TheraFace Pro threatened me. Made by Therabody — the company behind popular Theragun devices—TheraFace Pro is It Girl beauty tool of the momentequal to desire Dyson Airwrap both in terms of price and reputation. This $399 tool offers a variety of skin treatments, from microcurrent and LED lighting to percussion facial massages. You can also buy more heads For heating and cooling treatment.
But you have need all this if you don’t, say, transmit Top Gun 2? Answer is possible. Leather is first defense against external bacteria, so most people can stand to take better care of it. It’s hard to know exactly how well TheraFace Pro performs (if at all), but I really enjoyed my time with it. Despite my initial concerns about the non-contact thermometer device, it has made premium skin care easy and accessible.
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TheraFace Pro comes with six detachable magnetic heads for four different types of skin care treatments — facial cleansing, microcurrent, LED light, and percussive massage. These heads are controlled by two buttons, a percussion button and a bell button, each with three settings corresponding to low, medium, and high. Except during cleaning, it will beep every 15 seconds to let you know how long you have spent on each treatment.
Therabody is known for its percussion and facial massage treatments that can improve blood circulation and activate lymphatic drainage. There are three percussion attachments included with the Pro that can be used alone or in tandem with red light treatments. The bristled facial cleansing head also incorporates a percussion button to exfoliate and massage at the same time.
To use micro-currents, you apply TheraOne conductive gel to your face to lubricate that area and create a barrier between the skin and the electric current. You then touch two metal knobs to your face, glide them over your skin, and control the current with the bell button. Theoretically, electrically stimulating your facial muscles strengthens and increases production of collagen, a natural protein your body makes to maintain skin elasticity (among many other functions).
The LED light treatment head has three different settings controlled by the bell button: red light, blue light and red with infrared light. Red light and red infrared light increase collagen and elastin production by providing energy to cells in a microscopic form, and blue light destroys acne-causing bacteria by activating the body’s immune system. .
You want to avoid physical contact with your skin to prevent acne-causing bacteria from potentially spreading on your face, so light treatments only start when they’re half an inch away from your skin. You’ll know it’s working because the light will intensify. While you can pair a percussion treatment with a red light setting, you don’t want to pair a percussion session with a blue light session, as percussion will negate the bacteria-killing effects of the blue light. .
If you also purchase an additional temperature control tip, you get two additional treatments — heating and cooling. With those tips in place, the Pro can apply heat to encourage collagen production, or cool to reduce inflammation and puffiness (both with the same high, medium, and low settings).
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TheraFace Pro has been removed for use by US Food and Drug Administration, which means the FDA has tested LED light and microcurrent treatments and made sure the device is safe for sale. Clinical testing by Therabody claims that the device shows 80% or more effectiveness and satisfaction in a variety of skin care. That said, tested on only a very small sample (35 people), and you should talk to your doctor before starting to electrocute the skin, even with the smallest current.
I talked to a dermatologist Jeffrey Hsu to ask if these treatments really work. For the most part, they have, but he had some caveats. For starters, percussion therapy can remove dead skin, but it’s prone to overuse and people with thin or sensitive skin may experience irritation. That’s why Therabody doesn’t recommend combining an exfoliating cleanser with a cleansing head.
