8 High-Tech Tools to Make Menopause a Little Easier

The tweezers getting more action lately? This at-home IPL device is designed to reduce unwanted hair with consistent use. Adaptive skin sensing adjusts treatment intensity, while sapphire cooling helps keep sessions comfortable. Dedicated face and body modes let you tailor treatments to different areas. Check the brand’s compatibility chart first: IPL works best on dark hair and fair skin, making those gray chin hairs a different project.

When familiar products no longer seem to be doing enough, a red light mask can add another step for fine lines and firmness. CurrentBody’s Series 3 combines six wavelengths across 750 LEDs in 10-minute sessions, with preset modes for different skin concerns. The brand reports improvements in wrinkles, elasticity and brightness in independent testing. It’s an easy format for regular treatment at home, with gradual results that build over several weeks. For deeper menopause-related changes, such as volume loss, an LED mask can be one part of a broader plan.

For a midlife routine that includes muscle recovery and body skin care, this wireless device combines four technologies in one. Electrical muscle stimulation, or EMS, prompts muscle contractions, while TENS is designed to provide temporary relief of minor muscle discomfort. Red and near-infrared light help improve skin and post-workout recovery. Adjustable sessions run 10 to 20 minutes per area on the abdomen, arms, thighs and other body zones. Think of it as an addition to your workout and body-care routine, with no menopause-specific benefit established.

Oura Ring 5 (from $399, plus $5.99 monthly membership)

“I slept, but I’m still exhausted” is easier to unpack with a little information behind it. Oura tracks sleep, activity and physiological signals to help reveal patterns across days and weeks. The Ring 5 has a smaller profile than its predecessor, making it comfortable to keep on overnight. Its real value here is the record: noticing how restless nights, daily habits and recovery line up can make conversations with a clinician more specific. It’s a tracking tool rather than a menopause test, and the trends are most useful alongside how someone actually feels.

Kegels sound simple until it’s time to figure out whether the right muscles are doing the work. Perifit Care+ uses sensors and real-time feedback to turn pelvic floor contractions into an app-based game. The screen responds as muscles engage, helping make the technique easier to follow and progress easier to track. The app is free, with no subscription, and the brand lists the device as FDA-cleared for urinary incontinence. A pelvic floor assessment is a helpful starting point, since some muscles need relaxation and coordination rather than more strengthening.

For those days when your knees, shoulders or lower back need a little extra attention, this flexible treatment pad combines red light, heat and gentle vibration. It’s designed to temporarily relieve minor muscle and joint pain, stiffness and muscle spasms.

The cordless design straps into place for hands-free, 10-minute sessions, while a free app offers placement guidance, treatment reminders and pain tracking. A compact option for targeted comfort when aches are making your midlife routine less comfortable.

For mornings when the face looks puffier than expected, COOL brings the refreshing part of an ice roller without the freezer step. The device pairs a copper cooling dome with sonic vibration for a soothing facial massage. Its rounded shape moves around the facial contours, with a focus on temporarily reducing the appearance of puffiness and leaving skin looking refreshed.

In the brand’s four-week consumer study, 91 percent of participants reported reduced under-eye bags when using COOL with the included serum. It’s a quick beauty-routine addition, whether puffiness shows up during midlife or after an occasional restless night.

A widening part is a good reason to talk with a dermatologist, and a light-based device may be one option for female pattern hair loss. Like other hair tools that use light, iRESTORE brings treatment home in a wearable format. The Professional combines 82 lasers and 200 LEDs, with 25-minute sessions every other day.

The brand lists it as FDA-cleared for specified stages of pattern hair loss, including certain stages in women, and skin phototypes I to IV. Plan on months of consistent use, with a dermatologist helping confirm the cause of thinning and whether this model suits the scalp and skin type.