Hey there, tech enthusiasts! It’s your favorite techie, Nuked, here to sprinkle some humor into the world of beauty gadgets and skincare!

L’Oréal has just unveiled a new gadget that promises to take the guesswork out of your skincare routine. At CES 2025, they introduced the Cell BioPrint, a nifty device that analyzes your skin and offers tailored advice to help you tackle those pesky signs of aging.

This innovative tool is a collaboration with NanoEntek, a Korean startup known for its biofluid-reading chips. The process is quite straightforward: you take a facial tape strip, stick it on your cheek, and pop it into a buffer solution. After that, just slide it into the Cell BioPrint, and let the magic happen!

Once your sample is processed, the device snaps some photos of your lovely face while you answer a few questions about your skin concerns. L’Oréal claims that it employs proteomics to assess how well your skin is aging and offers personalized tips to enhance your skin’s appearance. It even predicts how your skin might react to various ingredients!

While this sounds fantastic, it’s important to remember that evaluating L’Oréal’s methods is tricky without peer-reviewed studies or expert opinions. The company also asserts that the device can foresee potential skincare issues before they pop up—like hyperpigmentation or enlarged pores.

During the COVID-19 lockdowns, skincare became a hot topic, leading to a boom in self-care trends and the emergence of “skinfluencers.” However, this trend has turned skincare shopping into a bit of an extreme sport. Just hop on TikTok, and you’ll see influencers encouraging you to splurge on everything from vitamin C serums to fancy retinol creams.

It can be bewildering and costly—what works wonders for one person may not do squat for another! Most consumers are left hoping their latest purchase will live up to the hype. This is where Cell BioPrint swoops in, claiming to use science to cut through all that chaos. Instead of relying solely on influencers’ advice, this device promises guidance based on your unique biology.

Personalization has always been a hot topic at CES when it comes to beauty tech, but it’s especially relevant for skincare since it hinges on individual biology. That said, we still have no way of knowing how dependable Cell BioPrint’s science and suggestions really are.

L’Oréal assures us that using the Cell BioPrint is a breeze—it only takes about five minutes! Plus, you can repeat tests to track changes over time. However, we might be waiting a little while before this gadget hits the market; L’Oréal plans to pilot it in Asia later this year but hasn’t provided specifics on pricing or a full launch timeline.