This $1,700 LED Mask Feels More Like Punishment Than Self-Care

Wearing the Pro by Déesse Pro is like cosplaying the Phantom of the Opera—if the Phantom had better LED coverage and $1,700 to spare. With 770 lights, six treatment modes, and four wavelengths, it looks like the most advanced LED mask on the market.

But after six weeks of consistent use, I wouldn’t recommend it. It’s uncomfortable, inconvenient, and delivers results that are far less impressive than its theatrics.

Missing the Basics

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The Pro is a hard-shell LED mask with six treatment modes: Anti-Aging, Purifying, Brightening, Post Procedure, Calming, and Anti-Aging Express. Sessions can be customized by adjusting the duration or adding red-light therapy. With 770 LEDs, it outnumbers any mask I’ve tested (Therabody’s Theraface Mask has 648), but more bulbs doesn’t mean better results.

Déesse Pro touts its 770 LEDs, six treatment modes, and the inclusion of green-light therapy (more on this later) as proof of superiority. But the company hasn’t published any clinical trials or results to back its claims. Instead, its website features anonymous before-and-after photos with no context or background information. The mask also isn’t FDA-cleared in the US.

Six treatment modes sounds intriguing, but in practice, I only ended up using three. Mode 4 is billed as a post-procedure setting, but it’s simply a combination of red, near-infrared, and blue light; that’s a combination most masks bundle into a general treatment cycle. Labeling it Post-Procedure actually made me less likely to use it. The Anti-Aging Express mode is also essentially a shortened version of the standard anti-aging mode, which feels redundant, considering you can adjust the lengths of sessions.

I followed the brand’s recommended regimen—two to four sessions a week—for optimal results. Despite the consistency for six weeks, the payoff was underwhelming. My skin tone and acne breakouts looked no different than usual. I wasn’t expecting a total makeover, but for $1,700 and hours of my life, I anticipated visible results.