What Results Can I Expect from an Acupuncture Face Lift?

Some folks are excellent at selling anything. Acupuncture facelift is not a facelift at all. It is acupuncture and I doubt that you will achieve any meaningful result from this procedure. you may be wasting your money!

The expected results of an acupuncture face lift is very debatable. Advocates of the procedure believe that a facelift using acupuncture, tightens pores, improves muscle tone and dermal contraction, while enhancing and increasing the elasticity of the skin. They also believe that acupuncture can reduce signs of aging by stimulating and strengthening the circulation of Qi within the meridian pathways on the face. I am doubtful of the value of this procedure.

I think if the acupuncture treatment relieves stress and relaxes muscles you may look and feel better. Does it work in anyway like a face lift? No, there is no mechanism in acupuncture treatments to add volume or tighten skin. I have actually done a face lift and fat grafting on a woman who does acupuncture treatments for facial aging. She explained the benefit she sees with the treatments as I outlined above. Hope this helps...

As other posters have noted, there is no rationale to or data which would suggest a tangible rejuvenative effect from facial acupuncture. The only result you might expect is to have a lighter wallet.

The only benefit that I see on the Acupuncture Face Lift is that in the short term you will have improvement on your wrinkles. This is due to the swelling of all the needles that are used on your face. 48 to 72 hours after this your swelling should subside and unfortunately you will go back again to baseline with a slimmer wallet. Try what is proven to work, visit your Facial Plastic Surgeon for an evaluation.

You may get some psycho-logic improvement from acupuncture in form of a more relaxed appearance, but I doubt that anyone can claim to be able to give a visible physical improvement. There is a procedure however, where a roller that has multiple pins installed on it can be rolled against the skin of the face (a surgical procedure that will require at least a good local anesthesia) over and over again to produce multiple punctures. This has been claimed to produce stimulation of collagen... more

Thank you for your question! Accupunture does not have any long term studies for results. It will give you some short term changes- more relaxed appearance plus the benefits of the accupuncture. The results can be variable and you need to be careful about your goals with this treatment. With Warm Regards, Trevor M Born MD