This thing is just plain terrifying. That’s all we have to say.
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Pretty disturbing with the sound off!
Sweet!! I remember these infomercials, who needs the death penalty when you can zap yourself at home!
Oh good god. I’ve had to use those “tiny little impulses” used on my leg in physical therapy and they hurt like hell. I can’t imagine what it’s like on the face.
This must have been the inspiration for the “Insta-tuck” in the Eddie Murphy move Holy Man.
Did anyone else notice that those people didn’t blink at all?
but the real question is: does it work?
Does it come with a hatchet so you can go on your murderous rampage while you tone and rejuvinate your face?
Creepy. Just creepy.
It’s not enough that you’re electrocuting your face, but you get to do it with a strange mask on.
Don’t use it with small children or animals around…
i think is hot…
When you’re done vibrating your face, you can rob a bank incognito!
I can just picture that mask being used in some low budget horror movie….
@newlywed: Yes, zaps from a 9-volt cause human skin to be “tighter, toned, youthful-looking, fresher, more vibrant, and glowy.” But apparently it only works on young women wearing lots of makeup.
@mcjake: Are you talking about a TENS unit?
I don’t see how this can be safe. Sending electricity into your face, near your eyes, just sounds like a horrible idea.
They look like that guy who got impaled in the spiky-wrestling thing in Flash Gordon.
Now I’m all turned on.
That’s the 2nd most frightening thing I’ve seen in the past 4 hours.
Like girly, I watched this muted, and will probably have nightmares for weeks. The first scene of the slow zoom-in on the twitching eye behind the mask. *shudder*
It’s like watching an infomercial version of Les Yeux Sans Visage
It makes your skin younger with bull and transforms you into a serial B movie killer!
Amazing!
@newlywed: No the best quesion is, “Will it blend?”
@Froggmann: For sure…
I think I saw that mask in the film “The Man In The Iron Mask” – but I could be mistaken!
Also, why would anyone want to use something that is pretty much like electrocuting yourself over a long term basis?
Looks like the movie, “Eyes Without a Face.”