Facial acupuncture can combat wrinkles

"Facial #acupuncture, in my view, is the only credible alternative to botox when it comes to treating wrinkles and tissue tone" says Sarah Vine in The Times. The journalist says she has experienced the benefits of facial acupuncture before and finds it to be "highly personalised and highly effective" (source: Times).

Sandra Bullock keeps young with acupuncture

Sandra Bullock has regular sessions of acupuncture. "Sandra gets the treatment three times a week whether she’s at home or on set" a source revealed. The actress, 45, who recently won an Oscar for her role in The Blind Side gets pricks to her forehead, face, stomach and feet. "It’s her secret weapon," explained the insider (source: Showbiz Spy).

Celebs go acupuncture crazy

Everywhere you turn there are stories about celebrities getting acupuncture. Supermodel Elle Macpherson recently said in an interview "I have acupuncture regularly".

Elle is not the only celebrity that seems to have become star-struck with this traditional form of healthcare. Gwyneth Paltrow, a longtime advocate of the benefits of acupuncture, once said that having acupuncture had guided her to a "new level" in life. Dr Maoshing Ni, an acupuncturist in Santa Monica, lists Jim Carrey and Helen Hunt as two of his many famous clients.

Acupuncture is becoming more and more respected by conventional medicine, so much so that there were acupuncturists on-site for the athletes at both the Summer and Winter Olympics (source: Press Zoom).

Reduce the signs of ageing with acupuncture

Anne McElvoy, of the London Evening Standard, tries cosmetic acupuncture for herself and is pleasantly surprised by the results. Acupuncture rejuvenates new tissues and regenerates stronger and firmer fibres of collagen and elastin to improve the structure of the face and visibly reduce the signs of ageing (from Evening Standard).

Facial acupuncture as good as botox

How facial acupuncture can give results as good as botox (from Mail).

Acupuncture replaces botox in Hollywood

A botox backlash in Hollywood has seen acupuncture become the treatment of choice to soften facial wrinkles. In Los Angeles they are referred to as mannequins, ageless thespians whose misadventures with botox have left their faces temporarily stripped of expression. They have triggered a botox backlash with many potential mannequins sticking with the needles but throwing out the syringe. LA's hottest treatment is the acupuncture face lift (from New York Times).