TheraFace PRO Review, Percussion and Microcurrent in One Handle
Medically reviewed by
4 independent reviewers
Andrew Conrad Barile, PT, DPT
Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) | Licensed Physical Therapist (PT) | CEO and Founder, Xtreem Pulse LLC
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Dr. Andrew Conrad Barile is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and the CEO and Founder of Xtreem Pulse LLC, the engineering company behind PureLift. He earned his Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Daemen College and is a licensed physical therapist.
He brings over two decades of clinical and entrepreneurial experience across physical therapy, craniosacral therapy and medical device innovation, built on a working knowledge of human anatomy and muscle physiology.
For PureLift LAB he reviews how current is delivered across all ten levels, from sub-sensory nanocurrent and skin-level microcurrent to motor-level EMS, and how the Infuse pass fits into the same ten-minute routine.
Bertica M. Rubio, M.D.
Board-Certified Physician, Dartmouth Medical School | Medical Director, Antiaging Regenerative Medicine Clinic
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Dr. Bertica M. Rubio is a board-certified physician and Medical Director of the Antiaging Regenerative Medicine Clinic in Redlands, California. She earned her Doctor of Medicine from Dartmouth Medical School and completed her pediatrics residency at UC Irvine Medical Center.
With decades of clinical experience, she specialises in age management medicine, regenerative medicine, wound healing and growth factor therapies, and her practice integrates evidence-based medical science with advanced aesthetic treatment.
For PureLift LAB she reviews articles for medical accuracy across the whole dial, from the gentle nanocurrent and microcurrent settings through to muscle-level EMS and the Infuse pass.
Daniel Grinberg, MD, FACS
Board-Certified Otolaryngologist | Head and Neck Surgeon | Fellow, American College of Surgeons | Mount Sinai
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Daniel Grinberg, MD, FACS is a board-certified otolaryngologist and head and neck surgeon at ENT and Allergy Associates in West Nyack, New York. He earned his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
He completed his otolaryngology residency at New York University Medical Center, serves as Assistant Clinical Professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and is a Fellow of both the American College of Surgeons and the American Academy of Otolaryngology.
For PureLift LAB he brings a wider clinical lens, connecting at-home facial stimulation from microcurrent to EMS to the anatomy underneath, with the same rigour we apply to every device specification.
Prof. Dr. med. Ivo Buschmann
Chair of Angiology, Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg | Clinic Director, University Clinic for Angiology
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Prof. Dr. med. Ivo Buschmann is Chair of Angiology at the Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg Theodor Fontane and Clinic Director of the University Clinic for Angiology at the Brandenburg University Hospital.
He trained at the University of Hamburg, was a Max Planck Society Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, and held senior consultant posts at the Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin before his appointment as Chair in 2016.
One of Europe's leading authorities on arteriogenesis, with over 150 peer-reviewed publications and US and EU patents, he reviews for PureLift LAB how the evidence on electrical stimulation is read and where its limits lie.
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TheraFace PRO is $419.99 and does more separate jobs than anything else in the category, which is genuinely its strength.
This review covers what you get for that, such as:
- The percussion attachment, which no rival matches
- What 500 microamps of microcurrent means
- The red and blue light, and its wavelengths
- Which facial layer it does not reach
and many more!
We sell a competing device, so every figure here is sourced and the limits are stated in both directions.
Key Points:
Percussion is the genuinely distinctive attachment and nothing else in this price band offers it.
Microcurrent runs at 500 microamps, which stays below the point where a facial muscle contracts.
Therabody does not print that figure on its own site, so it comes from its FDA clearance documents.
Red at 633 nm and blue at 415 nm run one at a time rather than together.
Conductive gel is $29.99 and is a recurring cost.
What it is
TheraFace PRO is Therabody's move into facial devices, and it carries over the thinking that made the Theragun successful, one handle with interchangeable attachments.
At $419.99 it sits at the top of the microcurrent price band, above FOREO BEAR 2 at $399, NuFACE Trinity+ at $395 and ZIIP Halo at $399.99.
It is made in China and carries FDA clearance records K212155 and K212238.
The percussion attachment
This is the part worth crediting properly, because no other facial device in this price range offers percussive therapy and Therabody knows how to build it.
For anyone who carries tension in the jaw or the temples, that attachment is a real and pleasant benefit that a current-based device does not provide.
Percussion works on tension and comfort rather than on facial structure, so it belongs alongside the other things it does rather than as an answer to sagging.
The microcurrent
TheraFace PRO delivers 500 microamps, which is a respectable figure for the microcurrent category and higher than ZIIP Halo at 309 or NuFACE Trinity+ at 170 to 200.
Worth noting where that number came from, since Therabody does not print an output figure on its own product pages and the 500 microamp figure is taken from its FDA clearance documentation.
Five hundred microamps is half a milliamp, and it sits below the motor threshold, the point at which current fires the nerve that drives a facial muscle (Ward 2009).
So the microcurrent works at skin level, where laboratory work shows defined small currents change how skin cells behave and small facial studies report smoother texture and softer lines (Saniee 2012).
The light
Red at 633 nm and blue at 415 nm are both on board, which is more than most devices at this price offer.
They run one at a time rather than together, so a face with both fine lines and breakouts needs two passes rather than one.
Blue light at any wavelength can leave dark marks on medium and deeper skin tones, so start low regardless of the device.
The running cost
Therabody's conductive gel is $29.99, which is at the lower end of this category since FOREO's serum is $59 and ZIIP's gels run to $130.
It is still a recurring charge attached to the purchase, so add twelve months of it to the sticker price before comparing against anything.
Who it suits
If you want the largest number of separate treatments in one handle and you value the percussion, this is the device to buy and nothing else does that combination.
If your concerns are texture, dullness, occasional breakouts and jaw tension, it covers all four, which is a genuinely good fit.
If your concern is a softening jawline, that change lives in the muscle layer and 500 microamps does not reach it, which is a physics limit rather than a criticism of the build quality.
The declared comparison
We make PureLift, so read this as an interested party's account and check the numbers.
PureLift Face is $499, publishes 7 mA at 500 ohms under FDA record K190269, and runs nanocurrent at level 1, microcurrent at level 2, EMS from level 3 to 10 and an Infuse pass carrying Infusion and iontophoresis.
Seven milliamps is 7,000 microamps, so the difference against 500 is roughly fourteenfold, and what matters about that gap is which side of the motor threshold it lands on rather than the ratio itself.
PureLift has no percussion attachment and no light below GLOW, so TheraFace PRO does two things PureLift Face does not.
No randomised trial has compared these two devices, so the comparison rests on published specifications rather than a measured result.
The verdict
A well-built multi-tool from a company that understands attachments, at a fair price, with an output figure you have to look up rather than read.
Buy it for breadth and for the percussion, and buy something else if reaching the muscle layer is the reason you are shopping.
Competitor prices and specifications verified in September 2026 against each brand's own website and, where the brand publishes no figure, its FDA clearance documents.