How to preform a Gua Sha facial

In recent times, skin care has become really important to both men and women especially due to the increased exposure to stress, dust, and harmful chemicals. Among other benefits, gua sha holds a great secret of improving blood circulation, relaxing stressed or tensed muscles and minimizing wrinkles in very little time.

If you’ve only known this ancient therapy to work for other parts of the skin, then you’re missing out on the magical effects it can have on your face and neck. Why not read through this article and learn how to perform gua sha for your face and get the “11” out of your forehead?

Origin of Jade Rolling
This traditional therapy is traced to wealthy Chinese women who lived several centuries ago. They used gua sha to relieve tightness in the muscles and heal pain in any part of the skin. As a massage therapy, it improves the appearance of your skin by gently scrapping or cupping dirt that may have stuck to the surface or may still be causing harm to your body.

Benefits of Gua Sha
Facial gua sha is widely known as ‘Eastern face lift,’ as it transforms your skin and even reduces your age by a few years. It beats many skin care products in that it not only decreases puffiness around your eyes but also improves the speed with which lotions and oils seep into your skin.

Benefits include:
• It helps with lymphatic drainage.
• It reduces puffiness around your eyes and gives you a relaxed and radiant appearance.
• The roller aids blood circulation, thereby boosting your life force chi
• It reduces wrinkles and erases dark spots around your eyes
• Jade stone is naturally cold and this helps minimize and tighten the pores

Now that you know why your skin needs gua sha, how do you use it for your face to get the most excellent results? What tools do you need? Get a mirror, your jade roller, and a facial cream or oil. Let’s get ready!

How to Apply Gua Sha to your Face
• Remove your makeup and wash your face with a gentle cleanser.
• Dry it with a small towel, rub your facial oil or cream and sit before a mirror.
• Apply the jade roller to your face with gentle pressure.
• Begin stroking from the middle of your face, out and upwards to the edges of your hairline.
• Do this repeatedly for about ten times on both sides of your face.
• Holding the handle of the jade roller in your hand, stroke from the sides of your nose region toward your hairline.
• You’ll gradually notice the gua sha tool falling in line with your furrow patterns.
• Keep the strokes light until you notice the pressure wearing off and the smoothness setting in.
• Sweep around your eyes, cheek, chin, neck, and ears.

We recommend using the jade roller several times a week to boost blood circulation and maintain a healthy glow.

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