the nose.

I had 5 vouchers for hair removal with Soprano XL at Bellair beauty bar in Toronto.  I booked through their central booking number and managed to get a 6pm appointment on Monday.  5 vouchers got me Brazilian bikini, upper lip and underarms.   I was fairly apprehensive!  The Soprano XL claims to be virtually pain free but I assumed that it was just a marketing ploy.  I was told to shave the night before or morning of the treatment.  I arrived a little early and filled out my forms.  I was a little annoyed that I had to talk about my bikini line in front of the whole waiting room but thankfully was taken in quickly.

The room was tiny.  Black couch with a fresh paper sheet.  No towels which made hitching up my skirt to display my bikini line feel very rough and ready.   The girl doing the treatment was nice though.  She smeared the area with gel and began.  It didn't hurt!  I was stunned.  It felt a little warm and felt a pinch a couple of times while she was doing my underarms but that was it.  The procedure was a bit different to the ones I've had before.  She moved the handpiece really quickly and lots of times in a sweeping motion instead of just doing it a few mm at a time.   The whole thing was over really quickly and I was still in shock at how painless it was by the time I left.

Will it work?  I don't know!  It almost seems too good to be true.  I contacted my Twitter friend @DrRaviJain afterwards when I saw that he uses the same machine.  He said it definitely works!  If it does it will be the best investment ever.  Imagine no more waxing?