A non-therapeutic method for operating a photodepilation device (1), the photodepilation device (1) comprising: a manual housing (10) with at least one light output window opening (11)； a means of generating intense pulsed broadband light (20) incorporated in the housing to generate high intensity light in a wide spectral range suitable for carrying out photodepilation； a control device (70) for activating the light generating means (20)； wherein the control device is adapted to control the light generating means in order to turn on the light generating means in short pulses that have a pulse duration in a range between 1.1 ms and 1.9 ms , more preferably about 1.8 ms； and wherein the control device is adapted to control the light generating means such that the creep at the skin level is in a range between 2 and 7 J / cm2 per pulse； and wherein the control device (70) is adapted to control the light generating means (20) at a pulse repetition frequency in a range of 0.1 Hz to 0.5 Hz, said method being characterized by that the photodepilation device (1) moves from one skin area to another skin area after each pulse and before the next pulse while the light generating means (20) is repeatedly operated by the control device (70) at said pulse repetition frequency.Un procedimiento no terapéutico para hacer funcionar un dispositivo de fotodepilación (1), comprendiendo el dispositivo de fotodepilación (1): un alojamiento manual (10) con al menos una abertura de ventana de salida de luz (11)； un medio de generación de luz pulsada intensa de banda ancha (20) incorporado en el alojamiento para generar luz de alta intensidad en un intervalo espectral amplio adecuado para llevar a cabo la fotodepilación； un dispositivo de control (70) para activar el medio de generación de luz (20)； en el que el dispositivo de control está adaptado para controlar los medios de generación de luz a fin de encender el medio de generación de luz en breves pulsos que tienen una duración de pulso e
