One Touch Permanent Hair Remover Reviews

Written by on July 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment

You do have to search long and hard for a product which lives up to the title “permanent hair remover” but the One Touch is one of them, though I have to say it has mixed reviews and I hope this article will help you to see why.

Officially called the Clean & Easy One Touch Deluxe Electrolysis system, this is a tiny portable hair removal machine costing around $40. It has been approved as safe for home use and is described as a gentle, safe, fast and effective way to remove hair permanently.

To be honest I think that the advertisers could do with injecting a bit of realism into this because I have to say that this statement sets buyers up with the wrong expectation and disappointment when really they have a little machine on their hands which could herald the end to their hair removal problems.

Let’s take each claim of this permanent home hair removal system in turn and look at the reality

One Touch home hair removal kit

One Touch home hair removal kit

Is the One Touch electrolysis Machine Safe?

The machine is safe when handled correctly but if you don’t read the instructions or spend some time practicing on less sensitive and visible areas of your body you may find you end up with red marks where you least want them to show. In my opinion, no way, should you begin with the machine on your face until you have some expertise in using it. Self adjusting stylet tips means that you can’t pierce your skin and you have an adjustable current to avoid damaging your skin but I would never go above setting 1 until you are completely happy with what you are doing. And then take it one step at a time to find the most effective setting for you.

Is it Gentle?

Well, if you have ever had electrolysis treatment you know it hurts a bit so I’m not sure where the gentle comes into it. If you want to know how the machine feels arrange one short professional electrolysis session at a salon. It will let you know how this thing works and you will have the right expectation. This is electrolysis destroying your hair follicles and permanently removing hair from the root. This is not a soothing facial relaxing type treatment.

Is It Fast?

Given that you treat one hair at a time and each hair takes about 15 seconds to treat, it very much depends how many hairs you are treating. It will take some time to learn to do the process well too. There are certainly disgruntled buyers who don’t take that time and get upset that performing electrolysis on their legs takes too long but if they had professional treatment it would be the same kind of treatment length. The beauty of having the hair removal machine at home is that you can do your treatment in short bursts as and when you have a bit of time. 5 minutes here, 10 minutes there and you will be working towards a hair free state with no need for trips to salon. That is where you really save lots of time.

Is It Effective and Permanent?

Yes, eventually. Be aware that you have to catch each hair at the right stage of growth to permanently destroy it, so don’t fret if you have to go over each hair a couple of times to catch it. The thing is permanent hair removal is tricky whether you are professional or amateur with your One Touch. Only you can know if it is a worthwhile process for you to persevere. I believe if hair growth is upsetting you then a bit of determination and this little low-cost machine will improve your life.

If you decide to purchase a One Touch machine and perform electrolysis hair removal at home here are a few tips from buyers

  • you may want to purchase separate tweezers that suit you rather than use the ones which come with the kit if you find them difficult to use. Different tweezers suit different folks
  • keep some spare stylet tips on hand so that you can replace the tip quickly if you bend one
  • soothe the area after treatment with a tea-tree antiseptic cream which promotes fast healing
  • give your skin a chance to calm down before applying make-up (Don’t treat your face just before going out or before an important occasion)
  • you will need alcohol based antiseptic lotion to keep everything clean

My Review and Summary

On balance, I believe the machine is worth a go especially if you don’t have the budget for expensive salon treatments and you are sufficiently motivated to work on your hairs one by one and get rid of them. The One Touch permanent hair remover truly offers a new lease of life to some people. However if you are looking for something quick, easy and completely painless then this is not for you (and nor is professional electrolysis or any other method of permanent hair removal). See latest prices, discounts and buyers reviews here

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Hair Remover

Written by on August 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Oh how I wish I had a magic hair remover that would just whisk hair away never to be seen again without any mess or pain and we could give up the whole miserable hair removal process. Maybe I’m having a bad day but suddenly every hair removal method look like not quite good enough. I am coping quite well as I have my methods worked out but I wish I didn’t have to bother. And I’m sure many men would rather not shave too. Maybe the answer is that we should forget hair removers and just give ourselves a break and love ourselves just the way we are. But I’d still rather have a hair remover to work it’s magic and make me smooth and hair-free without the bother.

