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11 stories
Skin
Red-light masks are everywhere. Sham-controlled trials show modest wrinkle improvements with consistent use, but they are small, short and specific to each device.
Technology
Snap’s Specs Intelligence brings anticipatory AI into the wearer’s field of view. LCY examines shopping utility, bodily data, bystander consent and the real cost of ambient computing.
Technology
New face-and-body LED systems promise more power and more treatment areas. LCY tests wavelength, dose, clinical evidence and safety boundaries.
Technology
A liquid-cooled hair tool shows that beauty devices are starting to compete on when they remove energy, not only how they deliver it. LCY verdict: hardware storytelling should be followed by independent performance data.
Technology
Alta’s taste-profile approach expands beauty recommendation from skin measurement into prediction of aesthetic identity. LCY verdict: true personalisation should include the user’s right to contradict the algorithm.
Technology
As AI skin tools become more accessible, the line between cosmetic analysis and medical diagnosis is blurring. LCY verdict: tracking and routine suggestions may help; potentially serious findings require human clinical assessment.
Technology
Connected mirrors may store face images, routines and product preferences. Local processing, explicit consent, deletion and third-party sharing belong in the buying decision. A device producing a score does not prove diagnosis or good recommendations; validation, bias, error and privacy matter.
Technology
AR can narrow lipstick or hair-colour choices, but display calibration, lighting and camera processing cannot fully reproduce texture or oxidation. A device producing a score does not prove diagnosis or good recommendations; validation, bias, error and privacy matter.
Technology
Lighting, camera processing, makeup, skin tone and training data can alter pore, pigment and wrinkle scores. Repeatability must come before clinical language. A device producing a score does not prove diagnosis or good recommendations; validation, bias, error and privacy matter.
Technology
A new color-science collaboration targets better complexion matching. The research question is important—but the announcement is not yet a validation result.
Technology
A practical LCY framework for separating useful beauty technology from premature claims by comparing intended use, evidence, safety, privacy and real-world limitations.
