Updated August 31, 2026
This is where a lot of red light marketing quietly overreaches. The antibacterial effect that helps acne comes from blue light around 415nm, not from red. A red-and-near-infrared mask may help inflammation, but if a device has no blue mode it is not an acne device, and we say so rather than padding the list.
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Registered is not cleared. BON CHARGE lists this as an FDA registered device and carries the standard no-disease disclaimer, so treat the marketing more cautiously than with the cleared masks.
The acne sibling of the Contour Face. Buy it for breakouts, not for lines, because there is no near-infrared in this one at all.
Shark's own spec sheet lists blue as 630nm, which is a typo, an independent LED device designer measured it at 415nm. Peak draw is 35W with 16.92W in normal operation.
FDA cleared under K230042 for wrinkles and acne. Qure is one of the few brands that prints its 510(k) number, which counts for something, but the missing irradiance spec still leaves a gap.
The convenience pick thanks to a three minute cycle and dual red plus blue modes. The rigid shell is the trade-off against flexible silicone rivals.
Emitter count is not dose. Without a published mW/cm2 you cannot tell whether 648 lights beats a 132 LED mask that states 30 mW/cm2.
A light bulb rather than a panel, and priced accordingly. Worth listing because its measured output sits unusually close to the brand's own figure, which is rare at any price.
The most internally contradictory product page we have catalogued. Four incompatible wavelength claims on one page means no buyer can know what they are getting.