What exactly have I got against every hair removal method today?

Finding the Perfect Hair remover is such a pain

Finding the Perfect Hair remover is such a pain

1. Pain

Either you remove hair from the surface of the skin without pain and it grows back in a couple of days or you have the pain of removing it from the root. It hurts – no two ways about it. Even if you pay big bucks for a permanent solution you are still getting rid of the hair at the follicle and that means pain. Some devices are on the market like the Epila laser hair remover say they are pain free but pain free generally means that they don’t work!

2. Time

Removing hair eats up your time whether it’s shaving, waiting for depilatory cream to work or getting to appointments at a salon. It takes up hours of your precious time (and even days and weeks over your lifetime). You’ll always find ads for a quick facial hair remover or a fast permanent hair remover but they are never quite as speedy as you’d like i.e. taking no time at all.

3. Mess

If you confine the whole thing to a salon then they get to deal with any mess (and no doubt you pay for that) but if you remove hair at home it’s you who has to clean up any sticky wax residue or any blobs of depilatory cream which fall on the floor. Anyone had to clean Nair hair remover cream from the bedroom carpet like me?

4. Cost

We either pay a big cost for a permanent hair removal method or we pay over and over for waxing treatments (or home wax products), depilatory creams and razors. We buy waxing kits and epilators. We buy facial hair removers, cold wax strips and bleach. Our money could be better spent on more fun stuff if we didn’t care about our unwanted hair.

Never mind, forgive my rant! Despite all that I will still be continuing my hair removal routines and testing with all kinds of hair removers always looking for a better hair remover that will reduce the pain, time, cost and mess. I like my smooth skin! Just a pity we have not found the ideal solution yet!

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Looking For a Permanent Hair Remover?

Written by on November 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment

If you’re looking for an effective permanent hair remover then you’re in good company. It is what we would all like to see but there are only a couple of processes that can really be described as having any sort of permanence (electrolysis and laser hair removal) and neither are that easy to translate into a product that you can use yourself to remove hair permanently.

Having said that there are a few products which will do the job although none of them will turn you into a permanent hair removing wizard overnight. Just take care about the products that promise the earth and don’t deliver. There are many more of those “miracle” products around than products you will have a realistic chance of success with. The effectiveness of the product is generally in inverse proportion to the hype about permanent hair removal in the advertisements however.

hunting down permanent hair remover

The hunt is always on for an effective permanent hair remover...

If you’re worried about buying a product check out the reviews on this blog and if you don’t see what you are looking for please ask in the comments. I have probably seen all those scams in my time and I wince when I read a lot of the ads because I know people will be taken in by them and waste their money.

So which permanent hair removers would I recommend? Well, recommend is maybe too strong a word because you will definitely need to be the right kind of person to have success with them. These products are simply not for you if you think you can zap your hair in half an hour and be done with it forever. These are tools which, if used with a bit of skill and patience, can give you permanent results.

The important words of course are skill and patience. To get the skill to use them takes both time and practice but if you’re highly motivated to get rid of unwanted hair you will be able to gain whatever techniques you need to succeed. Patience comes in because apart from the time taken to learn to use the hair removal equipment you are also going to need to spend time on each hair (in the case of the electrolysis product) or each small group of hairs (in the case of the laser hair removal product). And you will probably need to treat the hairs more than once as you have to catch them at the right stage of growth.

If you have read this far however you probably have the patience to make a success of using home equipment like this so here are the products, which are both available at a discount through the links:-

One Touch – Click Here

This is the only permanent facial hair remover I recommend and also the only one which is suitable for dark skins or fair hair. The laser product below cannot be used on the face or on those with coloring other than fair skin and dark hair.

Silk’n Laser Hair Removal System – Click Here

This is the only laser hair removal machine I recommend.

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