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Curse and Coffee friends,
Today, we explore how AI is being used in beauty tech.
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The Big Sip
Image: LG
The take: Your eye cream is about to start monitoring you.
What happened: LG Household & Health Care won a CES 2026 Innovation Award on 18 November for its AI-powered Hyper Rejuvenating Eye Patch. It's a wearable that analyzes your skin and sends data to your phone.
Why it matters: Consumer electronics companies figured out that selling you a $900 device once is boring. Selling you a device that requires $50/month personalized skincare subscriptions forever? That's the dream. Beauty tech is now hardware-driven skin surveillance with a recurring revenue model.
What to watch: CES 2026 opens on 6 January in Las Vegas. Watch whether Samsung or Panasonic announces competing beauty wearables. If they do, every major electronics manufacturer will be racing to stick sensors on your face and charge you monthly for the privilege.
Your wrinkles are now a subscription service.
You’ll soon have an AI judging your skin.
Sponsor Break
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