Suzanne DeChillo / The New York TimesMEI ZEN system Martha Lucas teaching a seminar on acupuncture in Manhattan.As there are varieties of yoga, so do facial acupuncture styles, each with a different emphasis.
MEI ZEN system, developed by Martha Lucas and Denise Ellinger in 2003, uses superficial puncture techniques with Korean needles of face and hands. A treatment plan may also include herbs, qigong exercises and burning the herb wormwood to stimulate qi. Find a doctor in www.cosmeticacupunctureseminars.com.
CONSTITUTIONAL FACIAL in 2000, Mary Elizabeth Wakefield created this style based on traditional Chinese medicine. His approach as the spa uses some needles Japanese throughout the body. www.chiakra.com/referrals.htm.
FACIAL rejuvenation Virginia Doran, made up of Mary Elizabeth Wakefield, has made facial acupuncture for 13 years. His approach uses many Japanese needles at once for best results, it said. www.luminousbeauty.com.
ACUPUNCTURE with MICROCURRENTS this style incorporates microcurrent stimulation in acupuncture points to supposedly rejuvenate muscles. Some doctors still do not use needles, believing that the mild electric currents can have the same effect as needles; www.eastwestmed.com or www.peterhansonmd.com
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