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My name is Christina.
I am a physician anesthesiologist
and a content creator for 13 years,
and I am developing my own line
of modern luxury performance scrubs
that is launching in fall 2021.
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So in this case, I really am excited to film this video
because I am merging my love of beauty with my love of tech.
So today is going to be all about at-home,
I want to say laser hair removal
but it's technically not correct.
And the doctor in me is like,
I cannot call it laser hair removal.
It's not.
What I'm talking about is of course
the much talked about Kenzzi IPL handset.
So what this is, it's basically a device
that uses intense pulse light to help miniaturize
or scar down the hair follicle
of the area that you're treating.
Fun fact, I was actually a patient representative,
aka desk worker.
I basically handled a lot of paperwork,
insurance referrals and checked out cosmetic patients
for two dermatologists at a local
doctor's clinic type situation.
And I was very well-versed in all things dermatological.
You might wonder why didn't I go into dermatology?
Why I'm an anesthesiologist?
Dermatology bores the heck out of me.
I'm sorry to say it.
I'm so glad we have dermatologists.
But to me, it was just,
it was not something that interests me.
And you should never go into a field
that doesn't interest you
because you're going to do it for the rest of your life.
Long story short, I actually did IPL treatments on my face.
I did it to correct some just hyperpigmentation
that I've had and my skin,
I'm telling you, never looked better.
But at the time, it wasn't rated for
or hadn't yet been discovered
that it could be used as an alternative
to laser hair removal for hair reduction or hair removal.
Dermatologist office had a laser,
like laser hair removal device.
And there was so much upkeep.
There was so much you had to do.
I worked there and I couldn't be bothered to do it.
So that just goes to show,
like for me, laser hair removal was not a big thing.
Now, a couple of caveats,
only certain skin tones and hair types will work.
There's a classification system
called the Fitzpatrick skin classification.
Designates skin tones
and you fall into one of those categories.
But basically Fitzpatrick one through three
is really going to see the most benefit
from something like this.
And if you are a darker four, five or six,
maybe not as advisable.
The other thing too is if you have very, very, very, very
white bleach blonde hair, probably not going to see
much of a benefit, if any at all.
Actually, IPL will not probably work at all,
which is why I haven't even tried it on my arms
because I have this baby fine blonde hair.
Like, you really can't.
I've like never shaved my arms.
It's just vellus hair, which is like very fine,
sort of like peach fuzz hair.
I don't really see a problem with it.
Hair is natural.
If there's certain hairs on my body I want to get rid of.
Now, if somebody could figure out
how to shift the postpartum hair loss
from my head to the rest of my body, that would be amazing.
But since we don't, we have the Kenzzi IPL device.
So if you use my code 50KB, by the way,
you get $50 off this already reasonably priced handset.
I was reached out to by the Kenzzi team
because I have worked with them before
on the microdermabrasion device,
which a bunch of you guys are loving.
I've never seen so many people reach out in my DMs
thanking me because they've seen such a benefit
to their skin with that device.
Even before that started,
they had talked to me about maybe trying this device.
And I said, look, I'm not, I know these things take time
and I got to see that there's actual results.
I know the science behind it works.
I know that there is literature that supports
IPL devices causing a reduction in hair growth.
And so I know that there's science behind it,
but I wanted to test this one out for sure
to make sure that it did work and it did work as advertised.
So for several, several, several weeks,
we're talking I think it's five.
No, it's six weeks now, since I've started using it,
I've been using it consistently every Sunday.
Every Sunday, and that's key.
Once a week, every Sunday.
I personally chose Sunday
because that's when I'll remember to do it.
And I have seen such a noticeable difference,
even in just six weeks.
I would say the maximum benefit
you'll typically going to see with an IPL device
is at about 12 weeks.
So if you just stick through it,
if you're not seeing results quite as fast as I am,
just know that it could take up to 12 weeks.
But you can actually see benefits
even as early as three to four weeks.
I started seeing a benefit
in the form of a noticeable reduction of
appearance of my hair
and also kind of a thinning of the hair.
For me, I'm not one to really enjoy waxing.
I'm not really one to enjoy epilators.
I don't like things that hurt,
even though I have a fairly high pain tolerance.
I am going to be less motivated to do something regularly
if I know that that thing is going to hurt.
So I tend to not go to waxing appointments
if I can avoid it at all,
unless it's like a special occasion
I'm just not a waxer myself.
You may be.
I know a lot of people like to wax their armpits.
I'm not a fan.
I am just not a fan.
Okay.
What I've really enjoyed in particular
about this device is that the handset is really sleek,
ergonomic, easy to use.
It's not super complicated with a whole bunch of buttons.
It's actually really self-explanatory.
It's very intuitive.
It comes with a very handy booklet, which I've saved.
You can see how well-loved this thing is.
I poured over this thing.
It has this super long, nine-foot power cord.
So you don't have to worry about charging it up.
It comes with a 12-month warranty.
There's a money-back guarantee.
And they have a skin tone chart that you can look at
to make sure that the IPL is right for you.
Intense pulses of light to translate
that light energy into heat energy,
which then affects the follicle.
So we've talked about how
it converts light energy into heat.
So it targets the melanin or the pigment in the follicle.
And we talked about how it's going to work better
on some skin tones versus others,
some hair colors versus others.
So for example, I don't even try on here.
It's not going to work.
Other thing to note is if you have
some very pronounced beauty marks or moles,
you're going to want to avoid those areas.
And it's very easy to do just by directionally
placing it the way you want to go.
If you're doing large, large areas,
you don't have to sit there and like.
[IPL clicking]
You hold down this button for a few seconds
and it will activate the glide mode.
