Review (4/5): Full disclosure: I have trichotillomania and do generally get a little bit of physical enjoyment from pain, so...
When I initially read reviews for this, I was excited to see people complaining about it being tedious and painful. That's honestly what I was kind of hoping for. Guys. Let's be real. Getting this done professionally is also tedious and painful, but you're on someone else's schedule. I'm so here for the convenience of just being able to sit down and do this tedious, painful task on my own time, while watching season after season of Always Sunny in Philadelphia. A few things I learned:
1) using salt water rather than just regular water is crucial.
2) you can't do this to someone else, it don't work. It means PERSONAL when it says personal. I'm going to guess it has something to do with science/electrical current, but I don't actually know, I just found that I couldn't help my sister out with the little black hairs on her neck, but when she held the wand herself, it worked fine.
3) yes, that's lye.
4) yes, those are burns.
5) aquaphor.
It's performing the job it's meant to do, which is a painful, tedious job, but it absolutely does what it says it will do. The only reason I'm not giving it five stars for fulfilling it's intended purpose as described is because of that annoying beeping. I don't understand the purpose of that. It's irritating. Why not use a pleasant LED light fade on the box instead?? Something that doesn't scream at me? Maybe?
There had to have been other design options.