the at home stuff is perfectly safe as long as you have a functioning brain. don’t look at the big light and you won’t burn out your retinas, shave before each use and you won’t burn your hair.

It can be really hit or miss depending on your hair and skin color though, and it’s not like proper laser where the follicles are gone forever. It’s more like it kinda “locks in” your shave for longer, and if you stick with it you’ll also notice you’re smoother after each shave.

If you want the hair permanently gone though, so far the only solution I’ve found is laser, and yah it’s incredibly expensive. Just doing my face was like $2000 and that was with heavy discounts. A lot of places will let you finance it so you can pay monthly instead, but then you’re stuck paying monthly…