Part of the reason I practice acupuncture for skincare is I know how important it is to create beauty from the inside out - as I age, the more it is clear aging gracefully requires more than topicals to keep my and my patient's skin healthy. For the longest time, I was not a fan of supplements. I suppose this is because I was on board with the 'expensive urine' analogy. But as I get older, I've also come to realize my digestion is not what it used to be, and eating right and

I've posted in the past about the ways Chinese medicine can encourage hair growth from a variety of causes. Now I'm sharing a little success with you. This is a very common area to see hair thinning. In Chinese medicine, this area is related to an acupuncture point known as Stomach 8, though we might more commonly relate hair loss in terms of TCM to liver blood or deficient YIN. Regardless, we do apply acupuncture locally to this area to stimulate hair growth. I then follow u