And I love this feature because you basically just like
hold it against your skin.
And every few seconds it goes bing, bing.
Well, it doesn't make that sound, but it flash.
Another added benefit I mentioned, I use myself,
I used IPL on my face a long time ago.
I feel like I need to do it again.
It's just super great for hyperpigmentation, melasma,
which is that pregnancy mask
that we can tend to get after having babies.
That is great on the face,
a side benefit of using this device.
Dermatologically proven,
scientifically proven intense pulsed light
helps with hyperpigmentation and melasma.
And if you have any of those on the areas of skin
that you're treating for hair reduction,
you might actually see a benefit in that as well.
So your skin is also probably going to start looking better.
So if you're this point in the video
and you're thinking, okay,
I got to get me one of these, let me see how much it is.
Go to Kenzzi.com and use the code 50KB to get $50 off
an already very affordable handset.
You're always going to want a patch test
before you do like a full treatment.
So like, the area that you want to test, do a flash,
let it sit for 24 hours,
make sure that your skin doesn't react to it,
doesn't get super sensitive,
and then you're good to go with the full treatment.
And always patch test
if you're going to start a new area as well.
You make sure that you have exfoliated
one or two days before, or sometimes I do it the day of.
Make sure that you've shaved prior to doing your treatment.
Why?
Because you can get closer to that follicle.
So the more you're removing barriers for that light
to penetrate through a bunch of coarse hair
or built up dead skin cells,
then that light is penetrating a little bit further
and it's going to affect that follicle more effectively.
This green light will start flashing.
And you'll see here that there is a little light
and you're going to push this button on here
to activate one of five different levels.
And that's the full five right there.
When it's ready to go,
it will give you that little pink sign.
Now I'm going to activate this.
I'm going to turn it down because I don't,
actually, I'm not actually using this
for hair removal purposes,
but here's the thing I really like about it.
It doesn't hurt.
So now that you see that I've placed this on my skin,
do you see how it starts flashing?
It knows that it's against skin and it's ready to activate.
So here we go, boom.
It doesn't hurt.
It feels a little warm, but that's about it.
It's sort of like a burst of sunlight on your skin
and that's it.
So it just goes away instantly.
To activate the glide mode,
we talked about how you just press and hold this
and it'll just go [clicking] all the way along.
A couple of things you want to make sure you do,
no tanning beforehand, no plucking or waxing
or removing the hair from the follicle.
You need that melanin from that hair
to sit in the follicle so that it can transmit
the heat energy that gets converted from light energy,
if that makes sense.
I'll do the bikini area and I'll do my underarms.
That's where I have been testing it
because I feel like I have a better chance of success there
because my underarm hair
and my bikini line is much darker than.
The underarms, bikini area, definitely, for sure.
I've seen a noticeable, for obvious reasons
I'm not going to show you my bikini area,
but I will show you my underarm.
So you can, you don't even have to take your shirt off.
I mean, I do, but you don't, like you really don't.
We're underneath.
You make sure that the clothing,
if you're just pulling it up,
is not underneath or blocking the light window.
I'm ready to go.
Ready, are you ready?
One, two, three.
The things this light window has seen.
So remember, you can see results in as little as two weeks,
but the full result,
you're going to see the full benefit in 12 weeks.
So it's something that you would definitely
want to invest your time in.
I just choose a time.
I set a reminder on my phone
and every Sunday it reminds me, Christina, do your IPL.
I've been doing that for six weeks now.
And I've seen such a noticeable reduction in the hair,
especially the hair growth right here on my underarms.
That's where I really spent the most time and attention.
The bikini line has been super great too
because I just don't find myself
having to work on that area
quite as much as before.
You do your treatment for 12 weeks,
but like, pay for the device, you've done it for 12 weeks,
you've seen the benefits,
but what happens if a year from then
you start seeing a little bit of regrowth?
Totally normal for the body to try and heal itself.
And so most people who do laser
or IPL hair reduction methods
are going to eventually over time see regrowth.
And that may take a long time,
but you have this device in your back pocket.
You can just whip it out, do it,
do it a couple of weeks in a row and just nip it in the bud.
So you don't have to sit there and go somewhere
and pay for another package
or fight to get some more re-treatments or something.
You don't have to talk to anybody.
You just whip the device out and use it when you want.
You're like, oh, put a little here, put a little there.
All right, so you want to save $50 with my code.
This handset is regularly priced at $229,
which is substantially less than the thousands of dollars
laser hair removal packages cost.
I know this because I used to sell them prior to med school.
Save $50, get it for $179.
Use the code 50KB.
It's not an affiliate code, okay.
This is a sponsored video
but I don't make any money off the devices that you buy.
I really like that I have it in my arsenal.
So whenever I want to treat something,
it's always there for me.
Again, thank you so much to Kenzzi
for partnering with me on today's video.
And thank you for their patience.
I'd like to thank them for their patience
because I was like, mm-mm,
your girl's going to try this for a long time
before I agree to even get on board with this project.
And they were like, absolutely, no problem.
We want you to be fully transparent and 100% comfortable
with the device and the results
before we even talk about doing a sponsored video.
And that's what we did.
So yeah, huge shout out to them
because they've been such a pleasure and dream to work with.
And it's such a wonderful device.
Like, you guys know,
I don't talk about something on this channel
unless it's something I've used and highly recommend.
But if it doesn't make that cut it,
it ain't going on this channel.
So I do highly recommend.
Thank you again so much for watching.
I hope you enjoyed this video
and let me know what else you'd like to see
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and that is not what I want you to do.
I'll see you guys in my next video.
Thanks for watching.
Bye.