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Lots of Laser Hair Removal Deals This Long Weekend

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It is another one of those weekends for the daily deal companies who are offering a host of laser hair removal options for Canadians. For consistent readers of our blog you already know that we do a lot of digging into prices of laser hair removal. It appears this service is gaining in popularity as more and more people look to remove their body hair, so we want to make sure that people are as educated on the pricing of the service. That said, price is only one consideration. You want to make sure the technician is qualified and the business is reputable. For those, we do not cover, so use this blog as a proxy of what you can expect but always do your own research prior to making any commitment to proceed with laser hair removal.

Laser Hair Removal of the Underarm

For all the deals below, we will look at the price per underarm session. We find this to be the most component spot listed in the deal sites as well as the price that is most commonly listed on companies websites.

Calgary

Site: LivingSocial
Business: Reveal Rejuvenation Inc.
Deal: Four Laser Hair-Removal Sessions for $99. That works out to $25 per session.

This site does not list their regular prices, so it is pretty easy for them to inflate the price on this deal to make it sound more attractive. However, at $25 per underarm session, we would deem this a good deal.

Site: TeamBuy
Business: Chehra Wellness Spa
Deal: $275 for 1 Year of Unlimited Laser Hair Removal from Chehra Wellness Spa ($3000 Value)

This site does not list their regular prices. This particular deal is limited to a very small number of body parts, Underarm, bikini, side burns, upper lip, men’s neck and back of men’s neck. If you are a man, this might actually be a good deal, however, if you are a women likely their are only 3 areas that are valid, underarm, bikini and upper lip. If we look specifically at underarm laser hair removal and consider that most deals, including ones we reviewed previously at back in October on Groupon deals, we actually don’t believe this to be a good deal. Typically you will need 6 to 8 sessions to remove the hair in your armpits, so at 6 sessions, this would end up costing you $45.83 per session and at 8 sessions this would cost you $34.37 per session. So unless you have need for the other areas, be cautious of this deal. We would not deem this one to be a good deal.

Site: DealTicker
Business: Rootz Laser
Deal: $39 for 3 Laser Hair Removal Treatments of Your Choice in the Specified Areas (Basic Bikini, Underarms, Upper Lip, Chin, Cheeks, Side Burns, Uni Brow, Breasts, Sternum, Back of Neck, Front of Neck, Hands, Feet, Naval Strip, and Toes)

Specific to the deal, this is a good deal. At $13 per underarm session, this is one of the best we have seen. Definitely worth checking out. Also, for men looking to get their groin area done, this business also provides this service. According to their site the groin area is $290 per session for men and a full brazilian bikini for women is $200. For men, how does this compare, check out our original post Getting a Male Brazilian via Laser Hair Removal in Calgary with Prices, but at $290 this is competitive.

Durham Region

Site: WagJag
Business: Body Bliss Beautique (Whitby)
Deal: $99 for 6 Laser Hair Removal Sessions

$16.50 per underarm session is always a good deal.

Site: WagJag
Business: Smooth Hair Removal & Skin Therapy (Uxbridge)
Deal: $115 for 4 Laser Hair Removal Sessions for the Underarms

$28.75 per underarm session is a little high for these types of deals. This could be dependent on the market, we can’t imagine in Uxbridge, there are lots of options for laser hair removal.

Edmonton

Site: Dealicious
Business: Skin Deep Laser The Holistic Medi-Spa
Deal: $49 For 2 Laser Hair Removal

At $24.50 per deal, in Edmonton, we don’t consider this to be a great deal. It is okay, but not steller. This site lists their regular price list, check it out. In the past we have done a full analysis on full legs in Edmonton via laser hair removal and comparing their regular price of $600 and up for women, they are on the high-side of prices in Edmonton. NOTE: according to their site they also prefer laser hair removal on men’s genitals.

