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This cosmetic treatment is an extension of traditional acupuncture. It’s said to naturally help make the skin look younger, smoother, and all-around healthier. And unlike injection procedures, facial acupuncture addresses not only signs of aging, but also the skin’s overall health.
You must – it’s the best! Facial acupuncture (also known as cosmetic acupuncture) works by stimulating the body’s natural ability to produce collagen and to bring circulation, collagen, and elastin to the skin of the face, leading to tighter, smoother, brighter, plumper, glowing skin.
Facial Acupuncture is a specific set of acupuncture points used to naturally enhance and boost the look and health of your skin. During a treatment, tiny needles are placed in key acupuncture points on the face. It works by causing tiny microtrauma to the skin, which signals the body to send collagen, elastin, and microcirculation to the face to heal, repair, and glow.
Along with the points on the face, we’ll also do body points to balance and boost skin from the inside out. These body points are customized to each person’s needs and goals.
Facial acupuncture reduces the surface effects of aging by triggering a self-repair response in the skin as well as by addressing the internal imbalances that contribute to aging. This ancient beauty secret is a non-invasive, toxin-free, and natural approach to reduce the signs of aging and help skin regain its youthful glow.
Following a treatment, we’ll use essential oils and serums, applied with a jade roller or gua sha massage. This further boosts circulation, relaxes facial muscles, and gives the complexion a radiant glow.
Facial acupuncture also includes traditional acupuncture (body points as well as face points) at the same time. Not only can health and beauty go hand in hand—they should. We all deserve to look and feel our best.
Needles as thin as a strand of hair are inserted carefully into specific areas in the face, causing tiny microtrauma to the skin and dermis that triggers an increase in blood flow and activates collagen and elastin production. The result is revitalized and nourished skin, a brighter complexion and a more youthful appearance.
You can expect to see tighter, smoother, brighter, plumper, glowing skin. You can notice improvements with fine lines and wrinkles, acne, acne scars, dry or dull skin, dark circles, puffy eyes, redness, dryness and so much more.
Facial acupuncture is safe and gentle with no downtime needed. It is a chemical-free, natural approach to anti-aging, without the side effects, risks and downtime of more invasive cosmetic procedures. Most patients do not experience any complications. However, a small amount of bleeding, bruising or puffiness may occasionally occur. This isn’t common, and we’ve trained extensively to minimize bruising. However, it’s always a possibility. Most clients walk out glowing.
Yes, if you are pregnant, have received Botox recently, or if you get migraines/chronic headaches, then it’s not the right time to receive facial acupuncture.
We always recommend having a small meal an hour or two before any acupuncture treatment, but other than that, no!
Yes absolutely, we just recommend waiting 4 weeks post Botox treatment to get facial acupuncture.
The needles disrupt skin tissue in the body to increase collagen and elastin production and stimulate blood flow. As such, an acupuncture facelift helps patients eliminate wrinkles, frown lines and other visible signs of aging in the face.
The short answer is yes, absolutely, and I encourage it. But it’s important to understand that facial acupuncture and Botox work in opposite ways. Botox freezes the muscles around the injection site, which does relax the area and the skin around it resulting in fewer wrinkles and creasing.
Can cosmetic acupuncture help with skin sagging? According to Singh, yes. “By restoring blood flow and helping to increase collagen production at recognized and carefully selected points, the result is a tightening of the overall appearance of the skin.
A facelift is a surgical procedure that removes or reshapes the skin on your face. Cosmetic acupuncture works by increasing blood flow and stimulating the muscles beneath your face to improve their tone and conditioning. This improves your skin’s elasticity, which helps smooth out wrinkles and lines.
Cosmetic acupuncture is specifically designed to improve facial appearance by reducing fine lines and wrinkles, improving facial muscle tone, and rejuvenating dull, lifeless, or aging skin. Through the micro-stimulation of points on the face, natural collagen and elastin production is built up.
Tiny acupuncture needles such as intradermal needles penetrate the skin just enough to stimulate collagen and elastin production, without permanent injury to the skin. … The new collagen fibers thicken the skin, fill in the wrinkles and encourage growth of healthy new cells.
The effects of Facial Acupuncture Rejuvenation are cumulative and last up to 3-5 years after a course of 10 treatments, with maintenance. Each patient will be different, but usually each patient will need maintenance treatments once per month or once per season.
The highest quality studies done on acupuncture suggest that needles can be inserted anywhere, and in fact the needle doesn’t actually have to pierce the skin to provide an effect, say the authors. “The one thing that does seem to matter is whether the patient believes in acupuncture.
Experience the power of facial acupuncture, and come get your glow on!
Treatments are recommended 1-2x a week for a total of 10 treatments. This allows the body the proper amount of time to repair the dermis and give long-lasting results to the skin. Maintenance treatments are recommended every 6 – 12 weeks, depending on the individual.
Of course! You can get Facial Acupuncture just once if you want, but results will be less dramatic and won’t last as long as doing a full course of treatment. It takes about 5 weeks to affect the dermis, which is what causes dramatic and lasting results.
Our prices are $258 for a facial acupuncture treatment. or you can buy 5 times/ 10 times package to get a big discount.
Unfortunately, no. While we are in network with many insurance companies, most insurance policies will not cover for cosmetic treatment.