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Cryotherapy.

ice / cryo · ongoing

Consensus score

66 %
Depends

22 gurus on record

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The verdict spread

Across 22 gurus, the consensus lands at 66% “depends.”

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Worth it
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What the gurus are saying

Experts see genuine value in at-home cryotherapy masks, especially when paired with LED treatments for quick puffiness and redness relief. Over-the-counter freeze-away products are riskier: results vary, with some proving ineffective after months while others risk scarring. For meaningful skin tightening, multiple professional treatments typically outperform at-home alternatives, though at-home masks work well as a complement to other routines.
Synthesized from 22 expert reviews

What each guru said

22 gurus on record
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Doctor Youn
Doctor Youn
5.5M subs · 101k devotees
~Depends
“there's a newer ultrasound treatment on the market today that's getting a lot of hype it's called Softwave and Softwave also uses ultrasound energy to heat the skin but it does it in a fractional pattern now there's a lot of online hype about this treatment but the question is is it superior to therapy”
Hyram
Hyram
4.4M subs · 31k devotees
Worth it
“I mean, she says it's a cryotherapy face mask, which is automatically really cool because not only is it cryotherapy, which is essentially like exposing your skin to a really cold temperature in order to help tighten it, help with deppuffing and refresh the skin, but it's also a red light LED face mask”
Dr Dray
Dr Dray
2.7M subs · 30k devotees
~Depends
“the benefit is you know it's something that is easy to do in office it's cost effective it's affordable um you don't it doesn't even though it's painful it doesn't require anesthesia or anything of that sort um and you know it's it's an In-N-Out kind of thing uh recurrence however is possible”
Cassandra Bankson
Cassandra Bankson
2.5M subs
Worth it
“I have found this to just Elevate any face mask if you do face masks regularly or if you want to do face masks regularly this is a way to elevate them”
208SkinDoc
208SkinDoc
2.1M subs · 25k devotees
~Depends
“Warts are incredibly frustrating, and one of the most common ways that we treat them is liquid nitrogen. This stuff is almost 400° F below zero. When we freeze the wart, the water freezes inside those cells. And the slow thaw is what's actually going to damage the cells and then allow the body to slough off a lot of that dead skin and hopefully generate an immune response to help the body fight off the HPV virus that causes the wart.”
Dr. Shereene Idriss
Dr. Shereene Idriss
1.7M subs · 50k devotees
~Depends
“if you have very little fat that is a little bit annoying and that fat is positioned in front of your muscle sure knock yourself out if you're trying to fully debulk with kyella you're going to need a lot of treatments”
James Welsh
James Welsh
1.6M subs · 118k devotees
~Depends
“After 6 months I had no results from it so it's not something I will do again I'm pretty sure there are better alternatives nowadays but it's just not something that I will ever have done again”
Mixed Makeup
Mixed Makeup
1.5M subs · 10k devotees
Worth it
“Softwave came on the market and that uses ultrasound. So, it's going to bypass the epidermal layer and it's going to strengthen that and produce collagen and elastin and fibbrin a little bit deeper underneath in that dermal area.”
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Dr. Vanita Rattan
Dr. Vanita Rattan
1.2M subs · 10k devotees
Worth it
“This cryo step constricts blood vessels and leads to vasoconstriction which instantly reduces redness, locking in the active ingredients into the barrier.”
Jamie Genevieve
Jamie Genevieve
977k subs · 58k devotees
~Depends
“I see the benefits already. Zero puffiness.”
Dr. Sam Ellis
Dr. Sam Ellis
851k subs · 132k devotees
~Depends
“skin tightening devices like softwave o therapy Thermage do have a small place when it comes to the Improvement of these lines I find that the best candidates for this type of tissue tightening are people who have excessive volume in the face”
Dr. Daniel Sugai
Dr. Daniel Sugai
716k subs · 23k devotees
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“I'm seeing people using over-the-counter cryo therapy or the freeze away that doesn't work well or it works too well and it causes a bad gnarly scar in your face”
Nipun Kapur
Nipun Kapur
399k subs · 10k devotees
~Depends
“laser hair removal is good but like it really depends on whether you want to do it like it's a good treatment but I've never chosen to do it so I think it's very personal”
Dr. Somji Skin
Dr. Somji Skin
356k subs
Worth it
“a new treatment was born it called the soft wave which is FDA approved for brow lift face lifting and neck lifting and the reason why it so safe is that it only targets down to 1.5 mm so you're really safe on that fat layer”
Dr. Mamina
Dr. Mamina
277k subs · 566 devotees
~Depends
“it's like a little bit of an over the-counter cryotherapy gotcha okay okay I think I'm okay with that”
Caroline Hirons
Caroline Hirons
251k subs · 9k devotees
~Depends
“LED and you know things that people tend to keep in the fridge like I like a cryo there's nothing wrong with that keeping it at home things like that”
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The Style and Beauty Doctor
The Style and Beauty Doctor
220k subs · 7k devotees
Worth it
“she also does o therapy a treatment that helps to tighten the skin”
Dr. Aleksandra Brown
Dr. Aleksandra Brown
105k subs · 4k devotees
~Depends
“this is more likely to leave hyperpigmentation. So, I tend to not use this option very often at all.”
No BS Beauty
No BS Beauty
89k subs · 2k devotees
~Depends
“I bought this just to use it on like little red spots like I've got like a red spot on my hand little treatments like that where it's not my face I'm okay doing that I don't think I'd touch my face with it at this point knowing what I know”
Darnell Cox | 50+ Healthy Aging Expert
Darnell Cox | 50+ Healthy Aging Expert
54k subs · 559 devotees
~Depends
“I'm not a big fan of the new face and you guys listen if you have it don't um don't throw it away because it's still microcurrent so I would use it until it breaks and then when it breaks get something better”
Beyond50Skin
Beyond50Skin
31k subs · 1k devotees
Worth it
“absolutely love it it's a very economical choice removing home at hair removing hair at home actually had better results from this IPL device than I did from some in office laser treatments”
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0 subs
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“I definitely recommend the Shark Cryoglow mask”
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