Part 1: How To Do Gua Sha For Face And Neck In 11 Easy Steps

Jane here, guys! When I first heard you could have a Gua Sha for face and neck, I was very surprised. I’ve been a fan of this ancient treatment since investigating it last year (Philip has gotten used to seeing me with sha or petechiae on my back) but did not realize that there was a face version.

Fast forward to some busy Internet searches and actual tryouts, I now deem Gua Sha facials to be my 2nd favorite next to body massages. Why? Because the results are bloody amazing.

Benefits of Facial Gua Sha

Gua Sha for the face and neck is called the Eastern Botox (or Eastern Facelift) for a reason. This TCM (or Traditional Chinese medicine) treatment, when applied to the face, has the following effects:

1.Firms up your sagging facial muscles

2.Smoothen the skin and reduces the appearance of wrinkles on your face

3.Improves dark circles and bags under the eyes (the kind you get from advancing age)

4.Lightens age spots and other skin discolorations

5.Your complexion gets rosier and more radiant

6.Helps clear up acne, rosacea, and other skin diseases on your face

I have the first-hand experience of everything on the list except for the last. And although I was expecting good results owing to my positive experiences with body Gua Sha, I was still surprised to see the improvement on my face.

I’d stopped taking Glutathione and Grape Seed but after a few weeks of facial Gua Sha, my face has a clearness and radiance that I would only normally have while on those supplements.

How It Works

We’ve discussed this in full in our other Gua Sha posts so let’s zero in on how Gua Sha for face and neck works.

Facial Gua Sha is milder but has the same scraping action along the skin. As the skin is scraped with the Gua Sha tools, the layers of the skin are stimulated. Stagnant lymph that causes puffiness is moved and cleared out of the system. Toxins are also released resulting in a clearer complexion. And finally, the massaging action relaxes tense muscles from which wrinkles are born. It’s a win-win-win scenario.

With me pushing into my mid-forties, I’d been resigned to my face rapidly devolving into wrinkles and old-age puffiness but it looks like I have a secret weapon now with facial Gua Sha.