Cosmetic/Neuro-Muscular Facial Acupuncture

Cosmetic Neuro-Muscular Facial Acupuncture

Facial acupuncture may take 5-10 years off your face. It’s an anti-aging procedure that helps to eliminate fine lines and makes the deeper lines look softer. It’s the non-surgical way to help minimize dark circles, puffy eyes, double chin, sagging skin, drooping eyelids, wrinkles and acne.

The tell-tale sign of someone getting facial acupuncture is called the “acu-glow”. Your skin seems to glow from within and your face will be rejuvenated from the inside-out.

Is it really a facelift? The answer is an unequivocal No. Nor is it intended to replace a facelift.  Facial acupuncture entails no incisions, sutures or acid peels and it will not produce sudden, drastic changes in underlying structures. Remember, it took decades of stress, sun damage and exposure to environmental toxins for your skin to reach a state of crisis, and the damage will not be instantly undone.

If you feel your features are tired, your eyes are baggy and your skin is without lustre, yet you do not feel the need for cosmetic surgery, then facial acupuncture may be for you. The freedom from post-treatment downtime and the experience of enhanced vitality contribute to the ever-increasing popularity of this Asian art. If you are willing to try something different and new, you may find that facial acupuncture is the perfect partner in your quest for rejuvenation and renewal. It is far less costly than cosmetic surgery, virtually painless and has no side effects or risks.

What is Cosmetic Neuro-Muscular Acupuncture?

Facial acupuncture is based on the principles of Chinese Medicine, which involves the insertion of very thin disposable sterile needles into the acupuncture points on the face. This stimulates the skin’s natural injury repair and response system. The skin sees the needle site as a wound, and encourages cells from collagen and elastin fibres to migrate to it. The process of wound healing balances out the dispersal of collagen. This system can initiate fibroblasts to lay down new collagen fibres along the sites of the wrinkles, creating better looking and feeling skin. This superficial insertion will increase the local circulation to the face and stimulate collagen production, which will fill out the lines and give firmness to the skin for a healthy, glowing complexion.

Targeting muscles in the face to lift and tone:  Special needles are place throughout the face in “motor points” of the muscles under your skin. Motor points are the junctions where the muscles and nerves meet. this will send a signal to your brain via the nervous system and the muscles will activate and perform a beneficial action that helps in their overall tone.

Targeting skin and soft tissue: As we age, our natural stores of collagen and elastin decrease, resulting in looser skin and fine lines and wrinkles.  Acupuncture stimulates collagen production and sends the cells into repair mode, resulting in firmer, plumper skin while softening lines and wrinkles. It is helpful as a preventive procedure if you are young and don’t have the signs of aging skin.

Improving blood circulation:  Oxygenation is needed in all tissue repair and healing, including the region of the face!  Acupuncture stimulates the nervous system to act on blood vessel dilation. This helps remove blood stagnation (which can be the cause of dark circles under the eye), reduces redness and breakouts, and supplies oxygen and other important nutrients to the skin. It leaves the skin looking healthy, hydrated, and glowing!

The remedy facial acupuncture may offer is reduction or erasure of fine lines and the softening of deeper ones. Additionally, patients may experience the firming of jowls and a reduction in the size of under-eye bags. It is not unusual for patients to report enhanced skin tone, increased energy and eyes that sparkle. If you have relatively good skin, the treatments are more preventative, and the focus is on enhancing the clarity and glow of your skin.

The recommended protocol for the most beneficial results are: two treatments per week over six weeks. Noticeable results (however, at slower rate) are one Treatment per week over 12 weeks.

Individual Treatments: $100.00
Package Plan (12 Treatments Pre-paid) $1,000.00
Full facial: sessions are one hour, and include a Collagen Facial Mask.
Focal/Spot Treatments (ex. Eyes, forehead): $40.00 (20min.) Treatments are recommended 2 times/week for 4 weeks for best results.