Our Beauty Editor’s review of the Shark CryoGlow Clinic Face + Body

LED masks are big business. According to Forbes, the global red light therapy market reached $440 million in 2025. With so many different versions on sale, from high-end to (suspiciously) low-end, new launches need to be genuinely exciting to stand out.

Enter Shark’s CryoGlow Clinic Face + Body, an innovative all-in-one LED mask system to treat not just your face, but your chest, back and hands too. It launches on Wednesday 9th September, with the waiting list live now. The launch is ever-so-slightly controversial timing-wise, as the brand only launched their CryoGlow Plus mask in July, (an upgrade on the original Shark CryoGlow) and it does feel a bit much to release an upgrade just weeks later. Shark’s answer? They’re so proud of the new developments that they didn’t want to deliberately withhold a brilliant product from their customers for the sake of a spot-on launch calendar.

Ringing in at £549.99 for the full light therapy system, including a face mask and the add-on body panel, it’s not a small investment. So can it justify its price tag? I put it to the test to find out…

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Our beauty editor’s review of the Shark CryoGlow Clinic Face + Body

Shark CryoGlow Clinic Face + Body features

As I’ve already mentioned, the most exciting thing about the Shark CryoGlow Clinic is that it’s not just an LED mask for the face, but comes with a multi-use body panel for your neck and chest, back and hands too. It ties round your neck with a choker-like strap for your chest and back, or can be turned into a little tabletop tent shape (picture a nail salon gel lamp) for your hands. There are already LED hand masks on the market, but nothing this sophisticated, or that allows you to (delete as appropriate) scroll/change the channel/eat your dinner with the other hand at the same time. One of my first questions was what if you already have a Shark LED face mask? In this case, you can buy the body panel separately for £249 (the Shark CryoGlow Clinic mask also retails separately for £379). If you are buying them individually, the only small downside is that you’ll have two remotes rather than operating them both on the same one.

Both the face mask and the body panel have three light modes: red, infrared and blue. Blue is for blemishes, and the key difference between red and infrared is that red light works more on the surface to reverse signs of ageing, while infrared goes a little deeper. It’s not as simple as just selecting your light mode though – there are 17 signature routine options, letting you mix and match programmes across face and body.

The other big selling point versus the original CryoGlow is that the CryoGlow Clinic has 170 LED bulbs instead of 160. The new bulbs are also 2x more powerful than the original, giving you quicker results with the same treatment time.

A piece of customer feedback Shark have taken on board is that while the cooling under-eye setting is a treat for bleary, puffy morning eyes, it doesn’t feel quite right for the evening. Enter the hot-and-cold contrast therapy add-on. Inspired by the trend for cycling between teeth-chattering wild swimming and sweaty saunas, it’s a nice way to reset your eyes after squinting at a screen all day.

Shark CryoGlow Clinic Face + Body design

One of the things you should know about LED masks is that not all of them are created equal, and one key element that separates the wheat from the chaff is the placement of the bulbs – you want them to overlap so no areas are left untreated, but not overlap too much to overheat the skin. You also have to be really consistent to see results, so your LED mask needs to be comfortable to avoid being relegated to the dusty back of the wardrobe.

Shark’s new CryoGlow Clinic ticks both of these boxes. Rather than switching to a soft mask, they have stuck with their recognisable ‘glow shell’ face mask design for optimum distribution of light across the skin. If an LED mask sits flush to your face, you’re just getting dotted coverage where the lights touch your skin. But if you move it 15mm away, as the Shark CryoGlow Clinic does, the dots overlap for even light distribution. Shark advises that the under-eye patches should touch the skin, which aligns the placement of the rest of the mask perfectly.

With the body panel, rubber ‘bumpers’ on the side work to hold the device slightly away from the skin. Both parts are really comfortable to wear, and although the face mask is a bit heavier than my current LED mask from another brand, the T-shaped strap at the back makes it easy to get a nice snug fit.

How does the Shark CryoGlow Clinic Face + Body perform?

According to early clinical trial data, it takes between four and six weeks to see results from the Shark CryoGlow Clinic on the face, and between eight and twelve weeks on the body. The reason it takes longer on the body is that the makeup of our skin and its oil production levels differ between the face and the body. I have only managed to test mine for a couple of weeks, so I’m excited to see an improvement once I hit the four-week mark.

As a device, it’s really easy to use. Compared to my current LED mask, which only has two settings, on or off, it feels very high-tech to have a remote to select your specific programme. I also really like that you can vary the settings between face and body if, for example, you wanted to tackle signs of ageing on your complexion at the same time as treating a backne flare-up. Once you’ve started the programme, the remote counts down to tell you how long you have left – a handy feature that means I can save my husband the horror of walking in on me looking like an extra in Dr Who by shouting how long I’ve got left to go.

My only gripe would be that it is noisy – a bit like putting your face inside a fan on a low setting. I like to wear my mask while watching TV, and this does mean I need to crank the volume right up to hear it over the top. Not the end of the world by any means (and actually another good warning sign for my husband), but just something to be aware of.

Shark CryoGlow Clinic Face + Body: My verdict

Good LED masks are expensive, and my advice to anyone who asks me which one to buy is always the same: don’t invest unless you’re going to commit to using it. It’s a very costly and quite bulky ornament if you haven’t got the patience to wait to see results. If you are willing to commit and can stomach the £549.99 price tag, I do think Shark is leading the charge in terms of clinical trials, innovation and user experience.

Your average LED mask doesn’t necessarily feel like a treat to use, but the hot and cold setting has changed that, making it much more enjoyable with instant results too. As for the body, it’s a fuss-free way to enjoy the benefits of LED in those often neglected, early-to-age areas like your hands and neck. In short, it's a game-changing mask system that’s well worth the splurge if you can stomach the cost.