CurrentBody Series 2 vs iRestore Illumina face mask

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This comparison is really a lesson in how to read a brand's clearance history, which is a skill worth more than any single purchase decision.

Quick picks

The short answer

#	Product	Best for	FDA clearance	Price
1	CurrentBody Skin LED Light Therapy Mask Series 2 The one to buy	a facial device with facial clearance	Located	Check price on Amazon #ad How we are funded
2	iRestore Illumina Face Mask Clearances, but for a different product	nobody buying a face mask	Not located	Check price on Amazon #ad How we are funded

Prices are checked live and stamped with the date they were read. No live price is held for these listings right now, so every button reads “Check price on Amazon” rather than showing a number we cannot stand behind. Last price check: October 13, 2026.

Search iRestore in the FDA database and you get a healthy-looking list: K151662 (2016), K183417 (2019), K213094 (2021) and K222081 (2022). A company with four clearances looks like a company that takes regulation seriously, and on its own terms it is.

Read the product code on each and the picture changes. All four are OAP: low-level laser systems for hair growth. That is a scalp indication, reviewed against scalp evidence, for devices worn on the head to address hair loss.

None of it says anything about a facial wrinkle indication. A clearance is specific to a device and an indication; it does not transfer across a product line. This is the single most common way brand clearance records get misread by buyers, and sometimes by publishers.

We do not know, and neither does anyone else outside the company. It may be well built. The company clearly understands light-emitting devices and has navigated the FDA four times. None of that is nothing.

What we can say is that it publishes no wavelength list, no diode count, no irradiance and no session protocol that we could verify, and that its clearance history does not cover this product category. Against a device with a model-specific clearance and a published protocol, that is not a close call.

In detail

Every pick, and why

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The one to buy

CurrentBody Skin LED Light Therapy Mask Series 2

CurrentBody · Best for a facial device with facial clearance

K250966 covers this exact mask under the wrinkle-reduction code. Three wavelengths, flexible silicone, a published protocol. Everything you would want to check is checkable.

The three-wavelength silicone mask that made CurrentBody the default recommendation, and the one device in this comparison whose exact 510(k) we can cite.

Specifications

Wavelengths	633 nm red, 830 nm near-infrared, 1072 nm deep near-infrared
LEDs	236 bulbs
Irradiance	Not published by the manufacturer
Session	10 minutes, 3-5 times a week
Clearance	K250966, 25 June 2025, product code OHS

FDA clearance located

510(k) K250966 (CurrentBody Skin LED Light Therapy Mask Series 2, model MK-90H, cleared 25 June 2025, applicant Shenzhen Kaiyan Medical Equipment Co., Ltd., product code OHS - light-based over-the-counter wrinkle reduction).

What works

• A 510(k) number we located for this exact model and can cite
• Three wavelengths including 1072 nm
• Nearly twice the diode count of the Omnilux

What does not

• No irradiance figure published anywhere, so diode count cannot be converted into delivered dose
• No blue light on this model
• Superseded in the lineup by the Series 3, which affects resale and support horizon

Specifications from CurrentBody product page; FDA 510(k) K250966, checked 13 October 2026.

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Clearances, but for a different product

iRestore Illumina Face Mask

iRestore · Best for nobody buying a face mask

iRestore holds K151662, K183417, K213094 and K222081 - all low-level laser hair-growth systems under product code OAP. We found no record for a face mask. The company has regulatory experience in a category that is not this one.

A face mask from a company whose core business, and whose entire clearance history, is laser hair regrowth.

Specifications

Wavelengths	Red and near-infrared
Irradiance	Not published
Clearance	None located for the face mask

FDA clearance not located

No 510(k) record located for an iRestore face mask. The brand's clearances on file are all low-level laser hair-growth systems (K151662, K183417, K213094, K222081, product code OAP).

What works

• The company has genuine regulatory experience, just not for this product category
• Usually one of the cheaper full-face options
• Simple single-button operation

What does not

• No located clearance for the mask
• No published irradiance
• Hair-growth clearances say nothing about a facial wrinkle indication

Specifications from FDA 510(k) database query, device_name:irestore, 13 October 2026, checked 13 October 2026.

Brands with legitimate clearances in one category sometimes extend into another without one. It is not deceptive in itself - plenty of products are legally sold without a 510(k) - but it does mean the reassurance you take from seeing “FDA cleared” on a brand's website may be attached to a product you are not buying.

Our clearance roundup lists every record we located, with its product code, precisely so this is checkable at a glance.