Korabeauticals V2 Review
4.6/10 overall score for the Korabeauticals V2 Pro
Price: $179.99 sale price, listed regular price $359.99 (korabeauticals.com, checked 2026-10-06) · FDA status: Not FDA-cleared · Last updated 2026-10-06
| Category | Weight | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Safety and regulatory status | 20% | 4/10 |
| Build and engineering | 15% | 4/10 |
| Performance and usability | 15% | 5/10 |
| Value | 15% | 7/10 |
| Customer service and warranty | 15% | 6/10 |
| Data privacy and seller conduct | 10% | 3/10 |
| Evidence and transparency | 10% | 2/10 |
The Korabeauticals V2 is a $179.99 home microneedling pen with 16-needle cartridges, a long warranty and a 90-day money-back guarantee, and much of what its maker says about it is borrowed or unsupported. It has no FDA clearance. Its feature list, its “104% faster” headline and at least one FAQ answer match, close to word for word, the wording of DermapenWorld’s pages for the Dermapen 4, a clinic-only pen that Korabeauticals does not make. What the company actually documents about its own device is thin: a needle spec, a channel rate, a depth dial and a price. It scores well on cost and badly on evidence and privacy. This review is based on documented evidence: nobody at this site has used the device.
Whose features are these?
The decisive fact about the V2 is that its marketing describes another pen.
Korabeauticals’ product page has a section headed “Why Korabeauticals V2” with nine feature tiles. Seven of them repeat tiles on DermapenWorld’s Dermapen 4 page, checked side by side on October 6, 2026:
| Korabeauticals V2 page | Dermapen 4 page |
|---|---|
| “Scar Treatment Setting: 3mm maximum depth with autocalibration of speed and depth to reduce the appearance of scars” | “Scar Treatment Setting: 3mm maximum depth with autocalibration of speed and depth to reduce the appearance of scars.” |
| “Dual Power Operation: Enjoy being able to move freely around your clinic by going cordless, or plug in to a power source.” | “Dual Power Operation: Enjoy being able to move freely around your clinic by going cordless or plug into a power source.” |
| “Built-in RFID Needle Cartridge: Automatic calibration technology for precise, reliable, and drag-free needle penetration.” | Identical wording |
| “AOVN™ Retention Valves: Achieve greater penetration and no dragging with regulated suction release.” | Identical wording |
The homepage does the same. It says the V2 “glides over the skin creating millions of fine, vertical fractional channels up to 104% faster than other microneedling pens” and that “These channels can carry up to 80% more topical nutrients deeper into the skin.” DermapenWorld says the same of the Dermapen 4, sentence for sentence. Neither page cites a test for either number.
This matters for more than originality. Those tiles describe a pen that runs cordless, reads an RFID chip in each cartridge and goes to 3 mm. Korabeauticals’ own instructions describe something else: “Plug your Pen into a power source,” a speed control “located nearest the cord,” a box that “Comes with x2 cartridges and power plug,” and “5 needle depth settings” on a dial. No battery, RFID chip or 3 mm setting appears anywhere in the V2’s own specifications, so we treat those three features as unverified.
Is the Korabeauticals V2 a Dermapen?
No. Dermapen is DermapenWorld’s brand, which its own FAQ writes as “Dermapen™”, and its professional pen is FDA-cleared under the name “DP4 Microneedling device” (our Dermapen 4 review). Korabeauticals is not connected to it in any document we found.
The confusion behind searches like “korabeauticals v2 dermapen” comes from Korabeauticals’ own pages, which use the name in three different ways:
- As a generic word. The FAQ calls the product “Korabeauticals Derma Pen”, and says “The derma pen is safe for all skin types”.
- As a comparison. “Korabeauticals V2 Pen is the best complement for Dermapen clinical procedures.”
- As if it were the brand. The cartridge page sells a “10-pack of professional-grade disposable Dermapen Needle Cartridges for the Korabeauticals V2 device” and says the depth “has been rigorously tested for accuracy, to ensure you achieve the proven results Dermapen is renowned for.” The FAQ, asked “Do I need to be a doctor to perform Dermapen microneedling?”, answers that “you don’t need to be a doctor to be a Dermapen Authorised Treatment Provider”, which is DermapenWorld’s clinic programme, and two answers end with “Dermapen 4 also holds the ISO13485 certificate.”
The PRP answer is another near match. DermapenWorld: “Yes. You can combine Dermapen Treatments™ with PRP. Normally the PRP is applied to the skin directly after the Dermapen™ microneedling procedure for better infusion.” Korabeauticals: “Yes. You can combine with PRP. Normally the PRP is applied to the skin directly after the microneedling procedure for better infusion.”
