There has been a huge amount of hype around at-home radiofrequency devices. Manufacturers promise firmer skin, fewer wrinkles, increased collagen and a more youthful-looking face — all from a device you can use while sitting on the sofa. But with many of these devices costing somewhere in the region of £300–£500, there's an obvious question: Do they actually work, or are we buying another expensive piece of beauty technology that eventually ends up forgotten in a drawer? I've

There comes a day — and I suspect many women will recognise it — when you look in the mirror and think: Jowls and marionette lines have a habit of creeping up on us. One day you look in the mirror and suddenly think: When did that happen? Your face is still your face. Your eyes are the same. Your smile is the same. But the jawline that once looked fairly straight suddenly isn't quite so straight anymore. There's a little softness either side of the chin. The lines running dow

Can micro current really help with jowls and facial ageing? I look at the evidence, my experience with CACI and at-home devices, and what these treatments can and can't -realistically do

At some point during my ongoing quest to age well without turning my bathroom into a private dermatology clinic, I discovered LED face masks. You know the ones. You put one on, your face lights up bright red, and for ten minutes, you look as though you've wandered onto the set of a low-budget science-fiction film. The claims, however, are rather more serious. LED — light-emitting diode — therapy, also known in this context as photobiomodulation, uses particular wavelengths of