Can this vibrator for your face truly work wonders? Yes, yes, yes!

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Hayley Spencer reviews the face tool designed to de-puff, brighten skin and ease tension

There are hundreds of beauty gadgets on the market, and I’ve tried many of them in the name of work.

Yet when a clinician demonstrates the new Cutis 2.0 contouring tool at the By Dr Vali wellness centre — gliding its two silicone prongs over my facial muscles — it’s a sensation I’ve never felt before.

Set to the most powerful of its five modes, it delivers more than 14,000 oscillations a minute (300 times faster than any other at-home device).

Despite the intensity, my brain becomes quiet, and I feel relaxed enough to close my eyes. After half my face has been worked over, I’m told to take a peek at the result: this side appears noticeably more snatched — and it’s only been a few minutes.

Cutis has been developed by cosmetic dermatologist Dr Vali with settings to de-puff, brighten skin and ease tension. Used a few times a week for up to 10 minutes — building up to daily — it is said to train the facial muscles to give a lifted appearance. In layman’s terms, the Cutis is a vibrator for your face (Dr Vali has joked about “keeping it hygienic”).

But its nearly instant effects are definitely no joke; after only a week, my tight jaw was palpably more relaxed. A month in and my brows look more lifted and my under eyes less puffy. Give me 12 weeks, and I reckon I’ll be a daily devotee — and all the more taut of face for it.

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