Does gua sha work? Many people will have this question. They have seen countless videos about scraping tools on various social media, or introduced and promoted scraping boards, or scraping experiences, etc. Gua Sha is spreading in the world with an unstoppable trend. So is scraping really useful, and how to tell if guasha is working?
To answer these two questions, first of all we need to understand the role of the scraping board advertised on the market:
- To treat disease.
- Facial beauty.
- Speed up the recovery of sports injuries.
The above three points are the three functions that the propaganda scraping board can bring. Let’s analyze one by one:
Gua Sha Cures Diseases? Does It Really Work?
Gua Sha has a very long history. Although it has only become popular on various social media in recent years, it has a history of thousands of years in China. The appearance of scraping was originally a folk remedy produced by the ancient Chinese when they fought against certain diseases, so it itself has the function of treating certain diseases. Although there is not enough modern medical research to confirm its scientific basis, it must still exist under the historical verification of thousands of years.
Although scraping is indeed a common medical treatment in China, we do not recommend you to use this method to treat diseases, especially at home. Once you have a disease, please go to the hospital immediately and follow the doctor’s arrangement.
Facial Beauty? Does Gua Sha Work?
This topic is the main reason for the resurgence of Gua Sha. Countless beauty bloggers have posted videos about Gua Sha facial beauty in their social accounts, and praised and even boasted about the magical effect of Gua Sha in facial beauty. And judging from the video effects they released, they are indeed very good (if not after post-processing or adding filters).
So as a company specializing in the production of jade gua sha boards, and with in-depth research on guasha, how do we view this problem? The answer is valid. Gua Sha does have a certain effect in the field of facial beauty, but it is difficult to have the incredible magical effect expressed in those videos.
The role of the gua sha board is to stimulate the excretion of facial lymph, eliminate facial edema and dark circles and other phenomena, and lift the face and modify the face shape through a method similar to facial Pilates. Oh yes, it also boosts the absorption of the serum on the face.
Therefore, scraping is only subtly improving your facial condition, and will not produce magical effects like plastic surgery.
Does Gua Sha Work for Speed Up Sports Injuries?
The answer is possible! I don’t know if you have heard of the two tools, the fascia knife or the fascia massage gun. The role of these two tools is to relax the muscles and fascia after strenuous exercise, and to speed up the repair of muscle and fascia damage. Gua sha boards can also play a similar role, because the working principle of the three is essentially the same. But if you want to use scraping to repair sports injuries, it is recommended that you choose a scraping tool specially customized for this purpose.
Is scraping helpful? than you have already got the answer. However, it should be noted that the effect of the gua sha tool has considerable limitations. If you want to get the magical effect similar to the beauty blogger’s video, it is mostly difficult to achieve.
