One of the best side-effects of being a beauty writer is having friends and family ask me about products and treatments: Do they work? Are they worth it? What should I use? Lately, these talks always circle back to one thing, devices. Specifically, microcurrent devices à la NuFACE or ZIIP. The same questions are asked: Do they work? Are they worth it? But there also tend to be other questions, like how do they work? What are the risks? Even though I’ve owned a NuFACE for years, I really didn’t know the answers. Thus began my deep dive into the world of microcurrent. I got into it with dermatologists, estheticians, acupuncturists, and manufacturers. I consulted medical journals and ancient texts, and I even had a treatment done, all to bring you, me, and everyone we know the exhaustive guide on microcurrent.A Little HistoryWhile these devices may seem trendy, one of the first known uses of electricity as bodily treatment goes as far back as the 1st century AD when Roman physician Scribo...
