08/08/2025
PARU DANS LE NEW YORK TIMES LE 7 AOÛT 2025 🙌🙌
"Cosmetic acupuncture (a.k.a. facial acupuncture), the injection-free outlier of the bunch, uses needles approximately one-fifth the diameter of typical hypodermic needles and is said to increase circulation, boost collagen production and improve skin tone (...)
As one of the Western Hemisphere’s more widely known forms of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture’s stateside popularity reaches back to the 1970s when an American journalist trailing President Richard M. Nixon’s 1971 delegation to Beijing reported on having received the treatment there.
In the ensuing decades, acupuncture coursed through the channels of medicine from alternative to the mainstream, seemingly effective for all manner of ills and conditions including migraine headaches, digestive issues, infertility, insomnia, as well as general pain management. The Olympic gymnast Simone Biles and the N.B.A. star LeBron James incorporated acupuncture into their injury recovery protocols. The wellness and lifestyle website Goop has referred to the treatment in more than 60 articles. Little wonder that as popular interest has spread, some people would look to acupuncture for facial rejuvenation.
Part of cosmetic acupuncture’s outlier status lies in its holistic nature. Typically, treatments target points on the body, as well as on the face, to address issues like poor sleep and digestion, stress, PMS — culprits that can factor into the skin’s appearance.
'Its greatest benefit is that it’s not just skin deep,' said Stefanie DiLibero of Gotham Wellness in Manhattan. There, clients undergo a full health intake before their multistep treatments, which include full-body acupuncture, microcurrent stimulation and manual lymphatic drainage. Ms. DeLibero said 90 percent of her patients came for cosmetic acupuncture but welcomed the all-in-one perks.
(Laura Neilson, "That's a lot of Needles in Your Face". The New York Times, August 7th 2025).
