Tria Laser Hair Removal Reviews

The primary difference I have found so far is the size of the treatment head. The tria has a very small treatment head (maybe a 1/4 inch circle).

This is fine for small areas, but a bit tedious for larger areas. I have been getting laser hair removal at medical spas for years and by reading many tria laser hair removal reviews I am familiar with the technology behind tria.

It is a pulsed diode laser (superior to pulsed light i.e. “silk-n”). It does work for hair removal on pale skin and black (or near black) hair.

TRIA Laser Hair Removal System

If your hair is not black, it won’t work as well. If your skin is not pale, it won’t work as well and will be more painful. Dark melanin absorbs near-infrared radiation from the laser and creates heat. This is how Tria works.

It flashes near-infrared radiation into your skin, the black hairs absorb the light and heat up, frying the follicle. A rash-type effect means the laser is working (but not everyone experiences the bumps). Little red bumps that form immediately after zapping is normal and they should subside within a few hours. A couple weeks later, the dead hairs shafts fall out (or are easily pulled out with tweezers).

The laser diode technology has been in use for years and years and it is effective on black hair/ pale skin. For best results, I use the highest power I can tolerate (not the highest power that is “comfortable”). The highest fluence that the Tria is capable of is 22 with a wavelength of 810nm.

This is a fairly low fluence compared to the med-spa quality machines which can go into the 40′s, but is somewhat compensated by the small size of the head and the treatment instructions that direct you to overlap the pulses. In my experience, if it is working, it will hurt.

You can chase it with an ice pack or use some numbing cream before hand if it is too much for you. Tria is not approved for use on the face by the FDA, but it is the same technology that is being used on the faces of people all over the country (for years).

Never laser around your eyes! Eyes contain melanin! I have used Tria *everywhere* (more or less) and am seeing the same results I have gotten from the bigger med-spa machines.