Site: Dealfind
Business: Transformations Body Management Clinic
Deal: $89 for 6 Laser Hair Removal Sessions on Your Choice of Bikini Line, Underarms, Stomach Line, Forehead, Cheeks, Upper Lip, Chin, Sideburns, Hands, Feet or Ears

At $14.83 per underarm session this is a good deal. NOTE: this site does not list its regular prices

Halifax

Site: WagJag
Business: Aurora Aesthetics
Deal: $89 for 5 Laser Hair Removal Treatments

At $17.80 per underarm session, this is a good deal. NOTE: they have their full price list on their site and offer male brazilians and female brazilians. They charge the same for men and women at $199 per session or package of 5 for $796. This is pretty good. We did a complete Canadian analysis of Female Brazilian laser hair removal prices across Canada’s largest cities, Aurora Aesthetics benchmarks extremely well.

Saskatoon

Site: Groupon
Business: Acadia Cosmetic & Laser Centre
Deal: $149 for Six Laser Hair-Removal Sessions for Small Areas or Three Sessions for Large Areas

At $49.66 per underarm session this is a bad deal when compared to other across the country. This deal actually places underarms as a large area and their regular price is $180. This deal would make sense if you are planning to do your legs, from the fine print appears you can use for lower legs which they claim is $525 per session regular price. Be careful with this deal.

Ottawa

Site: LivingSocial
Business: Canadian Laser Clinic
Deal: $99 for 3 Three Laser Hair-Removal Treatments

At $33 per underarm session, this is not a good deal.

Toronto

Site: DealFind
Business: Paramedical Skin Health
Deal: $79 for 6 Laser Hair Removal Sessions on Your Choice of Bikini Line, Underarms, Stomach Line, Upper Lip, Eyebrows, Chin, Cheeks, Forehead, Hands, Feet, Jaw Line, Ears, Nose or Sideburns

At $13 per underarm session this is a good deal. They have a link to their price list in PDF format, however, at the time of this blog post we could not download to compare to regular price. The deal price, however, is good.

Site: Groupon
Business: California Laser Med Spa
Deal: $89 for Three Laser Hair-Removal Treatments

At $29 per session this deal is average. Not spectacular but also not the worst. On their site, they don’t list their regular prices, but what they list as regular price on their Groupon deal page, $750 for 3-sessions is on the high-side. In our opinion we don’t consider this to be a good deal.

Site: WagJag
Business: Mississauga Cosmetic Surgery Clinic
Deal: $89 for 3 Underarm Laser Hair Removal Sessions

At $29.67 per underarm session this deal is not the best. Note: this site does not post its regular prices

Vancouver

Site: TeamBuy
Business: Heavenly Soul Spa
Deal: $99 for 6 Laser Hair Removal Treatments

At $16.50 per session, this is a good deal. They do offer a price list, however they don’t stipulate whether the services are for men as well as women. $150 for female brazilian via laser is reasonable.

Site: WagJag
Business: Metropolis Laser Centre
Deal: $99 for 3 Underarm Laser Hair Removal

At $33 per session, this is not a good deal.

Over 1.2M Laser Hair Removal Sessions Sold By Groupon – That’s a lot of Hair Removal

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Here is some fun laser hair removal statistics. We looked at Groupon.com and pulled as many laser hair removal deals that we could find on their site. We normalized this down to the smallest body part, the armpit, since most Groupon offers will count that as a 1 session. We excluded all the offers that were based on spa credits, opting instead to only look at the pure laser hair removal offers.

In the end we ended up analyzing:

– 381 deals
– covering 120 markets
– located in 47 states/provinces (we only looked at North America)
– covering deals from July 19, 2009 to February 8, 2011

Here is what we discovered:

– Groupon has sold $32.5M worth of laser hair removal services ($35,544,241 based on what we analyzed)
– Based on the stated regular price, this would have saved consumers over $200M in laser hair removal services
– The $32.5M represents 281,590 units sold and if you equate that to the number of sessions that would mean 1,263,131 total laser hair removal sessions sold

Laser Hair Removal on Armpit / Underarm

That’s a lot of laser hair removal. If we were to add up the offers from LivingSocial + offers from all the daily deal sites around north america that number would be much larger. I think the bottom line is this, laser hair removal is clearly popular and daily deal sites such as Groupon offer a great way to save some money. We have done numerous posts on Laser Hair Removal Pricing in Canada, check them out.

