What Is Facial Acupuncture?

Facial acupuncture, a specific type of traditional Chinese medicine, is exactly what it sounds like. Very thin needles are inserted into specific acupuncture points on the face to relieve certain ailments, promote healing, and reverse the signs of aging. It’s often divided into two separate yet related categories: facial and cosmetic acupuncture.

  • Facial Acupuncture — With this type of alternative medicine, needles are inserted into facial muscle points and the surrounding areas. The primary goal is to provide relief from pain or discomfort.
  • Cosmetic Acupuncture — In addition to inserting needles into a person’s face, others may be placed elsewhere in the body. This treatment seeks to stimulate your body’s healing hormones to help your skin look healthier and brighter, with fewer signs of wrinkles and fine lines.

What Are the Benefits of Facial Acupuncture?

It’s understandable that many people are apprehensive about having needles inserted into their faces. However, after a single session, you’ll realize that the procedure is a lot simpler than you previously thought. It’s also extremely beneficial to your skin and body. With this type of treatment, you’ll enjoy these amazing benefits:

Glowing, Youthful Skin

Although facial acupuncture can assist with pain relief, many people are doing it so that they can look younger. Even after a single session, you’ll notice that your skin is positively glowing. One reason for this is that the needles cause tiny breaks in the skin, which stimulate your body’s natural healing response. This brings nutrients and oxygen to your skin cells, which makes your skin glow.

Fewer Lines and Wrinkles

As we grow older, lines and wrinkles become a fact of life. However, treatments like acupuncture can help turn back the clock a bit by reducing the natural physical effects of aging. Cosmetic acupuncture can help reduce laugh lines around your mouth, crow’s feet that appear around your eyes, and the lines on your forehead. Plus, it’s a lot safer and less costly than many other types of cosmetic treatments.

Lifts Sagging Skin

Another big effect of aging is sagging skin. This is something that’s impossible to avoid as we get older. That’s because our face loses its elasticity. Instead of paying for expensive cosmetic surgery, many people use acupuncture to lift their sagging skin naturally.

The needles will restore your body’s energy flow and revitalize your skin so that it appears younger and firmer.

Health Benefits

Facial acupuncture treatment isn’t just about improving the look of your skin. It also has many other health benefits, such as relieving headaches and migraines. Acupuncture needles can reduce jaw tension, which is one reason that many people suffer from headaches. Treatment also relieves stress and lowers blood pressure, in addition to creating a therapeutic sense of calm.

Natural Treatment

We’re not going to knock cosmetic surgery too much because it’s helped millions of people live better lives. But the truth is that these types of procedures involve injecting chemicals into your face, which provide temporary improvements that often come with a high level of risk. Cosmetic acupuncture is an all-natural therapy that targets the causes of aging and can either prevent or reverse them with no risk whatsoever.

Improved Circulation

An increase in blood flow is always one of the primary benefits of acupuncture, including facial and cosmetic acupuncture. As needles are inserted into your skin, your face will have better blood circulation, thereby drawing more oxygenated blood to your skin cells. This is the main component in rejuvenating your skin and reversing the signs of aging.

Increase of Collagen

Collagen is perhaps the most important factor in improving the look of your skin. That’s why there are so many products on the market that promote an increase in your body’s production of collagen. When an acupuncturist inserts needles into your face, more collagen is immediately produced. This smooths out wrinkles and fine lines, helping your skin look much younger.

Better Skin Elasticity

As mentioned above, another benefit of cosmetic acupuncture is better skin elasticity. The loss of elasticity is what causes our skin to sag, especially in areas like our faces. Not only does an increase in elasticity lead to better-looking skin after each treatment, but continuous therapy will continue to fight the effects of sagging as you grow older.

Contact East West Healing Solution for Facial Acupuncture Sessions

East West Healing Solutions conducts facial and cosmetic acupuncture sessions that are safe and effective. If you have any questions or would like to make an appointment, contact us at (727) 216-3972 today.