Facial acupuncture: the stories we hold on our faces
A 20 minute read by Dana Schwartz, LAcThe stories we hold, our life’s experiences can be carried in and on our bodies and on our faces. Aging is beautiful, and a unique process for us each to embrace. Each line, each mark, every scar, expresses a moment/ time of our life. Yet we can be our own hardest critics, and find fault, and loss in our changing faces. We can also encounter too much sun, illness /pathology, acne, and scaring. Creating areas of concern that impact how we feel inside. Alternatively, our physiological health will impact our face. Both are nurtured in these sessions.
Like most conditions, facial acupuncture focuses on the root cause of the acne, or skin condition presenting. Scars or breakouts can be targeted with needles to help the blood flow and healing response. This signals the body to send more blood and white blood cells to the area, focusing on bacteria under the skin. The response also builds more collagen to help with scars and hyper-pigmentation.
What is Facial Acupuncture?
A Facial acupuncture treatment uses hair-thin needles gently inserted into specific points on the face and body to boost collagen, lift and tighten facial muscles and reduce wrinkles. while treating root underlying health concerns.
What are the Benefits of Facial Acupuncture?
Facial Acupuncture can:
Improve muscle tone
Tighten facial muscles
Boost collagen production
Even skin tone and discoloration
Lift the skin around the eyes, neck and mouth
Treat acne
Soothe sun damage and other dermatological conditions
Reduce stress
Benefit other conditions such as digestion, insomnia, fatigue, stress, pain
Beautiful
Inside & Out
reduce stress
improve digestion
better sleep
more energy
reduce pain
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Facial acupuncture acts to nourish, re-hydrate, tone, and reduce wrinkles but it also treats the other underlying conditions that contribute to cellular breakdown and aging. Certain points on the face are stimulated that work to increase oxygen flow and helps to stimulate the fibroblast cells that are deep within the dermis layer of the skin, promoting the production of new collagen and elastin. This is a great long-term solution for signs of aging and other issues such as digestive problems, acute or chronic pain, stress, insomnia, fatigue, emotional imbalances.
Facial Acupuncture is a safe, non toxic, softening-with-aging treatment. Without going under the knife, this technique can help repair superficial wrinkles, reduce inflammation and increase blood flow to the skin. Body acupuncture points are also applied to balance and relax the body. The combination is a safe, effective, restorative and de-stressing beauty treatment.
HOW OFTEN?
Unlike most popular beauty treatments (think Botox), facial acupuncture addresses not just the topical and superficial signs of premature aging but the true internal impacts of aging by stimulating and channeling the body’s healing energy towards ‘repairing’ the skin. Facial acupuncture stimulates the body’s ability to regenerate itself.
Although the skin will look revitalized after your initial treatment, results accumulate over time as your body is creating new collagen.
We recommended a course of 10 - 15 treatments for substantial long-term results with three to four in the space of one to two months, followed by monthly or bi-monthly repeat treatments.
Wise Mountain Medicine is proud to offer this service by our highly skilled acupuncturist, Dana Schwartz, LAc.
Dana will choose specific acupuncture points based on your customized needs. Check out our service announcement for booking details or click below to ask Dana specific questions during a free 15 minute discovery call.
Why Facial Acupuncture is Easy to Love
1. Works with the bodies regenerative and healing pathways.
Chinese Medicine treats the symptoms as well as the root of health problems. Skin, being the largest organ in our body, acts as a two-way mirror guide to our inner health. Premature signs of aging can actually be the outward signs of many conditions including stress, hormonal and nutritional imbalances.
2. Addresses the WHOLE SELF
Acupuncture provides a substantial and constructive effect on the skin layers and treats the impacts of aging from a holistic approach.
It helps to boost microcirculation and the overall health of the skin, helping it to look firmer, plumper and with more tone.
Boosting the skin’s ability to regenerate itself and increase the levels of collagen and elastin, skin tone is dramatically improved, wrinkles and fine lines are reduced and the skin looks more youthful.
3. Eases stress, calms overthinking, clears mental fatigue
Acupuncture sessions target specific points that help to alleviate stress, reduce cortisol levels and boost our mood. Our faces hold a lot of our unconscious tensions, worries. rumination/ overthinking, anxieties, fears; will imprint on the face; when addressed these emotions also unwind and release. As a result, when acupuncture sessions are combined with facial acupuncture, it has a calming effect on the entire Being.
4. Customized treatment plan.
We have a facial acupuncture consultation session before treatment to ensure this is a good match for your skin type, as well as a full health history.
5. No side effects or down time
There is no need to take off work, hide any swelling or massive bruising or to steer clear of exercising
6 Extra skin love: facial gua sha, and skin tonics or herbals may be recommended or add to your treatment plan
For more information, read about facial acupuncture services and prices, click here.
