What to Look for When Purchasing Microcurrent Equipment

Microcurrent technology ranges in price from simple home-use devices at $300 to sophisticated professional equipment at $10,000 or more. The differences are based on the number and quality of features the machine offers. Whatever you decide, proper hands-on training is essential to understanding your machine’s treatment guidelines, adjusting settings if needed and determining that you are administering the proper output at all times.

• Depending on your preference, a machine can be purchased that is either preprogrammed with the manufacturer’s suggested settings or provides the ability to program it yourself.
• The more expensive machines provide you with controls that allow you to compensate for differences in skin resistance, to have a visual and audio feedback system that allows you to search diagnostically for high-conductance points and a way to inform you if you have a sound connection.
• The ideal unit will also provide a variety of tools that will enable you to offer a broad range of face and body treatments. This might include probe and pad electrodes and gloves.
• When purchasing a machine, look for a technology that allows for the maximum variability in choice of frequency, current and waveform.
• The human body and its electrical grid are very intelligent. With repeated use of the same frequency and waveform, the body may build up a resistance, reducing the effectiveness of the treatment, causing a plateau in results. Alternating wavelengths and frequencies is the best technique to sustain ATP production.
• There are also machines that offer a combination of microcurrent and LED that work synergistically to achieve optimum results for various skin types.