Well, my nurse who does my treatments says some people take advil, and a lot of people take vicodin. Some people come in drunk and one person even brings in a flask and drinks during the procedure. If you can get your hands on prescription pain killers like vicodin or hydrocodine I highly recommend it, just go to a doctor and tell them you have back pain =) Here’s my normal answer too in case it helps you any =)
Okay… science answer:
You grow in at least 80% of your hair during puberty. When you have laser hair removal the hairs it kills will never grow again. But you still have up to 20% of your normal thickness that will grow in throughout the rest of your life. So people get touch up sessions every 3-5 years after their big 6 treatments. You need about 6 treatments, one each 2 months for a year, because the hair grows in different stages and it can only kill hair in the active growth stage. The laser works by targeting dark color (the hair follicle) and passing through light color (the skin) the hair and skin have to be very different shades of color for the hair to work. The darker and coarser the hair and lighter the skin, the better results you will have.
Okay… Personal Experience:
I’ve had 2 out of my 6 treatments so far. It HURTS! It’s like being poked with a sewing needle over and over, but it’s not as painful as a tattoo, and that’s not as painful as childbirth, maybe that can put the pain in perspective for you =) I’ve had my legs, underarms, and bikini area done. When you get your bikini area done they do ALL of it! Including spreading your butt and vaginal lips apart to laser all the cracks… It’s sorta awkward. After the 2 treatments I’ve had so far I’ve lost about 60% of leg hair, 40% bikini hair, and 25% underarms hair. It’s because the underarms hair is the thinnest and the leg hair is the coarsest. But the legs are the most painful. The more it hurts the better it works.
I spent this much for 6 treatments in each area:
Bikini-$750
Underarms-$750
Legs (toes to bikini)-$2,500
Email me if you have any more questions about it!

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They are not very effective, I used my machine regularly and saw no obvious effect. Machines that are available for own use, do very little as they are aloud little power. The best thing to do would seek a professionals advice, at least that way you are guaranteed a result.

I’m not really familiar with the rio but I bought a TRIA about half a year ago
It was $1,000. I used it twice on my bikini area and saw about 10% of the hair fall out.
The “at home lasers” like the tria and rio have to be weak enough so you can’t hurt yourself, they are a class 1.
The lasers at the clinic are a class 4 – They are 4 times as effective.
I’ve had one treatment in the spa and half the hair has already fallen out. But my hair is dark black and thick and my skin is ghost white.

Which is the most effective colors to treat
Someone with tan skin and brown hair may not have ANY results
That’s why I couldn’t get my arms done

The at home lasers aren’t really strong enough to give you smooth skin
And if you read the fine print it says “hair reduction” not removal
I sold my tria and went to a medspa in houston tx

I paid $4,000 for my legs, underarms, and bikini area
And that’s permanent smoothness after 6 treatments over the course of a year…

I definitely think it’s worth it =)
Good luck with whatever you choose

For decades, women have been seeking to rid themselves of unwanted bikini area hair via a variety of methods. Right now there are more options for bikini hair removal than ever before and you owe it to yourself to check them out to determine which is best for you!

The most common way for the affluent modern woman to care for her bikini area is to have it professionally waxed at a salon. Many salons offer a variety of options for this procedure, with everything from just the removal of anything outside the most basic bikini line to the complete Brazillian wax.

Unfortunately, routine salon visits can end up costing a lot over time. In addition, in order to have your bikini area cared for by another individual is something you must be comfortable enough with yourself and your practitioner in order to undergo.

You can also wax your bikini area with at-home kits available at drugstores. One type of kit involves a pot of wax you heat in your microwave, tongue-depressor-like applicators, and strips of specially-treated paper that you then apply to the wax once it is on your skin. You then tear the strip of paper off of your body, and in theory, the wax and hair comes off with it. As you can imagine, there is a lot of pain involved in the waxing process, whether done at home or at the salon, and even after the worst of it is over, many women have skin reactions to the wax and will remain red and tender in the area for days.

The other type of at-home wax kit includes strips that already have the wax on them. The disadvantage to these, as well as to those mentioned above, is the accuracy factor. Having another person apply the wax provides an important vantage point, as it is difficult to see exactly where you are placing the wax and/or wax strips when you are applying it to yourself.

The other at-home remedy available at drugstores is the cream hair remover specially-designed for the hair around the bikini area region. Although this sounds a lot less painful, negative skin reactions are actually more common with these creams than with waxes. They are also messy and smell rather bad.

Now, however, there is a solution that is becoming more affordable and available to women across America every day: laser hair removal. This is a process which has been approved by the FDA since 1997, and which is widely used around the world for permanent hair removal.

These are the main options available when deciding how to go about dealing with unwanted bikini hair. Now that you are more informed about the different methods of bikini hair removal, you are sure to find the right one for you and have the experience be as pain and hassle-free as possible.