Only 5 minutes per session! The secret of face slimming performed by a female traditional Chinese medicine practitioner every day

Every time you take a photo, you have to hide behind your friends and face the camera sideways. It would be best to leave some hair to cover your cheeks to avoid showing your round face? This is too hard! Instead of hiding it, you might as well learn facial scraping from a female Chinese medicine practitioner. It only takes 5 minutes each time and doesn’t cost much. This can promote metabolism, eliminate excess water and waste, and slim the face, lift it, and reduce edema all at once!

Many people think that "Gua Sha" is just a folk therapy that can only be used when suffering from heat stroke or muscle soreness. In fact, scraping can also be used for facial beauty, but there is no need to scrape out red and purple "sha". As long as it is done gently, it can lift the face, eliminate edema, make the face smaller and firmer, and at the same time accelerate the skin's metabolism. The complexion and skin quality will also improve!

Facial scraping can promote skin metabolism, achieve the effects of lifting and eliminating edema, and is very helpful for face slimming.

Gua Sha has many benefits for beauty treatments: 4 effects you must know

Chinese medicine practitioner Tian Yimin pointed out that facial scraping has the following 4 beauty benefits, and it can be done at home. It is very simple and easy to learn and is a good home care method.

1. Promote metabolism and blood circulation

Facial scraping can stimulate the nerve endings of the epidermis, while enhancing the conduction function, promoting and repairing the skin's secretion, regeneration and cleansing functions, thereby accelerating metabolism and excreting old waste products through the sweat pores.

Facial scraping can promote blood circulation and accelerate the discharge of waste from the skin.

2. Detoxification and beauty care to achieve face slimming effect

Facial scraping can promote metabolism and help eliminate excess water and waste produced by poor circulation in the face. In the long run, it can detoxify, remove edema, and achieve the effect of slimming the face.

Regular facial scraping can help eliminate edema and achieve the effect of slimming the face.

3. Stimulate the meridians and regulate the balance of internal organs

There are many meridians running through the face, so the symptoms of meridian diseases in the human body will react on the skin. The most common one is poor gastrointestinal health causing constant acne on the face. Facial scraping can stimulate the meridians and indirectly regulate the internal organs through the conduction function of the meridians.

Facial scraping can stimulate the meridians, indirectly regulate the balance of internal organs, and is also helpful in improving skin conditions.

4. Skin becomes naturally firm and smooth

Gua Sha massage can promote qi and blood circulation, dredge meridians, and make the complexion look more rosy. The skin gets adequate nutrition, which shrinks the pores on the face, and naturally tightens and lifts the face. When combined with massage oil, it reduces fine lines, delays aging, and makes the lines tighter, making the face look smaller.

Scraping massage can promote the flow of qi and blood circulation, making your face rosy and shiny.

Before scraping, you should prepare a suitable scraping board and massage oil to avoid compromising the effect of facial scraping.

Preparation before scraping: scraping board, essential oil

It turns out that scraping has so many benefits for skin care! Can't wait to learn how to shave? Don’t be anxious. Chinese medicine practitioner Tian Yimin reminds you that you should prepare a suitable scraping board and essence oil (or massage cream) before scraping to avoid compromising the effect of scraping.

1. Scraping board

It is best to choose a dedicated scraping board and pay attention to whether the edges and corners are rounded and smooth to avoid causing skin damage. In addition, try not to choose a scraping board made of plastic, because plastic will generate static electricity during scraping, and the heat energy generated by friction during massage will also affect the shape of the plastic. If you really don't have a scraping board, the round and blunt part of a ceramic spoon can also be used as a substitute, but it must be clean.

When scraping the face, you should use a scraping board with rounded and smooth edges to avoid scratching the skin.

2. Essential Oil

Gua Sha cannot be done dry. It must be used with oil-containing facial products such as essence oil or massage cream to avoid pulling the skin and causing injury, and to prevent wrinkles.

When scraping, you should use oil-containing facial products such as essence oil or massage cream to avoid skin tearing. The oil can also lubricate the skin and prevent wrinkles.

Let’s start scraping! 3 steps to create a small V-shaped face

Step 1. Clean

Make sure to remove and wash your face thoroughly. It is best not to have any makeup on your face, otherwise all the dirt and makeup will be squeezed into the pores. In addition, your pores will open after washing your face with warm water, which is a good time for maintenance.

Before facial scraping, be sure to remove makeup and wash your face to avoid pushing dirt into the pores.

Step 2. Apply oil

Drop an amount of essence oil or massage cream about the size of a 10-yuan coin on your hand, and then apply it evenly to your entire face.

Take an appropriate amount of essential oil or massage cream, apply it evenly on the entire face, and prepare to start scraping.

Step 3. Scraping

The face is divided into two halves, left and right, and then divided into 4 blocks, namely

(1) Chin to earlobe

(2) Cheek to mid-ear

(3) Eye bags to above the ears

(4) From the middle of the forehead to the temple

When scraping the face, scrape from bottom to top and from inside to outside. Use gentle force and the skin will only turn slightly red.

When scraping, scrape from bottom to top and from inside to outside, and repeat each area about 15 times. The force should be gentle and comfortable, not harder the better; after shaving, there will only be slight redness, but no pain or discomfort.

Follow this method and do it once every morning and evening after washing your face. It only takes 5 minutes each time. After a period of time, you will find that your face becomes firmer and more radiant, and a small V-face is not far away from you!

Do not scrape when you have acne on your face to avoid over-irritating the skin or even causing infection.

Things to note when doing scraping! Do not shave when you have acne.

It is recommended to drink more water after scraping so that the toxins in the body can be discharged with the water. Although facial scraping is gentle, there are still some precautions to be aware of. If there are no wounds, inflammation, rashes or acne on your face, you can do scraping every day. However, if your skin has the above problems, you should consult a doctor and let your skin rest. If you rashly scrape the skin at this time, the skin will be over-stimulated, which will have the opposite effect and even cause infection.

In addition, people who are too weak, easily nervous, or suffer from diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, hemophilia, purpura, or those who are prone to excessive bleeding should not undergo scraping.

Combined with acupoint massage, the face-slimming effect is enhanced!

Chinese medicine practitioner Tian Yimin suggests that in addition to scraping, you can also massage the acupoints to enhance the effect of firming and reshaping the face. Massage the following acupoints once every morning and evening. First, gently massage 10 circles, then press for 5 seconds until you feel a slight soreness and swelling.

1. Yingxiang Point

Location: The junction of the nose wing and the nasolabial fold, pressing will cause soreness and swelling.

Function/ Controls the large intestine meridian, helps with water metabolism, and promotes blood circulation in the face.

Yingxiang point is located at the junction of the nose wing and nasolabial folds, and can help water metabolism.

2. Temple

Location: On both sides of the forehead, in the depressions at the outer corners of the eyes.

Effect/ Refreshes the mind, promotes blood circulation in the head, and prevents aging.

The temples are located on both sides of the forehead, in the depressions at the outer corners of the eyes, and can promote blood circulation in the head.

3. Quchi Point

Location: At the top of the elbow crease.

Efficacy/ Can promote circulation and improve rough skin problems.

The Quchi acupoint is located at the top of the horizontal line where the elbow bends, and it helps improve rough skin problems.