Remington IPL6000USA I-Light Pro, Professional IPL Hair Removal System

by Remington

Product Features

• At-home professional hair removal for a fraction of the cost of in-office visits
• FDA cleared and clinically proven
• Proprietary ProPulse technology delivers results that last 6 months
• Faster treatment times with the quickest flash rate and no downtime for recharging
• Other features include: built-in skin tone sensor, skin contact sensors, five energy levels and corded operation

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Remington i-LIGHT Pro Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) Hair Removal System is a light-based device that has been clinically proven* and FDA cleared for the removal of unwanted body hair. Its exclusive ProPulse technology delivers long-lasting* hair removal results similar to professional hair removal treatments. Other features include a built-in skin tone sensor, skin contact sensors, and five energy levels. It is intended for use only on light to medium skin colors and on naturally black or brown hair.

Remington IPL6000 i-LIGHT Pro, Professional IPL Hair Removal System

At a Glance:

• At-home professional body hair removal for both men and women
• FDA cleared and clinically proven*
• Delivers results that last 6 months*
• Fast treatment time with no downtime for recharging
• Two-year limited warranty

System includes a built-in skin tone sensor, skin contact sensors, and five energy levels. View larger.

Effectively targets hair follicles beneath the skin and disrupts their growth cycle. View larger.

IPL Works Below the Skin's Surface

IPL is very similar to laser hair removal. Light energy works below the skin's surface to target the dark coloring in hair, gently heating it and disrupting the growth cycle. Results appear within a few weeks of initial treatment and should improve over time.

ProPulse Technology Produces Exceptional Results

Only i-LIGHT Pro has ProPulse Technology with output parameters comparable to the best clinical machines and delivers results that last six months.* ProPulse effectively targets hair follicles to disable growth by putting out energy at optimal wavelengths, delivering energy deep into the skin to target the hair bulb while enabling the surrounding tissue to cool.

i-LIGHT Pro is Simple to Use

First, shave the desired area to allow the most direct path to the hair follicle. Second, test the skin in the treatment area to ensure it is not too dark to treat. Lastly, treat the area according to directions in the Use and Care Guide. Perform three treatments every two weeks initially and then only as needed. Each 1,500-flash cartridge can deliver two to three full body treatments (underarms, lower legs, bikini area).

Remington, a household name in electric hair removal, has been helping the world get ready for over 70 years. Experts in innovation, they offer cutting-edge technology that really works. The first-generation i-Light was introduced in 2009 in Europe and quickly sold over 100,000 units. The next-generation i-Light Pro is faster, more powerful, and FDA cleared. Remington's mission is to help you look good and feel like you're ready for anything, so you can look in the mirror and say, "Okay, world, here I come."

What's in the Box

Remington i-LIGHT Pro base unit, cartridge with 1,500 flashes, power cord, lint-free cloth, Use and Care Guide, and instructional DVD.

*Individual results will vary. In clinical testing, on average, participants had 47.8 percent fewer hairs six months after just three treatments, similar to results observed from professional hair removal systems.

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 9.6 x 8.3 inches ; 4.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B005CHHO46
• UPC: 074590512175
• Item model number: IPL6000USA
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #463 in Health & Personal Care (See Top 100 in Health & Personal Care)
  • #1 in Health & Personal Care > Personal Care > Shaving & Hair Removal > Hair Removal > Electrolysis

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

80 of 90 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars OMG. So. Excited., December 9, 2011

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Amazoner321 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Remington IPL6000USA I-Light Pro, Professional IPL Hair Removal System (Health and Beauty)

Update 2/8/2012: So, after a bunch of treatments (6?) I'm back to update. You are probably wondering how I fit so many treatments in in the ~7 weeks or so since my last update - I'll get to that.
The results: I *do* still have hair on my legs (the only place I've treated so far). HOWEVER: it is much more sparse and thin than it was before. I'm disappointed I wasn't TOTALLY! HAIRLESS! after 3 sessions as the advertisement promised, but I do think it's *working* and will continue to treat. The reason I'm not downgrading my rating to fewer stars (yet) is because:
1) For my first 3 treatments I was so excited about the device, I only waited 1 week between treatments. I read in the comment section here that professional IPL actually recommends you wait up to 4 weeks between treatments (!) because it takes 10-15 days just for the hairs to fall out. If they haven't fallen out, they haven't re-grown, so you're treating the same hairs over and over if it you do it too frequently. As soon as I read that, I switched to every 2 weeks like they recommend. My bad for not following directions initially and I do think this has affected my results.
2) My leg from knee to ankle is a *lot* of surface area; at least more so than places like tummy or underarms. I am pretty sure I have not yet mastered the art of not missing spots when I'm treating (most of my thicker remaining hair is centered on my shinbone for some reason - maybe I keep missing there?) so perhaps every hair has not been treated every time. My sister-in-law has this device as well and said it's working miracles for her everywhere but not as much on her legs. So that's a theory.

