Facial Cupping
/Have you ever seen someone walking around with weird circular bruising on their back, well that my lovelies is called cupping. Cupping started back in Chinese traditional medicine in 281 CE. The Chinese medicine practitioners would hollow out horns and use the technique to drain toxins from the body. Over time the horns were replaced with bamboo and glass cups. Cupping has also been used in many different cultures like the Native Americans, Egyptian and Islamic medicine and females often were the practitioners of this technique. Some of the uses for cupping were colds, flu, muscular problems, indigestion and chest pain. Today we still use cupping for most of these issues, however, we have also discovered them for beauty practices.
So why facial cupping? Some experts say that facial cupping helps detox the skin, and stimulate cells to create smoother appearance, reduce fine lines and wrinkles, puffy eyes and dark circles. It has also been known to help clenching and teeth grinding (which yours truly suffers from).
I discovered facial cupping after thousands of dollars spent trying to find out why one side of my face is constantly swollen. After seeing the 3rd specialist and CAT scans the last doctor told me I have a really bad case of TMJ. I contacted my colleague Trish Halverson license Massage Therapist & Aesthetician who specializes in a technique called About Face. This technique would almost be considered a facial work out. She massages and releases the muscles in my face both inside my mouth and outside on the facial skin . After she does the release she uses her cupping tools to drain the lymph and toxins in my face. After an hour session I finally felt relieved and looked less swollen. She advised me of some techniques and tools I can use at home to help the TMJ. One was the facial cupping kit and the other a facial massager or a jade roller.
I went ahead and got all three. I like the jade roller but didn’t see a huge difference but felt good. I got a Beauty Bar facial massager which I absolutely love!!! To be honest a glass of wine, my beauty bar and Netflix is my jam! I can massage my face for an hour with that thing. I actually have to be careful not to over do it. Finally the facial cupping kit was a gift from a close friend. She bought them, loved the results and sent a pair for me to try. The little silicone cups are now my new best friends. I followed the instructions cleansed my skin with the silicone exfoliator it came with and got my favorite facial oil and patted the oil into my skin and began the cupping technique. It was very easy to do, but also very easy to over do. I did get a little over zealous and got a few hickies. But if you had a treatment by me you know that I am heavy handed and look for results! I really liked how this kit has little cups for the under eyes and lips. I gotta say I am using the little cups every day on my lips for plumping. So now I can say I am fully addicted to this treatment and now can keep up with my beauty and my TMJ issues at home with these lovely little tools. I also am now looking forwarded to incorporating the cups into my facial treatments at the spa too.
For more questions on the “About Face” technique contact:
Trish Halverson
949-291-2170