Everything you need to know about cosmetic acupuncture

Feel the youthful energy shining off your face with those rosy cheeks again!

Acupuncture has been used in a cosmetic context for thousands of years in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Using ultra-fine microneedles, a guaranteed pain-free micro-wound healing response, creates multiple factors of ageing – from smoothing lines, to enhancing the firmness and volume of skin. Unlike Botox, cosmetic acupuncture can influence the health of the skin, working on more than the superficial signs of premature ageing.

We could demonstrate Ying, the source of youthful appearance and beauty in East Asian medicine, on a piece of vegetable or freshly picked flower with its cells abundant in water, shining pigments and plump juiciness. This is how our face could look as long as possible if we know how to preserve our natural resources or restore them in ample.

Unfortunately, the modern lifestyle is diminishing our Ying ever so fast and we get easily trapped in spending on quick fixes like age-defying serums and moisturizers in an attempt to reverse accelerated ageing.

Katerina is our skin specialist who has collected rich skin care and health knowledge throughout her career starting in biology and continuing with studying Chinese cosmetology and facial acupuncture.

She claims the magic of beautiful skin lies in a healthy diet, sufficient sleep, routine sun protection and regular facial acupuncture sessions!

So how does facial acupuncture with Katerina work?

As beauty comes from within, a detailed health consultation is required for Katerina to assess everyone’s individual case and understand which organ might need a little tonification or to which area of the body to promote better circulation of blood and vital energy qi, both of which have to flow through the body without disruption to have your face shine again. By balancing internal physiological functions, she supports facial contours in delivering enough nutrition, hydration and vital energy.

In anti-ageing acupuncture therapy, our general state of health and our constitution type, both play a role in the results we gain. The patients who are prone to accumulate so-called dampness in their body may have to wait to see results longer than patients who Katerina diagnoses as yin deficiency type. Such patients respond to the treatment pretty quickly as their complexion is mainly lacking hydration and that is more easily achieved through facial needling.

Further complexion of ‘blood-deficient’ patients can be chronically malnourished and as such lack of hydration and blood supply to the skin causes early development of wrinkles and thinner skin.

The good news is that acupuncture works for everyone and Katerina can adjust the treatment to your skin’s individual needs helping you achieve truly healthy radiant skin.

Ready to unlock your beauty potential?

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