Acupuncture and moxibustion for aesthetic disorders of the face

Facial aesthetic diseases, also known as disfiguring diseases, refer to all diseases that affect facial aesthetics. It mainly consists of two parts, one is due to a variety of diseases affecting facial aesthetics, such as facial paralysis, chloasma, acne, etc.; and the second is caused by aging skin, such as sagging facial skin, wrinkles, dull and yellowish skin. These conditions directly affect the patient’s facial aesthetics and, to varying degrees, the patient’s mental health. Aesthetic medicine is an emerging medical science in recent years, which is established with the updating of health concept and the transformation of medical model, far beyond the traditional pure biomedical model, belonging to the category of modern bio-psycho-social medical model. At present, clinical cosmetic medicine is divided into five major departments based on different means, i.e. surgical cosmetology, pharmaceutical cosmetology, physical cosmetology, fitness cosmetology and meridian cosmetology. Meridian cosmetology is a discipline that takes the meridian theory of traditional Chinese medicine as a guide to achieve the purpose of cosmetology by means of acupuncture, massage, cupping, qigong, etc. Acupuncture and moxibustion are the most important means of treatment. Although traditional acupuncture has not directly proposed acupuncture beauty or meridian beauty, but in thousands of years of practice has accumulated a wealth of experience. Due to its unique theory, significant therapeutic effect, simple treatment means, not only focus on medical treatment, but also focus on the overall health of the body and mind, has been emphasized by the world-wide medical beauty industry. Acupuncture and moxibustion beauty is the use of acupuncture and moxibustion methods, regulating the function of internal organs, adjusting the human body meridian bias bias, drive away the evil to support the positive, regulate qi and blood, so as to achieve the purpose of beauty. Acupuncture and moxibustion is easy to operate, no toxic side effects, high safety, comprehensive effect, wide range of indications, long-lasting effect, low economic cost, compared with other beauty methods, has obvious advantages.