This futuristic razor shaves your hair with an actual laser

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.

While that fresh-shaved feeling can be a pleasant start to your morning, no one likes the nicks, razor burn, or dryness that often comes with it. Not shaving is the only good thing about being a hipster, if only I could stand flannel.

In order to get mass production of the Skarp under way, its creators have launched a Kickstarter campaign which has earned more than $695,000 to date.

Gustavsson and Binun have patented the project and are now being backed by Kickstarter. He had the idea for a laser razor in 2001, but the technology wasn’t available. Initially, the technology was ineffective in removing light and gray hairs.

The inventor, Morgan Gustavsson, was in the laser hair removal filed for over 30 years, during which time he invented Intense Pulsed Light in 1989, still a preferred method of laser hair removal these days. In 2013 Paul Binun joined him and a working solution was developed, says the Skarp page. The chromophores are cut when they’re hit with a particular light wavelength. The laser melts the hair shaft right at the surface of the skin, so the roughness caused by traditional razors, which cut at an angle, are no longer a problem.

Skarp can be used with water, but it’s not necessary, which means users can also reduce the amount of water they use when shaving and lathering. The laser used is a low power offering and won’t sear out your retinas according to the people behind the product.

The laser has a life of 50,000 hours and is powered by a AAA battery. It’s completely safe for your skin and works by melting the hair off your face with a tiny laser.