A while back, I reported on my first foray into permanent hair removal. I’d long heard of laser hair removal and was even tempted to book in for a course of treatments at a salon.

However, I’d always balked at a) the price (upwards of £250 for ONE treatment) and b) potential risks. Plus, as I already had a pretty decent epilator.

However, epilating had its issues – ingrown hairs, scarring and also the fact that your pesky hair keeps coming back. So HoMedic’s offered me a solution with the me Quartz at Home permanent hair reduction system. This was the most advanced form of hair reduction.

Safer than laser and apparently more effective.

I’ve been using the epilator on and off for about 12 weeks. I now have slower regrowth on my arms and legs, and the hairs that do come back are a lot more sparse. However, I am still regularly epilating the short regrowth, so I haven’t quite binned that epilator just yet.

The fact that it is promises permanent hair reduction, rather than permanent hair removal, means that it does what it says on the tin. I’m glad HoMedics have made this clear as so many products and clinics wrongly project that laser treatment permanently banishes unwanted hair. When in actual fact, hair does come back and you need to have top up treatments, regardless of whether it’s an at-home treatment, or a salon.

However, one thing I have found is that the regrowth with HoMedics is quicker than I expected, and the progress of the treatment is slower. Yes, I know I haven’t been using it every week, but I have used it more often than not and longer than the recommended 6-7 week course, yet I still feel that sparse hair is growing back every 2-3 weeks.

Anyway, my conclusion is… if it was a choice between Homedics or getting lasered at a salon, I would choose this treatment every time.