Health & Harmony, Acupuncture & Massage, Gawler

Cosmetic Acupuncture

If you feel and look tired then Cosmetic Acupuncture is what you need. Also known as Facial Rejuvenation, it is a safe, gentle and natural anti-aging practice to enhance beauty and wellbeing. Acupuncture can rejuvenate you by increasing the blood flow and Qi to your face and throughout your body. It is natural, safe and effective, unlike botox and surgery. Cosmetic Acupuncture helps to stimulate collagen and elastin. The treatment is used to soften lines and wrinkles, lift sagging, increase firmness and tone, increase circulation of blood and Qi to your face to give you that bright even glow to your skin. Cosmetic Acupuncture can hydrate and nourish dry skin almost immediately by encouraging blood flow to the face. It also strongly stimulates and revitalises the health and integrity of the flesh and soft tissue of the face, therefore giving you younger looking skin. The needles used are of the best quality around which can make the experience pain free and are especially used for the face. These are inserted on different areas of the face to stimulate the production of collagen and elastin.

Benefits of Cosmetic Acupuncture

• Moisturises the skin by increasing circulation of blood and lymph to the face


• Improves muscle tone, firmness and elasticity of the skin


• Helps lift sagging and drooping


• Fills out sunken areas


• Helps eliminate fine wrinkles and soften deeper wrinkles
  and improves facial colour leaving glowing and radiant skin


• Brightens the eyes and helps lift drooping eyelids


• Stimulates collagen production


• Softens Acne scarring


• Reduces stress evident on the face and slows the aging process from within


• Leaves you feeling refreshed, relaxed and rejuvenated

Indications for Facial Acupuncture Treatment

• Wrinkles and fine lines


• Sagging and drooping


• Dull, dry skin


• Dark, puffy eyes


• Pigmentation and dark spots


• Tension in the face


• Scarring


• Bell's palsy


• Acne

Side effects

Cosmetic acupuncture is gentle and safe. There is none to hardly any downtime associated with facial acupuncture, which means you can have treatments without having to worry how it may affect your day. The most effects post-treatment include flushing of the face and redness. This is very normal and related to the increased circulation of blood to the face. Occasionally minor and temporary bruising may occur at the site of needle insertion. This is usually painless and resolves itself after a couple of days. Arnica cream or Hirudoid cream can be used. Make up can be worn straight after treatment if the patient wants to.

Treatment Plans

Number of treatments are going to vary from patient to patient depending on a number of factors.

Age: A patient aged from 20-35 will need less treatments than a 50-60 year old.

Lifestyle: A patient that leads a healthy lifestyle will have a better and quicker response than someone who smokes, drinks, does not have a good sleeping pattern or has a poor diet.

Other: Ethnicity, skin type, constitution

A block of treatments is advised and this can range anywhere from between 4 -1O treatments. It is then recommended that a patient then goes into maintenance treatments, again, depending on age and other factors, anywhere between 4 - 8 weeks.

Discount will be given with block treatments.