Needles In My Face?
July 17, 2010 9:06 AM   Subscribe

Any experience with facial/cosmetic acupuncture?

I received acupuncture for an injury recently, and found it incredibly beneficial. Now I'm hearing that acupuncture can be used to diminish fine lines and improve the general tone of the skin.

Has anyone had experience with this? Do you have a particular place you'd recommend (in the NYC area, in particular?). Feel free to MeMail if there's a specific practitioner you'd recommend.

Thanks much!
posted by airguitar2 to Health & Fitness (2 answers total)
 
My only experience with acupuncture is the dozens and dozens of studies conclusively proving that it's no more effective then placebo and at least as many mind-boggling poorly run trials appearing in journals that would accept a crayon drawing of some T-cells sword-fighting a staph bacteria as reliable research showing that it really is slightly more effective then sugar pills. Also, it's apparently based on Chinese bloodletting techniques- and we all know how well medicine based on balancing humours worked out.

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=540
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=5998
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2009/05/another_acupuncture_study_misinterpreted.php
http://www.livescience.com/health/090120-acupuncture-placebo.html
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=acupuncture+placebo&btnG=Search&as_sdt=400000000&as_ylo=&as_vis=1


Remember, there's no such thing as "Eastern" medicine and "Western" medicine. There is medicine which can be proven to work, and medicine which can be proven not to.
posted by sandswipe at 11:17 AM on July 17, 2010 [2 favorites]


Check your Memail. I emailed you the names of two people who do facial acupuncture in NYC, provided by my sister who is an acupuncturist in the area.

Good luck!
posted by franc.o.bolos at 2:31 PM on July 17, 2010


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