What was the best/worst offer from Groupon?
Which business in North America, grossly overstated their regular price?
What is the breakdown by state/province?

Stay tuned – we have lots of data that we will be sharing with you.

Groupon and Laser Hair Removal in Canada – Are These Really Good Deals?

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You may or may not know, but Groupon (group buying site) launched in Canada early this year. Since that time we have tweeted @nobodyhair the various deals happening around the country for hair removal. So we wanted to put to the test, whether or not these laser hair removal deals are good. Here is what we found:

Vancouver

On Sept 11 – Skin2 Laser Aesthetics Centre was running a deal – $99 for Three Laser Hair-Removal Treatments at Skin2 Laser Aesthetics Centre (Up to $330 Value). The fine print stated that you could only use on the following areas – underarms, brows, bikini area, chin, upper lip, sideburns, dorsal fin, hairline, neck, ears, foot, and nipples.

That would make it $33 for each treatment. If we compare the underarm treatment price, compared to 3 businesses that we reviewed in Vancouver, see Male Brazilian Laser Hair Removal, we find the prices for underarm laser hair removal at; $75 to $78.

This was a good deal.

Toronto

On Sept 12 – Yonge Eglinton Laser Eye + Cosmetic Centre ran a deal $99 for Four Laser Hair-Removal Sessions at Yonge Eglinton Laser Eye + Cosmetic Centre (Up to $596 Value). It was valid only for underarms, upper lip, chin, sideburns, bikini line, or neck.

Price per underarm in this case was $25. We have not done a specific comparison in Toronto for the prices of underarm hair removal, but we did compare Underarm Waxing Prices across Canada and at $25 for this deal, the average in Toronto for waxing was $14.60 – this was a good deal.

On June 6 – The Sarum Room Laser Clinic ran a deal $199 for Three Laser Hair-Removal Treatments from The Sarum Room Laser Clinic (Up to $600 Value). This was valid only for Underarm, bikini, face, chin, sideburns, and full bikini.

This works out to $66 per underarm. Although much more costly that the Young Eglington Deal, this was approaching being a neutral deal. It saved you some money, but their regular rates ($200 for an underwear) – over priced. If you bought this, you did not go wrong, but you also did not save any significant money.

Ottawa

On Sept 26 – Dermis Advanced Skin Care ran a deal $149 for Six Laser Hair-Removal Treatments at Dermis Advanced Skin Care (Up to $540 Value). This was valid for chin, upper lip, underarms, linea, sternum, cheeks, sideburns & jawline and you have to use 2 for bikini.

This worked out to $24 for underarm – good deal.

Edmonton

On Sept 12 – Silky Skin Laser and Esthetics Centre ran a deal $99 for Three Laser Hair-Removal Treatments at Silky Skin Laser and Esthetics Centre (Up to $315 Value). This was valid for upper lip & chin, underarms, bikini line, full face, men’s neck front or back.

For underarms this was $33 per session. We did a comparison on Edmonton Full Leg Laser Hair Removal Prices and if we compare some of the sites we looked at for their prices on underarms we find prices of $85 to $100. This was a good deal.

Calgary

Currently running this weekend from Target Health is $75 for Three Laser Hair-Removal Treatments at Target Health in Gold’s Gym ($147 Value). Valid for underarm, chin and upper lip, may combine for larger areas.

Price for underarm is $25. Their regular price is $49 so at $25 this is a pretty good.

For the most part, beside the early deal done in Toronto back in June, if you want to get some laser hair removal treatments done, you might want to follow Groupon, some of the deals are worth it.