01 / The basics
What is CryoGlow LED Face Mask?
Shark Beauty combines red, blue and infrared LED light therapy with under-eye cooling via its InstaChill technology, controlled with a USB-C remote.
- Best for
- At-home red, blue and infrared light therapy
- Added to the edit
- 2025-01
02 / Review
What should you know about the technology?
CryoGlow combines two things most at-home devices treat separately: light therapy and cooling. Its iQLED system uses 160 tri-wick LEDs — 480 individual light points — delivering red (630nm), blue and infrared (830nm) wavelengths across four treatment modes: Better Aging (red + infrared, 6 minutes), Skin Clearing (blue + infrared + red, 8 minutes), Skin Sustain (a maintenance blend of all three, 4 minutes), and Under-Eye Revive, a cooling-focused mode usable multiple times a day for 5–15 minutes. The InstaChill system adds clip-on chill pads with three adjustable temperature levels, worn at the same time as the LED treatment, controlled via a remote with an LCD display and charged over USB-C.
03 / Review
What should you know about the clinical backing?
The device is FDA-cleared and was developed in partnership with board-certified dermatologists. In a 12-week clinical study of 119 adult participants — with a 59-person sub-cohort specifically testing the Skin Clearing mode for acne — expert dermatological graders found clearer skin and reduced breakouts by week 4 with once-daily Skin Clearing use, and firmer skin with improved fine lines by week 8 with once-daily Better Aging use, with results tracked through week 16 in ongoing maintenance mode.
04 / Review
What should you know about the reviews?
Shark Beauty is a beauty-device offshoot of SharkNinja, the appliance company best known for vacuums and kitchen technology, applying that same engineering approach to skincare devices. Speaking to trade outlet Glossy, Shark Beauty’s Danielle Lessing explained the reasoning behind combining light and cooling in one device: "We realized that existing skin-care solutions were single-minded and narrow in what they did." As of December 2025, Circana named Shark Beauty the #1 skincare facial devices brand in the US, with CryoGlow cited as the category’s top-selling device.
Independent press has taken notice. Tom’s Guide’s review is headlined "Shark CryoGlow review: It really works." Who What Wear ran a 67-day hands-on test and called it "a multifaceted device that reduces acne, stimulates collagen, eases fine lines," and CNN Underscored published a long-term review after more than a year of use. At $349.99, it also undercuts comparable devices — Therabody’s TheraFace Mask runs $599 and Dr. Dennis Gross’s DRx SpectraLite FaceWare Pro runs $455 — while adding the built-in cooling most competitor masks don’t offer at all.
05 / How to use it
How should you use CryoGlow LED Face Mask?
- 01Select a treatment mode via the remote: Better Aging, Skin Clearing, Skin Sustain or Under-Eye Revive
- 02Use once daily for the LED treatment modes, per the clinical study protocol
- 03The Under-Eye Revive cooling mode can be used multiple times a day, for 5–15 minutes as needed
06 / Quick facts
What should you know before choosing CryoGlow LED Face Mask?
- —iQLED technology: 160 tri-wick LEDs delivering red (630nm), blue and infrared (830nm) light across four treatment modes
- —Paired with InstaChill cooling — clip-on chill pads with three adjustable temperature levels for under-eye depuffing
- —FDA-cleared, developed with board-certified dermatologists, backed by a 12-week, 119-participant clinical study
- —$349.99 — undercutting Therabody’s TheraFace Mask ($599) and Dr. Dennis Gross’s DRx SpectraLite FaceWare Pro ($455)
- —Named the #1-selling skincare facial device in the US by market researcher Circana as of December 2025
- —Reviewed hands-on by CNN Underscored, Tom’s Guide and Who What Wear