DIY skincare devices offer ease, but do any really deliver younger, healthier results? Meet a few that do.
We’re living in a DIY age. And cutting-edge technology is helping us foster that can-do attitude, making us more enthusiastic about scaling back on salon visits and treating our skin at home instead. Devices that approximate what dermatologists and aestheticians use are more popular than ever. In fact, sales of laser or light-therapy skin-care gadgets boomed by 84 percent from April 2015 to March 2016 compared with the previous year, according to NPD Group, a company that tracks consumer spending. “Patients today are very knowledgeable and are empowered to treat themselves,” says Christine Choi Kim, M.D., a dermatologist in Santa Monica, California.
But are the gadgets, which typically cost between RM200 and RM2,000, worth the investment of your money and your time? The short answer: Yes. Many work—quite well, in some cases—but it depends on the device, your expectations, and your patience for the sometimes tedious and daily treatments required. Keep in mind that home devices make sacrifices for safety; they’re less powerful, so the results are not as significant and take longer than professional procedures.
But dermatologists say the gadgets, used in tandem with an effective skin-care regimen, are ideal if you want better acne-clearing or anti-ageing results than topicals alone can deliver and you aren’t ready to drop thousands at the doctor’s office. “They’re starter treatments,” says David J. Goldberg, M.D., a dermatologist and laser expert in New York City. “Or if you’ve already begun in-salon treatments, you can use them between visits for maintenance.” Here, the gadgets we can get behind.
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