Have not been blogging for quite awhile since i got a job in August, pretty unexpected....thought i would have enough discipline to generate more than two post per month...*sheepish.....i blame Qoo10 and my bed for that....haha....Well, i'm back with Musee Platinum Tokyo!! For those who don't know what Musee Platinum Tokyo is, they are Japan's No.1 premier hair removal salon~! And they have currently 5 branches in Singapore!! For more information, check out their website.
Been pretty bugged about my body hair, but unable to do much about them since my skin get really really itchy (with red bumps…ick) after shaving no matter what I do (use better blade or female shaving gel) and ingrown hair when I tweeze. There’s always the wax option but…lol…I never have enough guts to pull the wax strip....*sigh
I decided to turn to permanent hair removal, where the people at Musee Platinum Tokyo will zap your hair follicles to gradually reduce growth which eventually leads to no growth. Do not expect much result immediately after starting on the treatment, approximately 6-8 sessions of treatment is required to get desired results (number of sessions varies due to different individual body constitution such as hormones/shaving frequency/etc), which 2 months interval between each treatment session. Therefore, be mentally prepared and sure that you can commit to at least 1 year of treatment.
Was actually indecisive between Regina
or Musee Platinum Tokyo, since both are the leading hair removal salon in Singapore ,
and both have great reviews on online forums (CozyCot, FlowerPod, etc). Well,
the deciding factor for me was actually the cost, Regina usually have cheaper
packages (check out their promo packages) until Musee Platinum Tokyo came up
with the double promotion, which deducts $100 off your chosen package and
another 25% discount after that!! Furthermore, Musee is also giving out free
Ginger Gel Set if you sign a package with them, while the stock and promotion
lasts of course ^^.
Well, that double discount of Musee’s won me over, and a
package of 30 sessions with free unlimited underarm is around 2.2k SGD (U.P
3.12k SGD!!!...almost 1k SGD in difference), which is payable in 6 installments
(370~SGD/ installment). Speaking of installments, Musee is much more flexible
than Regina ,
the larger your package is, the more leeway they allow for your installments
(from 3 installments up to 6.installments!) Whereas Regina is pretty strict on payment I think,
for a $1.8k package, only 2 installments is allowed, which is at least 900SGD/
installment…quite heavy on the wallet.
Started my first treatment on my upper, lower leg,
upper back and underarm in late August and just finished my second treatment in October. Everything went by in a blur…probably due
to the nerves I guess… The people at Musee would ask you to don on their gown,
and before treatment commencement, they would shave your requested body part
again before apply cold gel generously. ‘goggles’ to protect your eyes from the
treatment laser are provided (with layer of cloth underneath to ensure maximum
blockage I guess?), but would prefer that they put it on me after they shave me
and not before….it was kinda scary to feel shaving blades on you with your eyes
‘blind-folded’…-.-….But everything gets better on my second visit, no more surprises.
Pain-wise, mostly painless I guess….i almost doze off while
having my upper back and my leg done, it just felt like a burst of warmth
whenever they zap, would rate it 3 or 4 on the scale of 10 for the pain. But
the underarm…*horrified….was unexpectedly painful!! T.T….They described it as
rubber band snapping, but it felt more like heated needle(if there’s such
thing…)…anyway…that…hurts…a fair bit…but nothing that a human being cannot
bear? That would be like 6 or 7 on the scale of 10. After which, they will
apply cold wet cloth to cool the skin, followed by a layer of medicated gel (I
think?). The whole process (upper back, lower leg, upper leg and underarm) took
about one and half hour with the help of two beauticians, pretty fast I guess.
Most of the time are spent on shaving, gel application and aftercare (cold wet
cloth and medicated gel), not really a lot of zapping.
Will probably post pictures of my leg or underarm(?!...not confirmed yet...dun wanna gross anybody out) on a later date to show the before and after effect. But i kinda forgot to take photos of my legs before i start the treatment as well as after first treatment. So i'll start taking pictures from the second treatment on wards. So stay tuned~!
Feel free to ask me any questions ^^
Hope this post helps and thanks for reading!
