Facial Benefits Of
Gua Sha Therapy
What is Gua Sha?
Facial Gua Sha isn’t exactly new, but it’s enjoying a big moment in the beauty world right now. While it feels as relaxing as it sounds, the benefits go beyond that —connected it’s to brighter skin, fewer wrinkles, and a more sculpted (read: youthful) appearance. Continue reading to find out more.
What Exactly Is Facial Gua Sha? It’s a facial treatment that involves scraping a flat jade or rose quartz stone across the skin in upward strokes to relax stiff muscles and
stimulate
tissue
drainage.
It’s
pronounced Gua Sha. It won’t leave bruiselike marks on your face, unlike a regular
body Gua Sha massage, because it’s done with a much lighter hand. You can also do it yourself at home.
What Skin Benefits May A Gua Sha Face Massage Provide?
It circulates lymphatic fluids and relieves muscle tightness. This translates to better blood flow and decreased puffiness. You’ll see noticeable benefits while preventing and treating the indicators of premature ageing—namely the appearance of wrinkles, dark eye bags and puffiness, and sagging and dull-looking skin. The increased circulation is supposed to improve moisture and assist the skin in naturally eliminating blemish-causing debris and oils, giving it that coveted youthful shine.
Keep Your Face Relaxed The friction created by gliding the Gua Sha tool over your skin helps break up the adhesions between the connective tissue of the muscle and the skin and helps reduce muscle tension. The soothing effect of Gua Sha may help prevent future wrinkles (along with headaches and jaw pain) from forming in these regions if you have a tendency to keep tension in your brow or jaw when you’re stressed.
Puffiness Can Be Reduced The body’s own bouncer is the lymphatic system. It’s a portion of your immune system that helps to transfer healthy nutrients and white blood cells (infection fighters) throughout the body, as well as filtering waste materials like germs, proteins, and excess water through the lymph fluid. Because the lymphatic system lacks a built-in pump like the circulatory system, it relies on muscle activity, breathing, and gravity to transport these fluids from one part of the body to another. Lack of sleep, hormonal fluctuations, high blood pressure, and skin concerns like acne, eczema, and allergies can all impair this filtration system as you get older, leaving your complexion looking a little puffy. Because the lymphatic system lacks a built-in pump like the circulatory system, it relies on muscle activity, breathing, and gravity to transport these fluids from one part of the body to another.
Lack of sleep, hormonal fluctuations, high blood pressure, and skin concerns like acne, eczema, and allergies can all impair this filtration system as you get older, leaving your complexion looking a little puffy. The Gua Sha tool’s sweeping directed movements, together with the pressure applied as the tool is placed against the skin, may act as a missing pump, by using Gua Sha lymphatic drainage, to minimise puffy skin and under-eye bags.
Enhance Your Skin’s Appearance Gua Sha may result in a clearer, brighter complexion by improving lymph drainage and circulation, which means there are fewer waste items lurking beneath the surface. Stimulating the muscles using this type of approach helps supply oxygen to that location. Anything that increases blood flow and oxygen to the skin can aid collagen formation. This could help reduce breakouts and hyperpigmentation while also eliminating fine lines and wrinkles and boosting skin suppleness.
Increase the effectiveness of skincare products Gua Sha can help creams, serums, and face oils absorb better by pressing the oil or substance deeper into the skin. It’s possible that increasing your circulation will improve the efficacy of your skincare products.
Best Way To Use A Gua Sha Tool
Begin from the neck and work your way up to the top of the head. You’re making a clear path for the fluids in your face to drain this way. To brighten your complexion, follow these steps: ● Start with using a facial spray and oil to prepare your skin. ● Begin from the base of the neck and work your way up to the top of the head. ● On the neck, jawline, chin, and mouth area using upward and outward strokes. ● Sweep the brush across the cheeks, under the eyes, and across the brows. ● Finish with upward strokes from the hairline to the brow.
How often should a Gua Sha facial massage be performed? Start applying Gua Sha to your face two to three times each week to check for any skin irritation, oedema, or pain. If you’re healthy, you can make face Gua Sha a pleasant daily ritual. When you’re ready to improve your Gua Sha game, there are plenty of videos on Instagram and YouTube to help you out.
Pick The Right Gua Sha Tool For Your Face Gua Sha body massage tools are often composed of jade, rose quartz, or other mineralrich stone and come in a range of shapes, each customised to specific areas and techniques. A broader foundation is appropriate for the curvature of the face, such as the cheekbones. Small curves are usually allocated for the brow bone and eye area, the vshape for the jawline, and the jagged edge for fine lines and wrinkles.
As you gain skills and develop your repertoire, we recommend using a Gua Sha tool with a variety of choices so you may target different places.