Personal Care Tool For Cooling And Treating Skin

A handheld cooling tool (10) for drawing thermal energy away from a skin surface, the cooling tool comprising:

• a hollow, elongated body (1) that has a thermal conductivity less than 0.5 W/m-K, the elongated body having:
• a proximal end (1a),
• an opened distal end (1b);
• and
• a central longitudinal axis (1c);
• a metallic applicator head (2) that is retained in and protrudes from the opened distal end (1b) of the body, the applicator head having:
• a skin contact surface (2c) that has a roughness between 0.4 μm and 70 μm;
• a slot (2b), and
• a thermal conductivity greater than 10 W/m-K;
• and
• a metallic heat absorbing core (3) that extends from the slot (2b) of the applicator head (2), down into the hollow body (1), the heat absorbing core having:
• a thermal capacitance of at least 25 J/K;
• and
• a mass of 50 g to 150 g.