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🔗Links mentioned in this episode:
The Complete Cosmetic Acupuncture (Facial Rejuvenation) Online Course
Show Notes
Cosmetic acupuncture has emerged as an attractive treatment for many in the search for natural options in their pursuit of health and beauty. In this new era of integrative medicine, traditional treatments like acupuncture can be applied to modern issues. Including, skin health and aging.
The Power of Cosmetic Acupuncture 🪄
In this episode, I chatted with my friend and respected colleague, Dr. Rebecca Stephens. She is a licenced acupuncturist, and traditional Chinese medicine practitioner based in British Columbia, Canada. We explored the many benefits of cosmetic acupuncture, primarily from a practitioner’s viewpoint. Dr. Stephens discussed her journey into TCM and how she discovered acupuncture initially as a patient.
She explained how Cosmetic acupuncture invigorates the structures of the face. It improves the circulation, energizing facial muscles, and ultimately creating a youthful, vibrant appearance. She compared it to Botox treatments. She highlights how acupuncture offers a natural alternative that doesn’t involve injecting any foreign substances into the body.
Establishing Patient Expectations 🤔
One integral part of using Cosmetic acupuncture is setting the right expectations with your patients. It’s essential to educate potential patients about what to expect from Cosmetic acupuncture treatments. In particular, it’s different from procedures like Botox – instead, it offers a holistic approach to beauty that genuinely reflects inner health.
As Stephens explained, acupuncture takes a more natural approach to beauty, bringing out a person’s vitality and liveliness. By stimulating circulation and nerve activity, acupuncture can help the body naturally repair. Additionally, rejuvenate the skin, leading to a healthier glow.
Bridging Cosmetic Acupuncture and Overall Health 🌉
Dr. Stephens also emphasized the importance of seeing the person as a whole. Since the skin’s health is a reflection of the body’s overall health, conducting a full traditional Chinese medicine consultation is a critical part of administering Cosmetic acupuncture.
These consultations provide an opportunity for us as practitioners to address our patient’s stress levels, hydration, diet, and other lifestyle factors that could be affecting their skin health. By tackling these issues, acupuncture practitioners can guide patients towards sustainable, long-lasting beauty and health.
Integrating Cosmetic Acupuncture into Practice 💻
For practitioners looking to incorporate Cosmetic acupuncture into their practice, Dr. Stephens and I collaborated on a course called ‘The Complete Cosmetic Acupuncture (Facial Rejuvenation) Online Course‘.
This course provides a solid foundation of knowledge about Cosmetic acupuncture and how to effectively achieve desired results. By seeing the human body holistically and leveraging on the body’s innate wisdom, Cosmetic acupuncture offers an innovative pathway for many individuals to achieve wellness and beauty naturally.
It exemplifies how traditional techniques can be applied innovatively to address contemporary challenges in aesthetics and wellness.
Practitioners explore these interesting applications. Consumers are seeking natural, gentle approaches to beauty. Traditional methods like acupuncture are finding a resurgence in relevance. Our conversation highlighted the potential for Cosmetic acupuncture in today’s age.
Disclaimer
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This podcast complimented Rebecca’s Facial rejuvenation course nicely! It highlighted some important points which I had downplayed.
Question: Which point(s) on the jaw also works in the pelvis?
So happy it resonated with you 🙂
ST 6 is for PTSD as a ghost point and often the people who suffer from it have also hip pelvic issues. My instagram post on it is here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5qkCyjrtgM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==