Anti-aging wearables are hyper-personalized wearables that are fully interactive with the user. The devices are designed to monitor and improve your skin. The skincare wearable tech is the latest to add to your skincare regimen. Here are some of the wearable devices that are set to shake up the beauty industry.
1. L’Oréal’s UV-Detecting Patch
Sun rays cause damage to your skin and accelerate the appearance of aging signs. It is estimated that about 80% of skin aging is attributed to exposure to harmful UV rays. L’Oréal’s UV-detecting patch is a wearable device that keeps tabs on your exposure to UV rays and tells you when to wear sunscreen. The device was designed by L’Oréal’s Technology Incubator Research and Innovation division a team that worked closely with the dermatologists. The complex algorithms are said to measure UV exposure accurately. They worked closely with a medical wearable tech company to design a stretchy skin-like patch.
The patch is said to be the most advanced, ubiquitous anti-aging wearable and sun exposure tracker once it is launched. Other UV rays trackers on the market differ from it in that they are mainly wrist worn rigid electronics. They limit you from using the device on the body part that you are most concerned with. Furthermore, it is impossible to apply any product on the device making it difficult for you to know the true level of protection.
The patch reminds you about any possibility of sun-induced skin damage as well as the need to protect your skin. Their usability approach is that you have to take a photo and upload it to a mobile app. The app will give you more information about your personal exposure to UV rays.
The future expectation from L’Oréal is an advanced skin patch that will measure most of potential anti-aging applications such as the level of hydration, skin temperature, and skin elasticity. Their aim is to produce a skincare device that will provide the wearer with personalized beauty advice on the UV exposure, skin moisture level and the best products to use to improve their skin complexion.
2. Feeligreen’s Anti-Aging Patch
Feeligreen’s anti-aging patch is a skin-like patch that has potential anti-aging benefits produced by the French startup Feeligreen. It treats the aging signs through the use of microcurrent technology. It works by diffusing topical medication and beauty products into the skin. The development of the patch combined expertise in chemistry, microelectronics, printed electronics, and galenic development. The company benefited from advanced solar development in the recent evolution in printed electronics as well as low-power communication electronics.
The patch is only a couple of millimeters thick and it features a compact module that powers the micro-current tech. It fits nicely in a bendy second skin plaster. You can apply topical medication or your beauty products on the patch.
It is said to be more potentially effective and more potent. Micro-currents allow effective penetration of water-based products into your skin. The tech is believed to enhance the production of collagen and elastin and improves blood circulation.
The Dermo Patch is estimated to be on market within the next two years. Reports show that Feeligreen might collaborate with L’Oréal among other beauty organizations to produce a wearable tech device.
3. Futuristic Wrinkle-Busting Masks
Futuristic wrinkle-busting masks are another anti-aging wearable’stech that is expected to trend. Wired Beauty’s Phantom of Opera-Esque MAPO is the first known connected beauty mask. It is produced through collaborative efforts of Wired Beauty with prominent Franco-Japanese design studio A+A Cooren.
The device is a soft 3D silicon face mask that has moisture bio-sensors. The sensors are used to sense your skin hydration levels in real time by measuring skin’s electrical resistance, which is related to the water level on its surface. Through measuring the parameter of your skin’s conductivity and use of super-miniaturized bio-sensors, you can detect whether the skin is dehydrated or not. The conductivity is better when your skin holds more moisture.The data is then relayed into an app, which tracks the wearer’s health complexion and offers recommendations to improve on it. The masks also boost patented treatment function. It heats up to enhance effective delivery of moisture and anti-aging serums into the epidermal layer of your skin. A well-hydrated skin is more plump and resilient, thus it is less prone to wrinkles.
Other trending masks are those that deliver LED light therapy to enhance skin rejuvenation process. They are iDerma Face Beautification System, which uses red light to enhance your skin’s renewal process and illuMask, which uses both red and blue light treatment to prevent acne and enhance the rejuvenation process of your skin.
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Conclusion
This is said to be the beginning of the anti-aging wearables. More sophisticated are expected from the wearable techs in years to come. It turns,they will be the trending skincare devices to turn to for a youthful and wrinkle-free skin in years to come. The beauty industry welcomes the tech for they keep on reminding us about any damage to our skin, the cause of the damage and the need to protect your skin. Let’s embrace technology to enhance our beauty in a more simple and quick way.
