With the popularity of Gua Sha, more and more people are starting to use Gua Sha at home. But do you know how often to use Gua Sha? Is it enough to use Gua Sha once a day? This question actually needs to be decided on a case-by-case basis. What kind of results do you hope to achieve. Today we explain how often you should use this ancient technique from China, depending on your needs.
What is Gua Sha?
I believe you have seen many related answers to this question. Literally, gua means “press or stroke,” and sha means “redness or rash.” It involves running a round, flat tool on the skin to help increase the flow of chi, or shin, within the body — the inner spiritual energy that makes our faces glow.
Of course, the initial application direction of gua sha is as a medical method to treat certain diseases of the human body. Such as heatstroke, fever, etc. In traditional Chinese medicine, “Qi” is the key factor that dominates human health. The imbalance of qi and blood in the human body will produce corresponding symptoms. For example, heatstroke is a symptom caused by heat entering the body. gua sha can scrape out these “Qi”, so that the body’s Qi and blood can re-balance.
Gua Sha is often performed using jade or rose quartz tools because of the extra spiritual awakening and cleansing properties of these precious stones. Rose quartz, for example, is thought to contain natural properties that help promote skin cell turnover—just by being in close contact with your skin.
Is Gua Sha Once A Day Enough?
The answer is enough. Whether you use it for facial beauty or treatment, it is completely sufficient to use Gua Sha once a day, and for body treatment, you should extend the interval between each use. It is best to extend the interval to more than one week, and then consider using it until the symptoms such as “sand” erythema on the surface of your body completely subside. If you are doing it for facial beauty, it is best to use Gua Sha once a day so that you can get the best results. However, you can still experience the benefits of this ancient Chinese healing technique if done 2 to 3 times a week.
Is Gua Sha Once A Day Enough？
There are many benefits to using this ancient technique on the face, including:
- Improve Blood Circulation – Studies have shown that Gua Sha can increase blood circulation by up to 400% to help remove toxins from the blood and increase the flow of nutrients and oxygen throughout the skin.
- Releases Tension – Gua Sha has been shown to relax facial muscles to relieve tension and leave skin looking softer and brighter.
- Stimulates Collagen Production – The action of gua sha produces short-term flushes on the skin called “controlled trauma”. This redness kickstarts the skin’s repair cycle, increasing collagen production and smoothing out wrinkles.
Gua Sha also helps to:
- relax muscles
- Increases lymphatic drainage
- Degassing and detoxification
- Promotes skin elasticity and fluidity
How Do You Perform Gua Sha?
Gua Sha is an art form that has been perfected over thousands of years. So don’t worry, even though this is a new concept to you, doing it right is easier than you think.
First, prep your skin with lubricant to prevent irritation. Water may not be the best, but it’s the most convenient—some experts recommend using it in the shower—but you can also use face mists, oils, or even leftover serum from a mask.
Always start on your neck or chin and end on your forehead. Doing this will prevent fluid from pooling on your face. Using gentle, upward and outward strokes, run the Gua Sha Tool over the neck, chin, chin and mouth. Next, using short strokes in one direction (never back and forth), sweep tool across cheeks, under eyes and brows. Finish with an upward stroke from brow to hairline.
If you want to relax a muscle, press firmly. However, if you want to reduce puffiness, use lighter strokes. Don’t worry if your skin looks flushed afterward—it means you’ve successfully increased circulation.
When you’re done, look in the mirror. You should see smoother, more contoured skin, especially with daily Gua Sha. Congratulations, now you have another holistic treatment to incorporate into your skincare routine!
Is Gua Sha Dangerous?
While we’ve been talking about the benefits of gua sha, it does have some dangers, especially for certain groups of people. For example, for people suffering from blood coagulation disorders and taking drugs such as aspirin, we recommend that you do not use Gua Sha or use Gua Sha under the approval and supervision of a doctor. Because this group of people responds to bleeding symptoms much more than the general population. Gua Sha may cause very visible marks on their body surface, which is very dangerous.
But if you don’t fall into this category, there is hardly any excess danger. If you find that there are traces of bleeding under the skin after using facial gua sha, please reduce the strength of your gua sha, and check whether there are cracks on the edge of your gua sha board. If so, please replace it with a smoother gua sha board.
