Tag: Costmetic Acupuncture

Facial acupuncture rejuvenation: anti-ageing, reduce skin wrinkles

Crow’s feet wrinkles (eye wrinkles), forehead wrinkles, wrinkles around lip and mouth, wrinkles, wrinkles… as we all know, wrinkles are inevitable for ageing skin, especially after middle age, when signs of our body organs ageing become noticeable. As the biggest organ of our body, our skin ages along with the rest. Can we protect our skin from ageing; can we prolong our youthful skin quality? Before answering this, let’s look at the reasons for skin ageing.
According to ancient Chinese medical books, it is believed most women’s Yang energy starts to become weak, and skin starts getting dull and suffers lack of nutrition after age 35. Most women’s Yang energy drops sharply and skin tone noticeably worsens after age 42.
In our 40s, the collagen and elastin in our skin begins to break down. Our skin becomes dryer, the blood flow begins to slow down and new cell production decreases. Continue reading

Facial skin care: acne spots types analysis

In many skin disorders, such as psoriasis, eczema, neurodermatitis and acne, acupuncture is very effective. Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that the skin is related to the internal body organs, especially the lung and the large intestine and stomach. Both “repletion” and “vacuity” conditions on those channels, can be helped by acupuncture therapy.
There are a few patterns of acne type which need to be diagnosed before acupuncture therapy- these can be told by a visual inspection of the lesions themselves. Continue reading