The entire process is really easy and quick; you just turn the machine on, hold the device to your skin, and press the skin sensor button.

The device then recognizes the most effective treatment intensity for your skin tone and suggests the setting that you should use.

It’s suitable for most hair and skin types, but you’ll need to check before use as it doesn’t work for everyone.

It’s flexible too - the Philips Lumea Prestige helpfully comes with a trio of unique attachments, each designed for easy access to the various areas of your body you might want to treat.

Once you’ve got the correct attachment in place, all you need to do is tilt your device to a 90-degree angle on the skin, push the button and get to work.

I started using IPL and here’s everything I learned