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SolaWave

SolaWave.

SolaWave

About this product

Handheld LED light-therapy wand designed for targeted skin treatment on-the-go.

Guru Score

60%

Mixed

3 experts · Moderate agreement
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What the gurus are saying

The contact-time trade-off is the defining tension: LED treatments typically need 10-20 minutes per spot to be effective, but moving a wand across your face means each area gets far less exposure than that. Experts split on whether it's worthwhile: some appreciate it for precise spot treating and travel, where those constraints matter less; others think the limitation undermines the whole point.
Synthesized from 3 expert reviews · most recent take April 2024
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What the gurus are saying.

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"This is the Solawave, which I have used and I do love for spot treating or for travel. [...] When you're using this, it only targets a very specific area, even when [...] you're rubbing it all over your face. Most LED products literally state on the package that you need to use them for 10, 15, or 20 minutes in order to see results. If you're actively moving a wand like this across the skin, you're not getting 15 to 20 minutes on every single spot on your face."
~Mixed
"Do you need red light therapy in your routine? The short answer is no, but it can be a nice thing to add on. Don't look to red light to solve all your skin's problems, if you're not wearing sunscreen every day, exfoliating in some manner, and using vitamin C in the morning, you're not going to see a ton of benefit from it. This is a really popular device and it's not terribly expensive, especially compared to some LED masks that cost close to five hundred dollars. I'm not big personally on using skin care devices, I don't take the time to do that regularly in my own routine, and I prefer an LED mask so I can put it on and go about another activity rather than stand in front of the mirror with a wand like this."
~Skip
"Then we get into like the solar stuff which I think is crap you guys should throw it away."
Common questions

Frequently asked.

What is SolaWave?

Handheld LED light-therapy wand designed for targeted skin treatment on-the-go.

Is SolaWave worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 60%.

What is SolaWave's Guru Score?

SolaWave holds a Guru Score of 60%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 3 expert reviewers we have collected.

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