Facial Cupping
We have 43 muscles in our face but, unlike the rest of the muscles in our body, we tend to neglect them. A good Facial Cupping routine relaxes the muscles in your face, as well as improving blood flow. It also boosts collagen production and stimulates your lymphatic system!
Much in the same way your skin glows after a good workout, Facial Cupping works on the simple principle of improving blood circulation. The real beauty of using such a technique as Facial Cupping is that it is safe and requires minimal time and resources – our healthiest, most glowing skin really is achievable without the need for expensive lotions or trips to the cosmetic surgeon!
How does facial cupping work?
When you squeeze your Facial Cup onto an area of your face, a gentle suction is created. This draws blood flow towards the surface of your skin. This increased blood flow in the skin underneath the cup and surrounding tissues encourages the formation of new blood vessels.
The suction also creates a controlled mini-trauma in the skin which prompts a natural healing process in the skin. More oxygenated blood flows to the area, collagen and fibroblast production is stimulated, and the skin cells are encouraged to reproduce.
The result? Skin that feels and looks more plump, healthy and glowing.
Facial Cupping & Chinese Medicine
The main TCM perspective on natural beauty is that if you’re healthy physically and balanced emotionally, then your skin will be healthy.
Imbalances on the face, such as pimples around the chin, dry skin, or red rashes are a manifestation of internal imbalances that need to be treated internally.
This is also true with emotion. Emotions are a cause of disease in TCM and emotional health is an integral part of Chinese Medicine. Let’s take the emotion of anger and frustration which affect the Liver, and interfere with the free flow of Qi. This Liver Qi stagnation can lead to dark spots.
Liver Qi imbalances can lead to dry skin, openly showing anger can cause vertical lines between the eyebrows. By addressing the root cause of these symptoms, your skin will be healthy again. That’s the beauty of TCM.
From a Chinese Medicine perspective, all our organs manifest on the face.
Any imbalances you have in your body can show on your face.