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Philips Lumea IPL 9000 review: Brilliantly designed, effective IPL hair removal at a price
- Amazing app connectivity
- Faster than other IPL machines
- Curved windows for easy treatment
Laser hair removal is well known for being an effective method for reducing and eliminating hair growth – and at-home IPL (intense pulsed light) devices have brought this once-expensive specialist treatment into the hands of the masses.
IPL technology uses flashes of high-energy light to shock the hair follicles at the root, preventing the hair from growing back long-term, and the Philips Lumea IPL 9000 is Philips’ top-of-the-range model, offering the fastest cordless treatment and a great range of attachments for treating all the different areas of your body.
As someone who has been blessed with thick, dark body hair, I was excited to get my hands on the Lumea 9000 to test what many people believe can get rid of hair for good. While this might be true for some, Philips only claims its devices can reduce the average user’s hair growth by 78% with long-term use. As you’ll see, I was impressed with its effectiveness, but it isn’t without its problems.
Philips Lumea Prestige review: Use
Okay, so how do you actually use the Philips Lumea Prestige?
When you first get the Prestige you'll want to download the Philips Lumea IPL app. This will walk you through using the machine and set up a treatment plan. It's a simple, well-designed app that's easy to use.
Initially, you'll need to IPL your chosen body part/parts every two weeks for eight weeks (four sessions). The app will remind you when a treatment is due.
You can use the device corded or cordless, which is useful if you want to sit comfortably away from a socket, but you can access higher settings when using the Prestige corded.
Once you're ready, simply place the device against your skin and pull the trigger. The bulb won't flash unless there's a seal between your skin and the light window – this is to protect your eyes and to ensure correct placement.
For smaller, trickier areas you can then move the Lumea and pull the trigger again, or, for larger areas such as your legs, you can glide the device slowly along your skin holding the trigger for a continuous run of flashes.
It can take a fairly long time to do your legs (around 15-20 minutes) as the light window area is quite small. I think this is perfectly bearable, especially as you can do it from the comfort of a sofa, armchair, or bed.
Describing the sensation of IPL is quite difficult – it's certainly not painful, but, occasionally, you can feel an odd stinging sensation, like a small insect bite that goes away after a few seconds. It's certainly much less painful than waxing or epilating.
I've found a close shave prior to your IPL treatment is key to minimising these stings.
After the initial phase, you need to complete top-up sessions every six to eight weeks. Again, the app will remind you when a treatment is due.
Philips Lumea IPL 9000 review: What’s it like to use?
App
I was apprehensive about IPL treatments at first. Reading through the lists of warnings and complicated technical instructions made the process feel much more intimidating than it needed to be. While this information is good to know from a safety perspective, it can feel like a lot of information to take in at once, especially when you probably want to get the ball rolling as soon as possible.
That’s where the Philips Lumea app comes in: simply enter your Lumea’s model number and create an optional account and it will talk you through every step of the setup process. That includes advice on patch testing, sensitivity levels, pre-treatment preparation and aftercare.
The app also hosts links to further reading and advice blogs from other Lumea IPL users, which you can browse if you’re having any problems. Once you’re done, the app can also send you reminders to let you know when your next treatment is scheduled, which is really helpful to keep you on track with treatments. If you’re a few days late, the app will also guide you through how to get your treatments back on track.
For the most part, the app is intuitively designed and allows you to get tailored advice at nearly every step of the process. The only niggle I had was that I couldn’t adjust my treatment times to add in extra touch-up treatments in the middle of the month if I had extra hairs coming through or the hairs needed more sessions to go away.
Ease of use
While the app is there to help guide you through the process of treatment, the hardware is child’s play to use. On the top of the device, there’s an on/off button, five LED lights to indicate which power setting you’re using, plus and minus buttons to switch between the settings, and a SmartSkin button to activate the SmartSkin sensor.
Once you’ve set the device to the correct intensity, simply position the treatment window at a 90-degree angle to the skin until the large white indicator light on the back of the body lights up. Then you can press the large trigger button on the handle to flash the skin. After that, move the treatment window to a new spot, wait for the indicator light, flash again and so on. Just be sure you don’t treat the same area twice.
Philips Lumea Prestige review: ultimate at-home IPL
Looking for a cordless and powerful IPL machine? Read our Philips Lumea Prestige review now!
The Philips Lumea Prestige is the brand's most powerful hair removal device, and is quite simply the best IPL machine on the market. It offers easy, pain-free at-home hair removal, with a number of smart features that make it stand out from the rest.
- - Doesn't work on all skin types (true of all IPL)
- - Quite heavy
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We check over 250 million products every day for the best pricesIf you're looking for smooth, hair-free skin, then the Philips Lumea Prestige is a flagship IPL machine which aims to give you long-lasting results, safely, from your own home.
I've spent the last two years zapping my legs, and other body parts, in order to properly review Philips Lumea Prestige, and these are my thoughts…
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Na co warto zwrócić uwagę przy zakupie urządzenia IPL?
Dlaczego filtr w urządzeniu IPL powinien być jak najbardziej czerwony??
Urządzenie wykorzystujące do depilacji impulsy świetlne (IPL) wyposażone są w lampę błyskową, która emituje UV, niebieskie, zielone, żółte, pomarańczowe i podczerwone wiązki światła. Wszystkie one są wyzwalane podczas jednego błysku, jednak tylko światło pomarańczowe, czerwone i podczerwone może wniknąć w skórę na tyle głęboko, aby skutecznie oddziaływać na cebulki i zahamowywać odrost włosa.
Pozostałe wiązki światła (UV, niebieskie, zielona i żółte) są absorbowane przez płytszą warstwy skóry (naskórek) i mogą wywoływać efekty uboczne.
Z tego powodu urządzenia Philips Lumea są wyposażone w pomarańczowe i czerwone filtry, które absorbują wiązki UV, niebieskie, zielone i żółte, przepuszczając jedynie skuteczne i bezpieczne wiązki z zakresu pomarańczy, czerwieni i podczerwieni.
Na co jeszcze zwrócić uwagę?
- Rozmiar okna – im większe okno tym szybciej możemy wykonać procedurę. Warto zatem zwrócić uwagę na wielkość okna.
- Dodatkowe nasadki – warto też zwrócić uwagę, czy są w zestawie też nasadki przeznaczone do miejsc delikatnych i wrażliwych, takich jak twarz i okolice bikini, które ułatwiają zabiegi w miejscach trudno dostępnych.
- Brak potrzeby wymiany lamp – to też brak ukrytych kosztów. Wszystkie chcemy mieć jakościwy i wydajny produkt bez jakichkolwiek ukrytych dodatkowych kosztów. Oczywiście, jeśli nie ma potrzeby wymieniać lamp, to też się wiąże z brakiem ryzyka uszkodzenia urządzenia podczas wymiany.
- Żywotność lampy – W niektórych urządzaniach lampy należy wymieniać bardzo często, a wymiana jest bardzo kosztowna, natomiast żywotność lamp Philips Lumea jest bardzo długa, ponieważ 250tys błysków wystarcza spokojnie na kilka a nawet kilkanaście lat.
- Bezprzewodowość – cóż za wygoda! Nigdy nie lubiłam urządzenia z kablem oplatającym się tu i ówdzie, przy Philips Lumea mogę się zrelaksować, ponieważ jest bezprzewodowe – ekstremalnie wygodne w użytkowaniu w dowolnym miejscu w domu.
