What is Gua Sha?
Gua Sha is a form of traditional Chinese medicine in which a stone is dragged across your skin, usually on your face.
The tool typically looks like this (this one is made out of Jade but they can be made from a variety of stones):
What does it do?
The benefits of Gua Sha include:
- Promoting lymphatic drainage
- Reducing puffiness
- Relieving facial and jaw tension
- Aiding in circulation, giving skin a glow
- Firming and lifting the face over time
How to use it:
- Start with a clean face and apply a facial oil or serum - this will help the Gua Sha tool glide across your skin
- Keep the tool flat against your face and begin with the forehead, scraping upwards from the eyebrows to the hairline
- Move to the cheeks and scrape outwards from the crease of the nose to the ear
- Move to the jawline and scrape from the chin to the ear using the end of the tool with the two curves. Gently massage the tool into the ear to release any tension
- For the under-eye area, apply very light pressure and scrape from the inner corner of the eye to the temple
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- Have you ever tried Gua Sha?
- If you have, what are your thoughts?