Acupuncture for Youthful Skin: Targeting Wrinkles and Overall Rejuvenation

April 14, 2024

Acupuncture for Wrinkles:

Main Acupoints:

For facial wrinkles: Head's Vein, Yangbai, Head's Tears, Yintang, and Ashi acupoints.

For crow's feet wrinkles: Taiyang, Tongzi Hai, Sizhu Kong, Jiaosun, and Ashi acupoints.

For nasolabial wrinkles: Yingxiang, Quanhai, Sibai, Xiaguan, and Ashi acupoints.

For neck wrinkles: Fengchi, Yifeng, Futu, and Ashi acupoints.

Additional Acupoints: Zhongwan, Zusanli, Quchi, and Hegu.

Modification: For blood stasis, add Xuehai and Sanyinjiao, and use purging method; for qi and blood deficiency, add Pishu and Weishu, and use tonifying method.

Technique: Use purging method for main acupoints, and tonifying method for additional acupoints. For Ashi acupoints, needle along the direction of wrinkles using a superficial needling technique, between the subcutaneous fat and muscle layer. Use a 32-gauge acupuncture needle or beauty needle with gentle stimulation, leave the needle in for 30 to 60 minutes, and moxibustion can be added. Treat once every other day, with a total of 20 sessions as one course of treatment.

Acupuncture for Overall Rejuvenation:

Acupoints: Taixi, Zhaohai, Shenshu, Mingmen, and Ganshu. Use tonifying and purging methods alternately, select 2 to 3 acupoints each time, leave the needles in for 20 to 30 minutes, treat 3 times a week, with a total of 10 sessions as one course of treatment.

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