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Cryotherapy.

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Consensus score

63 %
Mixed

23 gurus on record

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The verdict spread

Across 23 gurus, the overall verdict is 63% “mixed.”

8
Yay
13
Mixed
2
Nay

What the gurus are saying

Experts praise at-home cryotherapy for its depuffing and refreshing effects, with some noting tightening too. However, improperly applied, whether through under-treatment or overly aggressive freezing, it can cause frostbite or scarring. Results are inconsistent, and when it doesn't work as expected or works too harshly, you can end up with dull skin, poor circulation, or scars.
Synthesized from 23 expert reviews

What each guru said

23 gurus on record
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Doctor Youn
Doctor Youn
5.6M subs
~Mixed
“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
4.3M subs
Yay
“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”
Doctorly
Doctorly
3.6M subs
Yay
“one really good treatment for your keloids is actually radiation.”
Guest · Dr. Aldaba
Dr Dray
Dr Dray
2.7M subs
~Mixed
“Sclerotherapy this involves injecting a chemical into the veins that irritates the wall of the vein and causes it to kind of scar down and eventually it gets absorbed in the body and goes away with this treatment not only do you have the benefit of the vein going away but overall it can improve circulation in the lower legs and if you have any discomfort it can help with that too”
Cassandra Bankson
Cassandra Bankson
2.5M subs
Nay
“if you cause frostnip or frost bite, basically if you freeze the tissues to the point that they're damaged, it'll actually cause your skin to be dull and have a lack of circulation because the tissue could die.”
208SkinDoc
208SkinDoc
2.1M subs
~Mixed
“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
~Mixed
“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
~Mixed
“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
Yay
“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.”
Guest · Amy Peterson
Dr. Vanita Rattan
Dr. Vanita Rattan
1.2M subs
Yay
“Then we go in with a sheet mask. So, the sheet mask is a stem cell sheet mask. You put this on the skin afterwards, and then we use cryotherapy. We cool the skin.”
Jamie Genevieve
Jamie Genevieve
975k subs
~Mixed
“I see the benefits already. Zero puffiness.”
Dr. Sam Ellis
Dr. Sam Ellis
881k subs
~Mixed
“it is not my ideal way to remove fat from the body liposuction which is surgical is way more effective works way faster but for someone who has a very small amount of fat that like there's no way i was ever going to do liposuction for this that's when kybella becomes a good alternative”
Dr. Daniel Sugai
Dr. Daniel Sugai
720k subs
Nay
“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
408k subs
~Mixed
“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
359k subs
Yay
“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
281k subs
~Mixed
“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
~Mixed
“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”
Guest
Dr Sam Bunting
Dr Sam Bunting
240k subs
Yay
“I love cold like I really can just feel myself revitalizing so yeah I love cold therapy”
Guest · Marsha Lindsay
The Style and Beauty Doctor
The Style and Beauty Doctor
221k subs
Yay
“she also does o therapy a treatment that helps to tighten the skin”
Dr. Aleksandra Brown
Dr. Aleksandra Brown
141k subs
~Mixed
“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
~Mixed
“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
55k subs
~Mixed
“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
32k subs
Yay
“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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