Most women will agree that waxing is a tedious task in the pursuit of summer-ready legs and bikini lines. Though the results may be great, the process is anything but comfortable. With laser hair removal sessions at Rejuva Institute of Age Management, you can kick the waxing habit for good.

The treatments come in packages—for lower legs it will take four to six sessions for roughly RMB5,000—and each session is about an hour long, depending on the size of the area you want zapped. A numbing gel is applied, then a cosmetician uses what looks like a futuristic gun to send a laser to the hair follicle with the aim of destroying it. The process works best on people with a high contrast between skin tone and hair color.

The zaps aren't painful, but there is some slight discomfort—though nothing like having the hair ripped out from the roots. Afterward, make sure to keep your legs well moisturized, as laser treatments can be drying, and avoid super hot showers for a couple of days. The results aren't immediate, as you'll have to wait for the hair to grow out before they are apparent, but after one session, we noticed a marked difference in the amount and texture of the hair. There was much less overall, and what did grow back was much finer.