Who it’s for, and who it isn’t
For: a home user who wants a low first-year cost and a long return window, and who is willing to judge the pen on its own performance rather than its marketing.
Not for: anyone who wants an FDA-cleared device, a published manual, or a seller whose claims can be checked. Anyone who bought on the strength of “RFID”, “cordless” or “3mm” may not be getting those features.
Specs
From korabeauticals.com, checked October 6, 2026. Only figures Korabeauticals states about the V2 itself are listed; the tiles that repeat the Dermapen 4’s wording are left out.
| Korabeauticals V2 Pro | |
|---|---|
| Power | Mains; “Plug your Pen into a power source”, “Dual Voltage 120-240V”. A cordless mode is claimed only in a tile that repeats the Dermapen 4’s wording |
| Depth | “5 needle depth settings, which can be easily adjusted on the dial at the tip of the device”. No range in mm is published. The product photos show a “Needle Length” dial with markings including 0, 0.25, 0.5 and 2.5 |
| Speed | “At full speed, Korabeauticals V2 creates 1,290 micro channels per second”; speed settings not stated |
| Needles | 16 per cartridge, “33-gauge gamma sterilised stainless steel” |
| Cartridge | “sterile disposable needle cartridges”; “designed for single-use only” (FAQ) |
| Backflow | “advanced Backflow technology for enhanced precision and hygiene”; no mechanism described |
| Drive | Not described. “Advanced Oscillating Vertical Needle™” is the name DermapenWorld uses on its Dermapen 4 page |
| In the box | Pen, “x2 cartridges and power plug” |
| Manual | Not published online |
| Warranty | “7-year warranty” |
| Price | $179.99 (listed regular price $359.99) |
Our Derminator 2 review covers why drive design is a buying question. For the V2 it can’t be assessed: the company publishes no motor, linkage or depth-accuracy figure, and the only drive description it uses is borrowed.
FDA status
In Canada, a search of Health Canada’s device database for “Korabeauticals” on October 6, 2026 returned no licence.
The Korabeauticals V2 has no FDA clearance. openFDA searches on October 6, 2026 for “korabeauticals” in the 510(k) database, by device name and applicant, returned no records, which matches our FDA lookup page. Korabeauticals does not claim FDA status anywhere we could find: the product page, homepage and FAQ contain no “FDA”, “approved”, “cleared” or “medical grade” wording.
One FDA record does carry the brand name. The registration and listing database shows a Shenzhen manufacturer listing a product called “Korabeauticals Folliclear” under light-based over-the-counter hair removal. That is a different product type. A registration listing is not a clearance of the pen, and nothing in it mentions microneedling.
The V2’s FAQ lists who should not use it: people with active skin cancer, open wounds, a stainless steel or anesthetic allergy, a bleeding disorder, or who are pregnant, nursing or taking isotretinoin. The same FAQ says the pen can “penetrate the skin without risking scarring”, which no device can promise and which the company does not support with any test. For what clearance means, see microneedling and FDA clearance.
An FDA MAUDE search on October 6, 2026 found no adverse-event reports naming Korabeauticals as brand or manufacturer, or mentioning it in the report text. “Kora” alone returns hundreds of reports, all for an unrelated pacemaker.
What owners say
There isn’t much independent material. PubMed has no study of the device (zero results for “korabeauticals”), and a November 2025 Google snippet for the brand’s Trustpilot page says only “1 person has already reviewed Korabeauticals”; Trustpilot refused our automated request (HTTP 403), so that review is unverified here.
Reddit has a few threads. In r/Microneedling, one titled “Korabeauticals” is shown by Google only in translation; its Swedish snippet says the brand has single-use cartridges and control over depth and speed, and that Korabeauticals is so far highest on the poster’s list, followed by Dr Pen.
We can read thread titles and Google’s snippets only, not the threads themselves, so one owner’s preference is not evidence about the device.
Service, warranty and returns
On paper the terms are generous. The homepage promises a “7 Years Warranty”, and the refund policy explains it: “If the device was purchased within the past 2 years and is found to be defective, we will send a brand new replacement unit free of charge. If more than 2 years have passed, the device must be returned to our facility for repair.” Seven years is also the Dermapen 4’s warranty length.
The money-back guarantee reads: “If it doesn’t give you the results you’re looking for after 90 days, you get your money back. All of it.” The refund policy words it differently, “you may request a full refund after 3 months of use,” and adds that a used device “must also be returned at your own expense” and that return shipping is non-refundable. The guarantee is “Valid on purchases through Korabeauticals.com only.”
A third returns page contradicts both. The site still serves a page titled “Refund and Returns Policy” that opens “This is a sample page” and says returns last “30 days”, “Sale items cannot be refunded” and to email “{email address}”. It is not in the footer menu, but it is in the store’s sitemap and comes up in the site’s own search. The V2 is shown at “50% OFF”, so if that page applied, the pen would be non-refundable.
