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Would higher power output make a difference on the quality of the hair removal?

January 23, 2017
Asked By:angelil6 in Tel Aviv, IL

Hello. I am treated with candela gentle pro. To my understanding, since only hairs that are in a specific stage of their life cycle are being removed, does it make a difference if as an example the power setting is set to 10 or 12 ? Thank you

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