The Best Microcurrent Skin-Care Devices, According to Experts

skin-care tools Updated Feb. 21, 2025 By Tembe Denton-Hurst, a writer at the Strategist covering beauty and books. She joined the site in 2020. Previously, she wrote about beauty and culture for Nylon and Elle. Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Retailers The first time I tried microcurrent was in a brightly lit store surrounded by 50 other beauty writers. The year was 2018, and NuFace and FaceGym, then using a newfangled technique, had teamed up to show off the brands’ latest technology. I lay still as a woman glided the NuFace over my skin, carving and sculpting my cheekbones as if they were made of clay, while I ignored the zappy feeling when she got close to my hairline. When she was finally done and gave me a mirror to inspect her handiwork, I was indifferent. I was 22 then, so there wasn’t much (or anything) to lift and tone, and though I noticed a slight improvement, it was nothing that pushed me to add a microcurrent device to my routine. But I was curious. Since then,...