Me my elos hair removal system - user review

From the user guide:

• The me my elos system is powered by elos (Electro Optical Synergy), Syneron's clinically proven, gold standard technology that uses low-energy pulsed light together with radio frequency (RF).
  
• The system is intended for immediate and long term hair removal.
  
• The system is designed for the removal of hair from all body parts below the neck.
  
• Hairs are removed prior to using the system or simultaneously with the shaver or epilator (Which are bought separately).
  

Well I bought this hair removal system for many reasons. The most important one was that it claims to remove any type of hair, color or no color, and my hairs unfortunately aren't dark enough for laser treatments. The second reason was the comfort of doing the treatments in my own home and in my own time which was really important to me. Plus, the advertised statement of removing 89% of hairs after only 4 treatments was very appealing and to top it all, no pain involved. So it's easy to understand why I bought it, now let's hope it actually works...

First I'll start by saying that the system looks like a lot of hard work was put into it. Syneron took the time and the effort to make this product safe using a lot of sensors. For example, the applicator won't work if the two RF bars aren't touching the skin and if your fingers aren't touching the grip sensor on both sides of the applicator.

The cradle is made from some kind of silicon and the applicator will stop working only if it is sitting properly in the cradle. I can also say that the system looks like it is made from strong durable materials and the design very eye catching.

The user guide is very easy to read and understand and so is the DVD, though I found that important issues are not highlighted or explained.

For example, one of the main reasons for buying this product for me was this system ability to remove any type of hair. Surprisingly, there's no explanation of how it does that anywhere in the guide. That seemed odd to me since this is one of the things that makes this system ground breaking.

I decided to call their customer service about this matter and was explained that light hair should be removed from the root for it to work, since removing in this way causes a tiny Inflammation (red dot) in the hair shaft and then the system can identify it and kill it.

The only thing said about this In the DVD and the user guide is something that goes like this "For optimal result with light hair, use the epilator" which doesn't explain why do it (cause it hurts like hell) and more importantly, don't tell you that if you use the shaver on light hair, the system won't work at all!

I decided to do my first treatment on my underarms and in the future I will do more parts (there's many to choose from :). I shaved the area prior to the treatment with a regular razor (since I didn't buy theirs).

It was quite easy getting the hang of it and making it to flash constantly. The flashes are very bright (like camera flashes).

I'm now a week and a half after my first treatment and to be honest I don't think any hair is missing... All seems as usual and the growing rate of the hairs is as always. I hope the results will start showing in my next treatment. I will update soon...

Hi guys, I'm really sorry for not updating in quite a while, I had a lot of things going on and couldn't find the time to update. So I'll try to sum up my personal experience so far.

Until now I've done three treatments on my arms and underarms and two treatments on my legs (knee down). I used and epilator to remove the hairs from my arms prior to the treatments (up to 5 minutes prior to each treatment) since I have light hairs in that area. I used a regular razor for my legs and underarms.

I can tell that some areas in my arms seem a bit more hair free, but others seem to grow hairs as usual. Since the hairs in that area are quite light, it's hard to estimate how much is really gone, especially when I have only two weeks between treatments and I use an epilator which causes a much lower growing rate compared to shaving . The real test for me would be a few weeks after my last treatment and than I will be able to say how successful was the hair reduction in that area.

I can say that I am disappointed with the results in my underarms. I really don't see any significant difference there. Although I would say that the results could be different for different people for many reasons and that can affect the results. Nevertheless, I did expect an area like that to have a high success rate, like it has in laser treatments, so this is very disappointing for me.

The good news: my legs!
I think the real difference I'm seeing is in this area and I'm only a week after my second treatment. My legs seem to have a lot of hair free patches and they look significantly smoother compared to a week without shaving. I would say it looks like 40% of the hairs are missing, so I'm really excited to see what will happen in the next two treatments.

Just to mention - the me my elos head ran out in my last treatment, so overall it managed to do three arm treatments, three underarm treatments and and two leg treatments.

My final conclusion is disappointment. I have finished all four treatments in my legs, arms and underarms. I noticed about 30% decrease in hair density in my legs and underarms. I did not see any results in my arms which was the only area that had relatively light hair and therefor I used an epilator prior to the treatments. All the hairs kept coming back as usual.

For me, this was a waist of money. I thought I would finally be able to get rid of all the hairs that were bugging me, in the privacy of my home and in my own time, but unfortunately this was not the case.

I probably won't continue with the treatments, since I don't believe I will see satisfying results in the near future. I know that there are good reviews on this machine and it's probably since different people respond differently to the treatments for all kind of reasons. I believe I was a great candidate - very light skin and dark hair, so I can't tell why it hasn't worked for me.

I would not recommend buying this machine. I do recommend trying it if you can at the store, even twice and see if you can tell the difference or to buy it with a friend or a sister and share it (you can buy separate heads) to save money if it doesn't work for you.

I hope my review was helpful and would love to here about your experience with the me my elos system, so please write your review here and help others get a clearer picture about the success rate with this machine.