Services Review: Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) Underarm Hair Removal @ Only Aesthetics
Hey people!
Many ladies have possibly gone through Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) Hair Removal services one time or another in their life so that they no longer have to bother with shaving.
As for me, I have been relying on my faithful Gillette Venus shaver because I was too afraid to go through IPL. Why so?
I've heard stories from family and friends that IPL is a slightly painful process and it made me wonder, 'why do women have to go through pain to be beautiful?'.
Last week, I went through my first IPL in my life at Only Aesthetics @ Raffles Place and since it's such a milestone for me (ha ha), it is worth documenting my experience.
I'm proud to announce that I'm no longer an IPL noob so hurray!
But first... let me introduce Only Aesthetics.
Only Aesthethics is an aesthetic centre offering a wide variety of beauty services such as premium facials, skin and slimming treatments as well as hair removal services.
They have several outlets around Singapore and I had my underarm IPL session done at the Raffles Place outlet. Getting there is simple. All you need to do is to enter Royal Brothers Building (which is a short walking distance from Raffles Place MRT), go straight to Level 9 and once the lift door opens, you're there!
My first impression of the centre was that it looked very clean, very posh and very white. I'm not even joking.
They also have unconventional and quirky choice of furniture such as a pig table. I'm serious - look at where the magazines were placed. On a black pig.
Holy crap, the chairs have faces!
It would look scary if you're all alone in the centre at night because... those hollow eyes.
The spick and span consultation room. Wanna fit your butt in those seats?
After filling a form on my personal particulars, I was led down a long and white hallway to Room T5.
A nice, comfy bed with a painting of a girl awaited me.
As my session was a short 5 to 10 minutes (how long do you want an underarm hair removal session to be anyway?), I didn't have the luxury of resting on the bed for long hours like in a facial.
I was asked by the aesthetician to change into a black tube prior to my session. I went 'oh, this?' coz I thought it was a black towel draped there for me to freshen up later.
The session commenced with the aesthetician applying very cold contact gel at my underarms, after which a tool will then be used to zap some red laser light into my armpits. When the laser light is in contact with the hair follicles, it heats them up and kills the stem cells in them, thereby impeding hair growth, which also means no more underarm hairs in the future. Oh yay!
Process was so fast that my whole duration in the aesthetics centre (from the time I arrived till the time I left) was only a mere 30 minutes.
Because we are involving laser light which can be harmful to the eyes, I had to put on a pair of cyclops glasses to protect my precious pair of eyes.
Sensation-wise, it was queer but nothing too uncomfortable. People have described the pain of IPL to be like 'rubber bands shooting against skin', 'ant bites', 'needles poking skin lightly' etc. but I felt nothing of that sort.
There was no pain, thankfully, just a chilling sensation from the refrigerated contact gel and me feeling squirmish when the tool was against my underarms (I mean - it's ticklish mah!!!). I was told that I might not have felt any pain or uneasiness because my hair follicles were very fine. If they were thicker, I would probably have felt something.
Of course, one session of IPL will not suffice so I'll definitely be back for more sessions. It is recommended for sessions to be scheduled 1.5 to 2 weeks apart as well. Besides IPL, I will be trying out their Laser Hair Removal service next and I can't wait to share more about it in the next blog post. Stay tuned for it yah?
An unlimited package of IPL sessions for underarms costs $55+.
If you're interested to try any ala carte services in Only Aesthetics, you can quote 'Tracy Wong' to enjoy a 10% discount!
For more information on Only Aesthetics, feel free to check out their Official Website or Facebook Page.
Only Aesthetics
22 Malacca Street,
Royal Brothers Capital Building
#09-00, Singapore 048980
Disclaimer: Reviews are based on personal experiences.
Many ladies have possibly gone through Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) Hair Removal services one time or another in their life so that they no longer have to bother with shaving.
As for me, I have been relying on my faithful Gillette Venus shaver because I was too afraid to go through IPL. Why so?
I've heard stories from family and friends that IPL is a slightly painful process and it made me wonder, 'why do women have to go through pain to be beautiful?'.
Last week, I went through my first IPL in my life at Only Aesthetics @ Raffles Place and since it's such a milestone for me (ha ha), it is worth documenting my experience.
I'm proud to announce that I'm no longer an IPL noob so hurray!
But first... let me introduce Only Aesthetics.
Only Aesthethics is an aesthetic centre offering a wide variety of beauty services such as premium facials, skin and slimming treatments as well as hair removal services.
They have several outlets around Singapore and I had my underarm IPL session done at the Raffles Place outlet. Getting there is simple. All you need to do is to enter Royal Brothers Building (which is a short walking distance from Raffles Place MRT), go straight to Level 9 and once the lift door opens, you're there!
My first impression of the centre was that it looked very clean, very posh and very white. I'm not even joking.
They also have unconventional and quirky choice of furniture such as a pig table. I'm serious - look at where the magazines were placed. On a black pig.
Holy crap, the chairs have faces!
It would look scary if you're all alone in the centre at night because... those hollow eyes.
The spick and span consultation room. Wanna fit your butt in those seats?
After filling a form on my personal particulars, I was led down a long and white hallway to Room T5.
A nice, comfy bed with a painting of a girl awaited me.
As my session was a short 5 to 10 minutes (how long do you want an underarm hair removal session to be anyway?), I didn't have the luxury of resting on the bed for long hours like in a facial.
I was asked by the aesthetician to change into a black tube prior to my session. I went 'oh, this?' coz I thought it was a black towel draped there for me to freshen up later.
The session commenced with the aesthetician applying very cold contact gel at my underarms, after which a tool will then be used to zap some red laser light into my armpits. When the laser light is in contact with the hair follicles, it heats them up and kills the stem cells in them, thereby impeding hair growth, which also means no more underarm hairs in the future. Oh yay!
Process was so fast that my whole duration in the aesthetics centre (from the time I arrived till the time I left) was only a mere 30 minutes.
Because we are involving laser light which can be harmful to the eyes, I had to put on a pair of cyclops glasses to protect my precious pair of eyes.
Sensation-wise, it was queer but nothing too uncomfortable. People have described the pain of IPL to be like 'rubber bands shooting against skin', 'ant bites', 'needles poking skin lightly' etc. but I felt nothing of that sort.
There was no pain, thankfully, just a chilling sensation from the refrigerated contact gel and me feeling squirmish when the tool was against my underarms (I mean - it's ticklish mah!!!). I was told that I might not have felt any pain or uneasiness because my hair follicles were very fine. If they were thicker, I would probably have felt something.
Of course, one session of IPL will not suffice so I'll definitely be back for more sessions. It is recommended for sessions to be scheduled 1.5 to 2 weeks apart as well. Besides IPL, I will be trying out their Laser Hair Removal service next and I can't wait to share more about it in the next blog post. Stay tuned for it yah?
An unlimited package of IPL sessions for underarms costs $55+.
If you're interested to try any ala carte services in Only Aesthetics, you can quote 'Tracy Wong' to enjoy a 10% discount!
For more information on Only Aesthetics, feel free to check out their Official Website or Facebook Page.
Only Aesthetics
22 Malacca Street,
Royal Brothers Capital Building
#09-00, Singapore 048980
Disclaimer: Reviews are based on personal experiences.