dark hair and light skin here- ipl can be fairly expensive but it works incredibly. anecdotally, within three treatments it reduces my lower leg hair to zero where it’s fairly thick. the only issue i have is the device i purchased was very entry level so it takes several hours to go over my whole body- that’s why i’ve just upgraded to a ulike air 10- it’ll be a little bit before i’m home to try it out but i’m very optimistic after watching a few reviews, some people say they can do a whole body treatment in under 30 minutes.