I'm now working on bikini area and am going to keep treating my legs. I expect to see a significant reduction very very soon. If not, I'll be back to report. (This review will get impossibly long!)
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Update 12/12/2011: My second treatment was this weekend and I can definitively say I have fewer hairs growing back today than I would normally. I last shaved on Thursday (today is Monday) and usually my legs would already be covered in noticeable stubble, so I think it's actually working. I'd post pictures here if I could! I have small patches of leg that have no hair, and the hairy patches (ick) are less.. thick.. dense?.. than they should be.

One thing to know that is difficult about the device is the window is smaller than the treatment head, so it's hard to see what patches are overlapping and which aren't. I imagine this will make for initially patchy results, but it's easy to go back and spot treat. More updates to come.
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I certainly hope the hair removal industry is ready, because they are going DOWN!

Super excited to be an early-adopter of one of these devices because now I get to be totally hairless before all of my friends. Well, at least that's what I'm hoping. Full disclosure is that I just bought my i-light last week so have only done one treatment so far (second one scheduled for a few days from now), so I plan to review it today and then update again once I've done the full 3 treatments they recommend before seeing results.

So far, I couldn't be happier with the machine. It's easy to use (after reading the instruction booklet, of course) and I'm pretty confident it will work (when I zapped areas of my leg that I missed while shaving, I actually saw the little hairs shriveling up). It IS important, as they say, to shave beforehand because a) it hurts less and b) no burnt hair smell. I was able to use power level 5 so hopefully after treatment #2 I'll start seeing fewer hairs.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works...but slower than expected, January 8, 2012

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Sam - See all my reviews

This review is from: Remington IPL6000USA I-Light Pro, Professional IPL Hair Removal System (Health and Beauty)

I bought this because I absolutely hate shaving, and I wasn't making the time to epilate. I also figured if it was going to work for anyone, it would be me: I am VERY fair, and have quite dark hair.

Treatment turns out to be far quicker than I expected. It only takes about 45 minutes to cover everything: legs, underarms and bikini line. To be fair, I'm not being very particular about whether I'm covering every single hair, but I figure if it works I can always go back and treat any missed patches later. I can go easily to the highest setting for my legs: my underarms and bikini line hurt a bit so I go to lower levels on those.

After the first treatment, I was incredibly disappointed. I noticed absolutely no results: on legs, underarms, or bikini line. I was going away, so I didn't quite wait the full two weeks for the second treatment. I go to the top level on my underarms, and the second highest on my bikini line.

A week after the second treatment, still no change. But then I noticed my legs were starting to itch like crazy. Turned out that I had HUNDREDS of leg hairs that had detached from the root, but hadn't fallen out. They had also been detached for a while: many of them were tiny, indicating I'd shaved them at least once in between. My underarms too are looking a little more sparse.

I don't know why the hair didn't fall out, as the manual suggests. Perhaps its because years of epilation have damaged the hair shafts. But I've stopped shaving between treatments (too much risk of pimples and infection if the hair doesn't fall out).

Treatments 3 and 4 on my legs turn out to only be spot treatments: as others have mentioned it's almost impossible to ensure that the window covers everything, so you are going to have patches that you've missed. Honestly, its much quicker to treat the hair patches later than to spend hours trying to make sure you've covered everything the first time. My underarms and bikini line are going to take longer. But the hair is GONE! And, so far at least, its not coming back.

Now it just remains to be seen how long the treatment lasts...

32 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Could have been a 5 star..., January 14, 2012

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A. Schoenhofer (Kansas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Remington IPL6000USA I-Light Pro, Professional IPL Hair Removal System (Health and Beauty)

Okay, I was all ready to leave a 5 star review, as I have used the Remington IPL for one full body treatment, and have noticed markedly decreased growth in all areas. I was very excited to start my scheduled second full body treatment tonight, only to get about 2/3 of my left calf done(30 pulses), and the thing quit!! The little yellow indicator light came on that shows you it no longer has any flashes left, so ...dead in the water with only a small portion of one leg on it's way to being hair free. :(. I KNOW I didn't come close to using this product for 1500 pulses, so I'm highly dissatisfied with the fact I now have to order and wait on a new cartridge, not to mention dish out more money way sooner than expected just to continue the treatments. This product is not that cheap, so to have to chuck out another $25 already after one body treatment is assanine. I will post an update to this once I complete the remaining treatments.