4 Best Red-Light Therapy Masks and LED Devices of 2025, Reviewed

In case your pores and skin is crying for assist however you are too drained to care, the very best red-light remedy masks are the simplest fake-it-till-you-make-it hack round. You may need seen a wave of individuals on social media channeling their finest Hannibal Lecter whereas sporting an LED machine, like our high choose, the CurrentBody LED Face Mask Series 2 ($470). They’re not sipping Chianti however as a substitute claiming that the wrinkles and fantastic traces on their faces have disappeared with the assistance of red-light remedy. There’s nothing wrong with aging (duh), however after seeing the massive rise in recognition of those skincare units, we needed to discover out if the “anti-aging” expertise behind them may make a big effect in your pores and skin.

You’ll be able to’t get the identical impact with simply any purple LED from the ironmongery store. If the wavelength is not robust sufficient, it will not penetrate your pores and skin—sorry to the one TikToker sitting in entrance of a chicken coop heat lamp. After speaking to board-certified dermatologists and testing a number of at-home units, we have rounded up the very best red-light remedy masks for each delicate pores and skin situation, finances, and life-style.

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Up to date August 2025: We have added the HigherDose Pink Mild Face Masks as an honorable point out and LED units to keep away from. We additionally added extra details about our testing methodology and up to date costs.

Finest Pink Mild General

The CurrentBody LED Face Masks Sequence 2 is a medical-grade, silicone masks. It additionally comes with a safer strap—all sides is formed like a U, as a substitute of utilizing a single strap, making it far more safe. I can put on it and stroll round if I like, with out worrying about it slipping off, and the connected distant even has a little bit clip on it to hook it to your physique.

This masks solely has a red-light mode, although it does have three red-light wavelengths, whereas most others solely have two. The three ranges are purple (633 nanometers), near-infrared (830 nm), and what CurrentBody calls deep near-infrared (1,072 nm). CurrentBody says the deep near-infrared lights are designed to focus on areas that may have extra indicators of getting old, although you possibly can’t inform a distinction within the lights simply by wanting on the lit-up masks.

It additionally has extra LED bulbs in it than most different masks, with 236 LED bulbs in complete. It is a highly effective masks, however I did not see a lot completely different outcomes than I did from the cheaper LED Esthetics, as soon as once more seeing my pimples clear up shortly with fewer scars left behind and a superb glow to my pores and skin. It was noticeably extra comfy and simpler to put on round the home, so should you’re searching for a red-light-only masks you possibly can multitask whereas sporting, the CurrentBody Sequence 2 is a superb alternative. —Nena Farrell

Finest Cooling

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CryoGlow Pink Blue and Infrared iQLED Face Masks and Below Eye Cooling

The Shark CryoGlow is likely one of the latest LED masks in the marketplace and is a superb alternative for newcomers, because it holds your hand by means of the method. There are two essential applications to comply with—Blemish Restore, which makes use of a mix of blue mild (415 nm), infrared, and purple LED (630-830 nm) for eight minutes, and Higher Growing old, which makes use of simply infrared and purple LED for six minutes. It’s advisable to comply with one program each day for eight weeks, switching to the four-minute Pores and skin Maintain program afterward to take care of the very best outcomes. It comes with a useful controller that counts down your time remaining and likewise tracks your progress, plus the masks has a celebration trick of cooling under-eye pads that can be utilized together with the LEDs or on their very own, to appease puffiness.

Throughout my eight weeks, I observed patches of perioral dermatitis clear up a lot faster than they normally would, and my pores and skin regarded plumper and extra glowy. Most fascinating, although, was going to an aesthetician who scanned the layers of my pores and skin beneath the dermis earlier than and after this system and located I had significantly much less irritation and pigmentation after eight weeks, plus improved fantastic traces besides.—Verity Burns

Finest Vibration Remedy

The TheraFace Mask has grow to be my favourite excuse to take a seat nonetheless for 10 minutes (fantastic, 9 minutes). Most LED masks cease at mild remedy, however this one ups the ante with built-in vibrations that therapeutic massage stress factors round your brows, temples, and scalp. It’s so soothing that I virtually don’t care whether or not it’s reworking my pores and skin (although I’d wish to imagine it’s).