Guasha is a common health care method in traditional Chinese medicine. There are many things to pay attention to after guasha. Can you wash your hair the day after guasha?
Can you wash your hair the day after guasha?
Yes, you can wash your hair.
After guasha, it is recommended to wait for the skin pores to close and return to their original state before taking a shower and washing your hair, usually within 3-8 hours. The specific time depends on individual circumstances. If you feel energetic, you can wash your hair and take a shower earlier. However, if you feel very weak and the guasha area is very painful, it is recommended to postpone washing your hair and taking a shower.
How often should facial guasha be done?
Facial guasha can be done once every 5-7 days, and 1-2 times a week is recommended.
After facial guasha, the facial skin needs time to recover, usually 5-7 days. Therefore, it is more scientifically reasonable to do facial guasha 1-2 times a week.
Be sure not to do facial guasha every day, because the meridians on the face are very complex, and fine blood vessels are spread all over the face. In addition, the facial muscles are weak. If you do guasha every day, it is easy to overwork the facial skin and not give it enough time to recover. Overstimulation can make the facial skin rough and unattractive, without a sense of moisture, which goes against the aesthetic purpose of facial guasha. That's the harm of doing facial guasha every day.
Can you take a shower the day after guasha?
Yes, you can take a shower.
During guasha, a guasha board is used to scrape specific meridians and acupoints on the body. If there are toxins in the body, guasha can cause the skin or capillaries to rupture, leading to self-hemolysis. Sha will appear on the surface of the skin, and the pores in these areas will also be open. Taking a shower too early can easily lead to cold invasion and damage to the skin. However, on the second day after guasha, the pores have returned to normal and the damaged epidermis has recovered to some extent. At this time, taking a shower will not bring in cold air or damage the skin.
Can you expose yourself to wind after guasha?
Do not blow wind immediately after guasha. It is recommended to blow wind after 8 hours. At this time, the skin pores have closed and returned to their original state, and the skin has also had some time to recover, reducing the impact of blowing wind on the body.
The influence of blowing wind after guasha
1. Blowing wind for a short time: not much impact
In fact, blowing wind for a short time after guasha does not have much impact. The emphasis on not blowing wind after guasha is mainly to prevent patients from blowing wind for a long time and seeking coolness.
2. Blowing wind for a long time: may catch a cold
However, if you blow cold wind for a long time after guasha, it may cause the body to catch a cold.
After guasha, the local pores of the body are open, and the sweat pores on the skin are dilated to detoxify. Cold air is also easy to enter the body along with the loose muscle surface. If you stay in a cold environment at this time, cold air can easily enter the body through the open pores, causing the body to catch a cold and symptoms such as sneezing, runny nose, localized stiffness, and cold pain.
Precautions after guasha
1. Pay attention to keeping warm during guasha treatment, especially in winter, avoid cold and wind. When doing guasha in summer, avoid direct wind from fans on the guasha area.
2. Do not perform guasha again in the same area until the sha marks from the previous guasha have subsided. The time interval for guasha is 3-6 days, based on the disappearance of sha marks on the skin.
3. It is best to drink a cup of warm water (preferably diluted with sugar and salt) and rest for 15-20 minutes after guasha.
4. During the guasha process, the skin in the local area may be slightly injured. At this time, be careful not to scratch or scratch the guasha area due to itching, so as not to waste the effort of guasha.
5. After guasha, do not take a shower immediately to avoid cold invasion. Wait for the skin pores to close and return to their original state before taking a shower, usually within 3-8 hours after guasha.
6. After guasha, do not perform guasha again in the same area until the sha marks from the previous guasha have subsided.
