In class I train with 300–400 µA and slow 3–5 second holds along the zygomatic and jawline, but our silver-thread gloves start losing conductivity after about 8 weeks; which brands are surviving daily disinfecting without hot spots, and are you verifying actual current at the face with a tester?
I’ve had the 7E Wellness True Microcurrent gloves last a full semester by treating them like a cashmere sweater — no quats or alcohol, quick cold-water hand wash, distilled rinse, air-dry, and rotate two pairs with plenty of gel to prevent hot spots. I verify output with a 1 kΩ inline adapter and a cheap DMM (on-face sanity check: moistened 1x1 gel pad reads about 300 mV for about 300 µA), and HOCl spray has been gentler than 70% IPA in daily disinfecting. https://7ewellness.com.
Same issue at 3–5 s holds — switching to Axelgaard PALS conductive gloves and using 100–200 ppm hypochlorous spray (no quats) has them lasting a full semester. To verify current at the face, I tuck a 1 kΩ resistor under the glove on the cheek and check for about 0.3–0.4 V on a meter — quick Ohm’s‑law proxy for your 300–400 µA. If you don’t want a resistor, pre-wet with 0.9% saline and watch for “hot spots” disappearing by the second hold — are you seeing that, @ellie_t86?