With origins in the ancient medical traditions of China and Southeast Asia, gua sha is sometimes known as 'spooning' (no, not that kind) or 'coining' because of its long history of make-shift home practice:
Author:Lauren HubbardUpdated:Dec 11, 2018Original:Jul 25, 2018While the innovation-driven, high-tech side of the beauty world is busy experimenting with microcurrents and synthesizing fancy new ingredients, there's also been a simultaneous return to more old-school beauty treatments of late.
"Imagine you have a leg injury: The muscles are all knotted up from the trauma and there is scar tissue restricting circulation. You'd be sent for physical therapy to help release the muscles and break down the scar tissue, so that your leg could heal," explains Plug. "The chronic stress of our day-to-day lives plays out on our faces as a furrowed brow, a clenched jaw.
Of course, this trendy skin-care treatment isn't all sunshine and Instagram likes. A quick image search for gua sha will yield a selection of bruising and burst capillaries that would put off even the most daring DIY skin-care experimenter. But these results are usually the product of the more aggressive techniques used on the body, or of improperly performed facial treatments.
For a general freshening up, Plug suggests using gua sha techniques at home two to three times per week, but if you're hoping for those injectable-like results, you'll need to seek out professional help — often. "For those clients, we recommend weekly sessions," says Plug "It's a lot, but hey, injections are expensive, too."
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