Contact is a web form; no email address or phone number for support is published on the contact page. Shipping: US orders “are shipped within 1-2 days of purchase”, with free US shipping on orders over $100.
Privacy
The privacy policy is an unfilled Shopify template. It names the site as “abbylabel.myshopify.com”, gives the contact email as “[email address]”, ends “Last updated: [DATE]”, and contains more than 20 bracketed instructions to the store owner, such as “[INSERT OTHER COOKIES OR TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES THAT YOU USE]”. It also includes, unedited, the template’s California section: “Our Site sells Personal Information, as defined by the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018”, followed by placeholders where the categories sold and the opt-out instructions should be. The footer links to a second privacy page with different text. We found no documented data incident.
Who runs it
The terms of service say “This website is operated by Abbylabel”, and the privacy policy gives a business address in Ramat Hasharon, Israel. Two pages on the store, “Our Mission” and “Sustainability”, still show text from an athleisure brand (“© Abbylabel Athletica”, “STRONGER is a Swedish lifestyle brand for women”), and the page titled “Clinical Study” reports a trial of “Auraglow 35% carbamide peroxide” teeth-whitening gel, not the pen. The homepage banner advertises a “7th Anniversary Sale”; the korabeauticals.com domain was registered on January 29, 2023, per the .com registry. The brand may be older than its domain, which we could not verify.
What it really costs
The pen is $179.99 and a 10-pack of cartridges is $24.99 on korabeauticals.com (both checked October 6, 2026), so one cartridge costs $24.99 ÷ 10 = $2.499.
On this site’s standard schedule (one full-face session every 4 weeks, one new cartridge per session, 13 cartridges a year):
- year one = $179.99 + 13 × $2.499 = $179.99 + $32.49 = $212.48
- each later year = 13 × $2.499 = $32.49
Cartridges are sold only in tens. The box includes two, so year one needs 11 more, which means two packs: $179.99 + 2 × $24.99 = $229.97 out of pocket. A cartridge-only order of two packs ($49.98) is under the $100 free-shipping threshold; that shipping charge is unverified.
Scalp use costs more. The product page says “For hair loss, treat every 7–10 days.” At one cartridge per session that is 36 to 52 cartridges a year (365 ÷ 10 and 365 ÷ 7, rounded down), or four to six packs: $99.96 to $149.94 a year. The cartridge page gives a third schedule, “Treat bi-weekly”, which conflicts with the pen page’s “every 4 weeks” for skin.
How it scored
- Safety (4): No clearance and no FDA claim caps it at 6; it loses two points because the safety features it advertises (RFID cartridges, depth autocalibration) are described in another device’s wording and absent from its own specs, and because it claims the pen penetrates “without risking scarring” and is “safe for all skin types”, set against stated gamma-sterilised single-use cartridges and a published contraindication list.
- Build (4): Only the needle spec (16 × 33-gauge) and a channel rate are published; there is no manual, drive description or depth-accuracy figure, and the drive name it uses belongs to DermapenWorld, which is less documentation than the Dr. Pen M8 (5) has.
- Performance (5): A five-setting depth dial and adjustable speed up to 1,290 channels a second, but no depth range in millimetres, no stated speed settings, no public manual, and power that is corded in the instructions and “cordless” in the borrowed tile.
- Value (7): $179.99 plus 13 cartridges at $2.499 comes to $212.48 in year one, with free US shipping on the pen.
- Service (6): A 7-year warranty with free replacement in the first two years and a 90-day money-back guarantee, offset by three conflicting returns texts (one a sample page excluding sale items), form-only contact and no complaint record we could read.
- Privacy (3): An unfilled template naming another store, with no contact email, a “[DATE]”, more than 20 placeholders and a California section saying the site sells personal information with no opt-out details; that is a worse policy than Dr. Pen US’s single placeholder (4).
- Evidence (2): No study, no manual and no clearance, a “Clinical Study” page about teeth-whitening gel, and headline claims (“104% faster”, “80% more topical nutrients”, 3 mm, RFID, cordless) worded exactly as in the Dermapen 4’s marketing.
Alternatives
- Derminator 2: the other corded home device we cover, with a published manual, sensor-checked depth from 0.25 to 2.5 mm and a $186.05 first-year cost. It is not FDA-cleared either, and it accepts no returns.
- Dr. Pen M8S: a cordless pen with a 0–2.5 mm dial and six speeds, about $377 in year one, but covered by Health Canada’s 2021 Dr. Pen advisory.
