It's 2015, so it only makes sense to shave our hair off with lasers, right?

Right. That's why Skarp Razor is replacing blade with a laser and plans to make it available to everyone.

There's definitely a market for this in-home device, and Skarp Technologies' Kickstarter is proof of that. The project launched on Sept. 21, and just two days later, it reached its goal of $160,000. At the time of this post, it was funded $790,612 and shows no signs of stopping.

Skarp makes a good case for why we need to dispose of our old shaving ways. The EPA estimates that the U.S. alone throws out 2 billion razors a year. Because of health risks, they can't be recycled, so they end up in garbage dumps continuing to take up space with other waste. And on a more obvious level, razor blades cause burns, ingrown hair and cuts.

With these factors in mind, Morgan Gustavsson and Paul Binun founded Skarp to create a razor that doesn't cause irritation, shaves smoothly and can help reduce waste.

Gustavsson has been working in the medical and cosmetic laser industry for three decades, according to the Kickstarter page. In 1989, he invented Intense Pulsed Light, still the preferred method of hair removal and dermatology treatments today. He had the idea for a laser razor in 2001, but the technology wasn't available.

Wavelengths of light had been discovered that cut through dark hair but not light or gray hair, so it wasn't until 2009 that he found a wavelength that could cut any color hair. Four years later, Binun joined and helped develop a working solution.

Image: Skarp Technologies/Kickstarter

Skarp can cut through hair because of a molecule called chromophore, the only continuous structure in hair that is shared by every human regardless of age, gender or race. 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.

No, you can't play laser tag with these razors. It doesn't emit UV, and the power of the laser is too low to cause damage. Most importantly, the laser doesn't enter the skin or cause complications that can happen from traditional laser hair removal, according to the Kickstarter page.

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 has a life of 50,000 hours and is powered by a AAA battery.

Skarp says they already have preliminary agreements with manufacturers and just need capital to begin orders. They definitely will have no problem with that. The Kickstarter ends in 20 days.