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Upon receiving my Tria Laser Hair Removal System, I was terrified.  Who could blame me?  The contraption (pictured at left) looks more like space-aged weaponry than any beauty tool I've ever seen!  After weeks of glancing at the box and nervously shuffling by it, I finally decided to take the plunge.

Startup is easy, but for safety reasons, you need to call customer service to activate the laser before your first use.  The instruction manual claims this call will last for about 5 minutes.  My call took 5 1/2 minutes to almost the second, and only because I asked a LOT of questions.

"Laser Hair Removal" is a bit of a misnomer for Tria.  Unlike some hair removal processes, Tria requires no growth at all prior to use.  In fact, to use Tria properly, you have to be freshly shaved.  What Tria does promise is that over time, the tool will actually prevent hair from regrowing.

Once activated through customer service, you're ready to get started!

Each time you use Tria, you need to activate the system using the Tria skin sensor (pictured at left).  The sensor determines if your skin is acceptable for the Tria to be used.  It also happens to be an excellent way to ensure that the kids don't accidentally play with it!

How to use:  Start on the lowest Tria setting, and work your way up to higher settings until you find the feeling too uncomfortable.  Some can use Tria on its highest setting with no discomfort.  For me, the "high" setting felt hot on my skin, so I kept the device on its medium setting for use.

All three sides of the triangular laser window must be touching your skin.  The device will beep once indicating the start of the process.  Hold the laser in place.  When the device beeps again in a lower tone, you can move on to the next section of skin.  That's it!

It does take a while to effectively cover an entire area, so some patience is required!  The good news?  Treatment is only needed once a month, and over the course of months, Tria promises that regrowth will become more sparse, or even cease altogether.

After use, my skin appeared very mildly red, but didn't feel irritated at all.

Tria is groundbreaking option for women with excess body hair they find embarrassing.  There are some restrictions!  Only those with lighter skin-tones can use the Tria safely!  African-American, East Indian, Native-American or Pacific Islanders can not safely use Tria  Sadly–Tria can not be used safely on the face, so you'll still need to wax that upper lip!

Retail price is $795, but there is currently an Easy Pay program to help lighten the blow to your wallet.

Buy at www.triabeauty.com.