Laser razors are hugely positive for the environment as well-as mentioned in the video, the inventors call out the massive downsides attributed to using physical blades: the United States itself discards about 2 billion razor blades annually.
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Two men from Sweden are working to revolutionize the art of shaving by using the power of lasers.
Right. That’s why Skarp Razor is replacing blade with a laser and plans to make it available to everyone. And on a more obvious level, razor blades cause burns, ingrown hair and cuts.
I know no one who actually likes to shave. The campaign has raised more than $689,000, well over their $160,000 goal, with almost 4,500 backers and 20 days left to go.
According to the Kickstarter page on the internet Gustavsson has been working in the medical and cosmetic laser industry for three decades.
You might wonder how this technology has only just now been achieved when people have been getting laser hair removal treatments for years, but applying that technology to shaving wasn’t as clear-cut as it may seem.
It’s not like traditional laser hair removal, which heats up the whole hair and works best with dark hair on light skin. “After years of research & development, they discovered a chromophore in the hair that would be cut when hit with a particular light wavelength”.
Morgan Gustavsson and Paul Binun of Skarp Technologies has these very factors in mind when trying to come up with a razor that doesn’t irritate, shaves smoothly and does not contribute to Earths waste.
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Early birds supporting the project on Kickstarter could get a unit of the Skart razor for as low as $89. Rather, as you pull the device’s head along your face (or wherever), the laser on its business end fires every time it comes into contact with hair, severing it. Because the head doesn’t have a sharp edge, there’s no scraping involved and absolutely zero risk of cuts.
