Powered Devices for Facial Cleansing: Should They Occupy Space in the Facial Cleansing Device Toolbox?

摘要

There is an ever increasing number of beauty and grooming devices being promoted and marketed for at-home use. However, there are few reports describing clinical data demonstrating the therapeutic benefits often claimed. For powered facial skin cleansing devices, there are little clinical data proving the advantages device-aided cleansing has over conventional cleansing1. Commercially available powered facial cleansing brushes include rotating, oscillating, vibrating, and stationary brush heads. Using standardized methods, we have tested two such devices, a rotating and an oscillating brush, and compared them to conventional manual skin cleansing for make-up removal, stratum corneum exfoliation, barrier function, effects on anaerobic bacteria populations, and stratum corneum hydration when cleansing is followed with topical moisturizer.