The present invention is concerned with a hair removal device for removal of red hairs that has a light emission unit having a substrate and a plurality of first LED dies emitting at a peak emission wavelength in a wavelength range of between 480 nm and 510 nm, in particular of about 500 nm, being mounted on the substrate on an area of at least 0.2 cm2, in particular of at least 1 cm2, wherein the hair removal device is arranged to emit a treatment light pulse by the first LED dies having a pulse length in the range of between 30 ms and 200 ms, and the first LED dies have a radiant flux such that a radiant fluence on the skin of a user in the range of between 3 J/cm2 and 6 J/cm2 is achieved by application of the treatment light pulse.
