What may Cosmetic Acupuncture help with?
Cosmetic acupuncture not only treats the face and skin, but promotes overall wellness by aiming to balance the body, regulate hormones, improve digestion and calm the mind.
Beauty from the inside out
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whole body health
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sagging skin ✿ lines ✿ dry skin ✿ whole body health ✿
Prevention
Facial needling helps prevent aging by stimulating collagen and elastin production, which are essential for maintaining skin firmness and elasticity. This process strengthens the skin’s structure, making it more resilient to fine lines, wrinkles, and sagging. Over time, regular treatments can improve overall skin texture, slow down visible aging, and promote a youthful, radiant complexion.
Acne
Cosmetic acupuncture, combined with Chinese medicine, can help treat acne and pimples by addressing underlying imbalances in the body, such as hormonal fluctuations and poor digestion, that contribute to skin breakouts. Acupuncture improves blood circulation and reduces inflammation, helping to clear blemishes and promote faster healing of the skin.
Wrinkles
facial needling promotes the production of both collagen and elastin. The tiny micro-injuries created during the needling process stimulate the skin's natural healing response, which leads to the regeneration of collagen and elastin fibers. Elastin is essential for skin's elasticity and resilience, so increasing its production helps improve the skin’s firmness, softening wrinkles and enhancing texture.
Sagging
Sagging and loss of tone occurs as we age due to a natural decline in collagen and elastin production. Cosmetic acupuncture helps counteract these effects by stimulating collagen and elastin production, improving blood flow, and toning facial muscles, which lifts and firms the skin. After 5 treatments the skin can begin to feel firmer and tighter.
Dry skin
Cosmetic acupuncture improves skin hydration and softness by increasing blood circulation and stimulating the body's natural healing processes, which promote better nutrient and oxygen delivery to the skin. This enhanced circulation helps boost collagen production and improve moisture retention, leaving the skin more supple and radiant. The skin is more hydrated after only 1-2 sessions!
Tension
Facial needling helps relieve tension in the face and jaw by targeting trigger points and releasing tight muscles, making it effective for conditions like TMJ. The tiny micro-injuries caused by the needles may reduce inflammation and relax muscles. This may alleviate jaw pain, headaches, and facial tension, improving overall comfort and mobility in the jaw area.
A holistic approach to balance the entire body…
In Chinese medicine, cosmetic acupuncture is viewed as much more than a surface-level treatment for the face and skin; it is a holistic approach that aims to balance the entire body. Chinese Medicine teaches that external beauty is a reflection of internal health, so cosmetic acupuncture addresses both visible skin concerns and the underlying imbalances that contribute to them. By targeting meridian points on the face, body, and scalp, acupuncture works to harmonise the flow of Qi (energy) and blood throughout the body. This process improves circulation, stimulates organ function, and supports detoxification, which can have profound effects on the skin. As a result, cosmetic acupuncture not only improves skin tone, elasticity, and complexion but also treats internal factors like digestive issues, hormonal imbalances, and stress, which can all contribute to skin problems.
Through this holistic framework, cosmetic acupuncture promotes overall wellness, leading to lasting beauty from the inside out. For example, chronic skin issues such as acne, dullness, and premature aging often have deeper causes related to stress, poor digestion, or hormonal fluctuations. Acupuncture addresses these root causes by balancing the body’s internal systems, reducing inflammation, regulating hormones, and calming the mind. The idea is that when the body’s energy is in balance, the skin will naturally reflect that harmony, resulting in clearer, brighter, and healthier skin. In this way, cosmetic acupuncture in TCM is not just a beauty treatment but a full-body therapy that enhances both appearance and overall well-being.
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