Maintenance phase
- To ensure that your skin stays smooth and hair-free, we advise you
to repeat the treatment every four to six weeks. The time between
treatments may vary based on your individual hair regrowth and also
across different body areas. If too many hairs grow back between
treatments, simply shorten the treatment interval again, but do not
treat any area more often than once every two weeks. When you use
the appliance more frequently than recommended, you do not increase
the effectiveness but you do increase the risk of skin reactions.
Guidelines for treatment
Average treatment time
Area
Approx. treatment time
Underarms
1 minute per underarm
Bikini line
1 minute per side
Entire bikini area
4 minutes
One lower leg
8 minutes
One full leg
14 minutes
Note: The average treatment times above have been observed during research
and tests. Individual treatment times may vary from person to person.
Intended treatment areas
The appliance is intended to treat unwanted hairs from the underarms,
arms, stomach, bikini area and legs. It should not be used on the face.
Using the appliance on the legs
Check the recommended light intensities table in chapter ‘Preparing for
use’, section ‘Light intensity’ to see which settings are suitable for your legs.
- You can move the appliance up and down or across the leg, whichever
is more convenient to you. In order to maintain full contact with the
skin you can also place and hold the appliance on your skin sideways.
Note: Bony areas like shinbone and ankles are more sensitive than other areas
of the body. When you press the body attachment hard onto these areas, the
skin can be more susceptible to skin reactions, such as skin irritation and
redness. See section ‘Possible side effects and skin reactions’ in this chapter.
Press the body attachment onto the skin just hard enough to make the ‘ready
to flash’ light go on, but not harder.
Using the appliance in the bikini area
Check the recommended light intensities table in chapter ‘Preparing for use’,
section ‘Light intensity’ to see which settings are suitable for your bikini area.
In principle, Philips Lumea Essential is safe and gentle enough for treatment
of the entire bikini area (e.g. for ‘Brazilian’ or ‘Hollywood’ style). Use a lower
setting on darker pigmented, more sensitive skin in the bikini area. Do not
use the appliance on inner labia, vagina and anus. Men who wish to treat
their pubic area must not use the appliance on the scrotum.
Note: For hygienic reasons, always clean the body attachment before you start
treating another body area (see chapter ‘Cleaning and maintenance’).
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