Therabody · TheraFace
A handheld cold-and-heat wand for the face, at $169.99. Therabody publishes all six temperature setpoints in both scales, which is more than it publishes for most of its thermal range — and then stops short on the two figures a buyer would check next.
Price
$169.99
Heat range
35–42 °C
Cold range
14–10 °C
Battery
38 min
Verdict
Buy it if
Six setpoints, each published in Celsius and Fahrenheit: heat at 35, 38 and 42 °C, cold at 14, 12 and 10 °C. Therabody’s RecoveryTherm line publishes no temperature at all, and the TheraCup publishes nothing. For a thermal device in this catalogue, that is unusually complete.
Think twice if
The published runtime is 38 minutes. Therabody’s own recommended protocol runs 8 to 10 minutes per session, so that is roughly four sessions between charges — and the charge time is not published anywhere on the product page, so there is no figure for how long the wait is.
Know before you buy
Therabody tags six products as HSA/FSA accepted at checkout. The Depuffing Wand is not one of them. If you were planning to spend benefits money here, check with your plan first — our FSA and HSA guide covers what actually decides it.
Specification
| Price | $169.99 |
| Heat settings | 35 °C (95 °F) · 38 °C (100 °F) · 42 °C (108 °F) |
| Cold settings | 14 °C (57 °F) · 12 °C (54 °F) · 10 °C (50 °F) |
| Battery runtime | 38 minutes |
| Weight | 112 g (3.95 oz) |
| Dimensions | 6 in × 1.5 in |
| In the box | Wand, travel cap, USB-C charging cable |
| Colours | White; Indigo and Peach as limited editions |
| Warranty | 1 year limited |
| Vibration or massage frequency | Not published |
| Charge time | Not published |
| Tip material | Not published |
| Time to reach temperature | Not published |
| Water or IP rating | Not published |
Where a row reads not published, Therabody does not disclose it. Figures quoted elsewhere for those rows are estimates rather than manufacturer data. Therabody adds its own caveat to the temperatures: “Exact temperatures may vary depending on environmental factors and the length and duration of consecutive treatment sessions.”
Product images
Manufacturer photography. No unit has been sent to us, so none of these are our own images.
Regulatory
Regulatory
The product page carries an “FDA Registered” badge. Registration means a company has listed itself and its device with the FDA — a filing that involves no review of whether the device is safe or whether it works. A 510(k) clearance is a different thing: the FDA reviews a submission and issues a K-number anyone can look up. Therabody’s own JetBoots PRO Plus has one, K241256. This does not, and none is published.
Therabody describes the wand as “clinically proven to depuff, diminish dark circles and enhance skin’s radiance.” It publishes more about that testing than most brands do — subject counts of 57 and 58, a stated protocol of heat then cold over 8 to 10 minutes, and the instruments used, a Cutometer and VISIA-CR imaging. What it does not publish is a journal, a date, or an author, so there is nothing to look up and nothing to check. Read the percentages as the manufacturer’s own figures from its own testing.
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