Sharing my Braun IPL 5 Experience - Looking for advice/recs
This isn't a super in-depth post about my experience with the Braun Pro5, but I wanted to post this bc I see so much hype about the device. I bought a Braun Pro5 about a year ago and used it on my armpits, lower stomach, and bikini/brazilian area consistently for about three months. Then my device stopped flashing properly and I had to get it replaced. I was like, okay, cool, this is within the 100-day warranty. So I got it replaced. And then the replacement suddenly stopped flashing just after the 100-day window. Looking back, I absolutely should have gotten the 5-year warranty. That's on me. But also, the devices shouldn't just stop working after 3-4 months. It's not like I used them on large areas of my body, either.
As for my results: I would say I had about a 60% decrease in hair in my bikini/brazilian area, 80% in my armpits, and nearly 100% on my lower stomach. I'm basically back to square one now. I'm struggling again with my ingrowns, so I'd love any recs for IPL devices that will last. I also have some dark marks from digging out super deep ingrowns in my bikini area (ik that's bad but these were DEEP and left over from waxing; that's a whole other story lol) and I'm hoping that IPL could help with that. Honestly, rn I'm mostly concerned with the dark marks; I'm using tretinoin, topicals faded, benzoyl peroxide wash, and a salycilic acid toner. Sounds like a lot but my skin isn't irritated. Is there any way I can get these marks to fade within a couple months?
This post is a little all over the place, so thank you in advance for any and all advice!