TL;DR: You don't need 30 minutes for microcurrent. The handheld format created that time cost, not the technology. A hands-free worn band delivers the same core microcurrent in about 5 minutes because you wear it instead of gliding a wand, and you can do it while you do everything else.
Why does microcurrent usually take so long?
Because of the wand. A handheld device only treats the small patch it's touching, so covering the whole lower face means slow, methodical strokes for 25 to 30 minutes. The time isn't coming from the current; it's coming from the format. Change the format and the time cost drops.
How does a 5-minute version work?
A hands-free band sits on the whole jaw-and-lower-face area at once, so it doesn't need you to move it around for half an hour. You strap it on, pick a mode, and wear it for about 5 minutes while you do your morning. The depuff and the more defined look come from the same low-level microcurrent, just delivered in a worn position instead of a held one.
Is a shorter session less effective?
For the temporary depuff-and-define look most people want, a focused 5-minute worn session does the job, and crucially, it's the session you'll actually repeat. A longer routine you skip four days out of seven loses to a short one you keep, because the results are temporary either way. Consistency beats duration here. (Why people quit, if you need convincing.)
The point
Microcurrent doesn't have to eat your evening. The hands-free, 5-minute version exists specifically so the habit fits a real morning. That's the whole bet behind Definaire. Compare it head to head in hands-free vs wand.
My 'routine' used to be a thing I dreaded on the couch. Now it's five minutes I don't even notice, because I'm doing my emails