Cosmetic Acupuncture, Alternative For Botox? Hear What Experts Say

Lately there are experts who say that we should forget about Botox and avoid going under a knife. A lot of women are now turning their eyes on cosmetic acupuncture to stop or even reverse the aging process. “I start with the feet,” says Brigette Ardea, an acupuncturist. “The idea is to open up all of the energy pathways that lead to the face.”

Barbara Hinzten, a loyal acupuncture client started her treatments more than five years ago when according to her, she was dissatisfied with Botox. “It looked like my face was flattening and somehow I looked different, but the comments weren’t very positive,” says Barbara.

But she wasn’t immediately drawn to cosmetic procedure. “I was skeptical and I wanted to see how this might work,” she said. “Unlike Botox and other fillers, results aren’t immediate,” says Ardea.  “It’s usually after the fourth to sixth session that women start coming in and say, ‘Oh my friends said to me, have you changed your hair, are you wearing new makeup, are you having different glasses?’”

The needles go directly into lines and wrinkles and the main goal is to make them soft. “We’re marginally injuring the skin, so there is a healing effect that takes place, which rebuilds the tissue,” continues Ardea.

“Whatever Brigette is doing, it’s working,” says Hinzten as a response. To get the best results, a six-week series of treatment is recommended which is then followed by booster treatments to maintain what’s called “acu-glow.” “I’m 51 and I get comments like, ‘You have the best looking skin I’ve ever seen’ and I didn’t use to get those comments, so that’s hard to walk away from,” says Hinzten.

 “That may be worth trying, but it always depends on the patient’s preference,” says a doctor from http://www.getbodylase.com/. “There are patients who want to have immediate results while there are those that prefer to wait. The main thing here is that regardless of the procedure, we attain the same results and patient satisfaction.”

The results won’t be as dramatic as invasive cosmetic procedures but the cost is very much less. Also, clients from this procedure reports that they sleep better as well.