I got this for my boyfriend, who is extremely hairy and would't go to a salon for that kind of laser removal. He's Italian so he has an olive type skin tone (not dark) and dark brown hair. We've had xemos for 3 months and its worked out really well. Because hes so hairy each treatment took a while. Now the hair is almost gone and im just going over bits that we missed on previous treatments. - weve done a total of 7 treatment so far..And the hair that was removed has not come back, or not that i can tell, i havent been counting lol.--I dont think it hurts him much but the laser does burn the hair. its really cool to watch it. it seriously works. I would recommend it. and i would use it but im virtually hairless and the hair that i do have it very light blonde. have fun removing your hair!!