- Dermapen 4: the pen whose feature list the V2 borrows, FDA-cleared (K221070, as the “DP4 Microneedling device”) for facial acne scars on prescription, and sold only to clinics.
Hair-loss buyers often weigh the first two against the V2:
That r/Haircare thread is titled “Which microneedling pen is best for hair loss ? (Korabeauticals V2, Dr. Pen M8S, or Derminator 2)”. No published study compares the three.
FAQ
Is Korabeauticals FDA approved? No. The V2 has no FDA clearance or approval, and the company does not claim one. The only FDA record with the brand name is a registration listing for a hair-removal product called “Korabeauticals Folliclear”, made by a Shenzhen company, which is a different device.
Is the Korabeauticals V2 a Dermapen? No. Dermapen is DermapenWorld’s brand. Korabeauticals uses the word for its own cartridges and uses text that matches Dermapen 4 marketing, but no document links the two companies.
How deep does the Korabeauticals V2 go? Unverified. The company publishes “5 needle depth settings” but no millimetre range. Its product photos show dial markings up to 2.5, and a tile worded exactly as on the Dermapen 4 page claims 3 mm.
Is Korabeauticals legit? It is a working store with a published warranty and a 90-day guarantee; whether it honours them is not something we could verify. Its product claims, policies and “Clinical Study” page largely repeat another brand’s wording or are unfinished template text, so judge it on its terms of sale, not its marketing.
Can you return the Korabeauticals V2? Yes, under the 90-day money-back guarantee for purchases on korabeauticals.com, though a used device goes back at your own expense and return shipping is not refunded.
Sources
- korabeauticals.com, Korabeauticals V2 Pro product page, tabs and FAQ (checked 2026-10-06): https://korabeauticals.com/products/korabeauticals-v2
- korabeauticals.com, Needle Cartridge page (checked 2026-10-06): https://korabeauticals.com/products/needle-cartridge
- korabeauticals.com, homepage (checked 2026-10-06): https://korabeauticals.com/
- korabeauticals.com, FAQ (checked 2026-10-06): https://korabeauticals.com/pages/faq
- korabeauticals.com, Our guarantee (checked 2026-10-06): https://korabeauticals.com/pages/our-guarantee
- korabeauticals.com, Refund policy (checked 2026-10-06): https://korabeauticals.com/policies/refund-policy
- korabeauticals.com, Shipping policy (checked 2026-10-06): https://korabeauticals.com/policies/shipping-policy
- korabeauticals.com, “Refund and Returns Policy” sample page (checked 2026-10-06): https://korabeauticals.com/pages/refund_returns
- korabeauticals.com, Privacy policy (checked 2026-10-06): https://korabeauticals.com/policies/privacy-policy
- korabeauticals.com, Privacy Policy page linked in the footer (checked 2026-10-06): https://korabeauticals.com/pages/privacy-policy
- korabeauticals.com, Terms of service (checked 2026-10-06): https://korabeauticals.com/policies/terms-of-service
- korabeauticals.com, Our Mission (checked 2026-10-06): https://korabeauticals.com/pages/our-mission
- korabeauticals.com, Clinical Study (checked 2026-10-06): https://korabeauticals.com/pages/clinical-study
- korabeauticals.com, Contact Us (checked 2026-10-06): https://korabeauticals.com/pages/contact-us-1
- DermapenWorld US, Dermapen 4 page (checked 2026-10-06): https://www.dermapenworld.com/en-us/dermapen-professional/dermapen-microneedling-pens/dermapen-4
- DermapenWorld US, FAQs (checked 2026-10-06): https://www.dermapenworld.com/en-us/faqs
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- openFDA 510(k) search, device name “korabeauticals” (searched 2026-10-06, no results): https://api.fda.gov/device/510k.json?search=device_name:korabeauticals
- openFDA 510(k) search, applicant “korabeauticals” (searched 2026-10-06, no results): https://api.fda.gov/device/510k.json?search=applicant:korabeauticals
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- FDA MAUDE via openFDA, brand “korabeauticals” (searched 2026-10-06, no results): https://api.fda.gov/device/event.json?search=device.brand_name:korabeauticals
- FDA MAUDE via openFDA, report text “korabeauticals” (searched 2026-10-06, no results): https://api.fda.gov/device/event.json?search=mdr_text.text:korabeauticals
- PubMed search for “korabeauticals” (searched 2026-10-06, no results): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=korabeauticals
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- Trustpilot, korabeauticals.com (HTTP 403 to our request, 2026-10-06; search snippet quoted): https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/korabeauticals.com
- Health Canada Medical Devices Active Licence Listing, device-name search “Korabeauticals” (checked 2026-10-06): https://health-products.canada.ca/api/medical-devices/device/?device_name=KORABEAUTICALS&lang=en&type=json