Pioneering innovation
Based in the UK, with over 40 years’ experience, SmoothSkin develops advanced, light-based skin and body care solutions.
- To launch an at-home IPL hair removal device
To integrate automated skin safety sensors
To create the perfect combination of speed & energy to deliver fast & effective treatments
Who are SmoothSkin?
Unrivalled clinical expertise
All of our devices are clinically proven to deliver safe & effective permanent hair reduction. We have a dedicated team of experts that have carried out over 5,550 clinical treatments (and counting!) to date through ethically approved studies that are compliant with international & medical standards.
We take an evidence-based approach to understanding results, using proprietary software to analyse hair reduction over time.
Technical superiority
With over 40 years of experience and based in the UK, our in-house team of engineers & researchers design, test and iterate every aspect of our devices to ensure we deliver ground-breaking solutions for efficacy, safety and ease of use.
SmoothSkin’s devices have been developed through years of hard work, investment & inventive thinking. Pioneering and patented technology is something we take pride in, and we will keep improving our devices to make sure we always deliver the most sophisticated technology for hair-free skin.
Decades of light-based technology
1979
Where it all beganOur founder accidentally discovers that laser permanently removed the hair off his hand
2002
Salon devicesCyden is founded and starts developing salon IPL devices
2009
First at-home IPL deviceWe launch the first home-use IPL hair removal device
2014
Hello SmoothskinWe launch our brand solely focused on light-based beauty technology
2017
First overseas officeOur first overseas office opens in Tokyo, Japan
2018
First in-house factory in UKOur manufacturing is brought in-house in Swansea, Wales
2021
Second factory opened in ChinaDue to the increase in demand in Asia, a second factory is opened in China
2022
No.1 IPL hair removal technologySmoothSkin has developed the worlds best selling IPL hair removal technology
2024
Expands range into LED technologySmoothSkin expands into LED, continuing its focus in clinically proven light technology for skin and body care.