I used this product for about 8 months. The pain became quickly tolerable, but did leave my pores red and inflammed for about 24hrs after each time used. Not good if you want to go bare-legged the day after use. I liked that the regrowth was not nearly as dense(visible) and scratchy as after shaving; however, this doesn’t come remotely close to the silky smooth feeling of shaving. I found that I used the gadget fairly often because I didn’t like all the "missed" hairs and regrowth. Thus, for me, this became very labor intensive-much more so than shaving. I really missed the silky smoothness from shaving. The biggest downfall for sure was the ingrown hairs-horrible. I use a buff on my body with every daily shower, but this did not seem to help. The bikini area was the worst for ingrown hairs-and they take weeks to work themselves out! Red, swollen, terribly unsightly bumps-NOT attractive! After about 5 months I began getting ingrown hairs on my legs-more than a dozen on each leg. I look like I’ve been truly eaten alive by bugs! Nasty, nasty, nasty! Unlike bug bites, these are taking WEEKS to resolve. If it weren’t for the terrible ingrown hairs, I might have continued to use this product intermittently. So, if you are not prone to getting ingrown hairs then you may like this device. I had no prior history with skin problems(sensitivty, breakouts, ingrown hairs, or razor burn) before using an epilator. I can’t wait for all these terrible blemishes to clear up. PS Try this in the Winter!