I dont see any benefit in stones. I think it's just a scam. I mean, how do stones placed randomly on your face help cope with stress, it may feel cold and relaxing but that is basically it lol
All US Acupuncturists need to pass a Clean Needle Technique Certification, 3-4 years graduates program, as well as a 2-3 year clinical internship. Needles shouldn't be falling out if inserted correctly. Also, you need to press the needled spots with cotton pad after you take out each needle, otherwise can cause bruising. Especially, the face is most sensitive. I'm sorry to say her needling technique and treatment principle are a misrepresentation of Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine. Mi-Anne and Refinery29, I love that you are always open to trying and sharing all kinds of beauty treatments. But please, please do more research. Acupuncture is a medical practice that has been around for thousands of years, and has help treat and manage many medical problems--- Psoriasis, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, depression, arthritis, neurological disorders, stress and pain management, fatigue, insomnia, etc. If you want to try acupuncture to improve skin complexion or beauty in general, you need to find an acupuncturist, who is well-trained in diagnosis and treatment in managing symptoms, and more importantly treating the underlying root (internal) causes. For example, symptoms of poor skin complexion and fatigue, can be due to root cause: SP Deficiency (which is Chinese Medicine terminology for poor digestion, eating, sleeping habits, possibly anemia, etc). Hence, the acupuncturist will normally give treatment to help regulate your digestion, appetite and sleep, in order to address your chief complaint of skin complexion and fatigue. Because when your digestion, metabolism and sleep is functioning normally, your skin and energy level will show. This is just an example case.
No. Stones are not treatments for anything. It would be a interesting topic for the Shady series talking about those fake treatments that use random stones from the ground
I’m Chinese and my family has been practicing traditional Chinese medicine for 6 generations but this is the first time I heard that gemstones had anything to do with traditional Chinese medicine lol
Question, I know jade face rollers are really popular from everywhere and are said they originate from China. Do you know if they were used there a long time ago?
@@pierogipizza I believe jade rollers are just alternative forms of the Guasha tool. Guasha has been practiced in China for hundreds, if not thousands of years. But the concept of jade roller was new to me.
Now I understand that the crystals used in this specific video and the methods of their use might be a little questionable to some people but gem stones have been used in countless ancient empires by royals and even in China. Jade specifically was associated with immortality and Chinese emperors were often encased in jade burial suits with a piece of jade placed under the tongue and on top of the eyes when they died to ensure their immortality after death. And this is just one example of gem stones used by the Chinese.
Just an other marketing gag. The stones are just to make it more expensive 😒 The cupping and needles might work, but you could get that for half the price.
@@kingjingun4704 Actually, cupping us supposed to suck the bad blood out if your body. But usually there is a mark where there was cupping, and this one doesn't so this one probably didn't work...
@@fasterandsmarter I don't know why this comment made me lose my shit...u must be joking... Sucking out blood by cupping??? Did u realize what u r saying? Without any needles hw r u supposed to suck out blood??? N extreme cupping cn end up in bruises... Also hw r u supposed to filter that blood or do u just let it drain it out of ur body eventually leading to hypovolemic shock🤣🤣🤣.... U didn't read much of biology did u???
As I always say... I'm a geologist with an advanced degree and if gem stone healing was true, I would have had super powers by now. Do I have that super power? No. But are they pretty enough to rip off people? Yes. I like how you acknowledged they are "pretty for pictures" lol
My father was a mining engineer and I know the horrible work conditions for the workers in the mining industry. Km tired of people thinking that a stone will fix problems or will balance bad energy. I think going to real therapy with a shrink is much more helpful. People love to believe in magical remedies.
I go on college geology field trips on my spare time. I love finding gems, rocks and fossils especially trilobites. I have added gems in their raw form in my collection. I agree this pure cringe. Rocks and gems have helped man kind but it because of their chemical properties. Never energy or magical. They don't gain powers when developingm I hate that because of these idiots if there is gem I want not normally found in my area. The gem is over priced.
@@Micv90 If people really want to believe in that stuff and feel like it's giving them positive results, I guess it hurts no one to do whatever you want with stones and gems! However I do feel like making a shameless profit off these beliefs is super wrong. I mean it's one thing to just buy stones and believe they have a positively power on you if you wear them in your pocket or whatever, but selling a $400 stone "facial" is straight up scam. I mean as you say I think there are a lot of people who truly have issues in their lives and who should seek help but instead fall into traps like this instead of actually trying to fix it. At this point I guess it's not that serious because it's just cosmetic but I've literally seen videos of people "healing" things like diabetes or ADHD with crystals and shit. That's so bloody dangerous...
Oldiemanta RBLX I was hoping someone else had the same thought. I could have sworn I had plastic rings with those exact same “stones” when I was like 5.
@@roejin7365 even then I'd feel nervous having needles put in without cleaning first because there can still be bacteria that can get introduced under the skin from the needles
1. Stones aren't magic. They might be great for massages and rollers duer to them being able to be beveled smoothly, but that's it. 2. Those crystals were fake, I can see the seams in the orange and purple one that is known in stage production as "flashing". It happens when product spills out between mold parts and is usually ground down and smoothed. Please, please do not be fooled by this. I'm all for facial massages and things to help destress but the gem and crystal bit is just bunk.
Come to Hawaii and a dare you to take a rock back home with you. There's a reason all the hotels here get packages year round of returned stones from tourists who don't believe it until it happens to them.....
A couple of those stones were real, but the gems were totally made out of glass! Going to rock shows and having someone teach me how to tell fakes pays off
man, the confidence is astounding. i envy someone who can be so confident selling their bs that people think hocking over $400 to have rocks rubbed on their face does anything. like, she doesn't even need to buy any equipment or more than a few simple products. i have no clue why she tried going for cut fake gems, they look fake even when they're real and definitely don't give off a nature healing vibe.
Leeches are STILL used for a lot of things. No, they're not good if you just STICK them on yourself, but if you have a trained medical professional using them then they're fine. They use them in vet's offices, too
Yes, leeches are still used today, and can still be beneficial. What I meant is how people used to just stick them on whenever anything happened- headache? Leeches! Feel sick? Leeches!
Yeah and theyre wearing jewelry in a so called "facial" without even following basic facial steps, wtf this is a huge scam, those stones were plastic toooo.
I think the benefit a person may feel they get from this treatment has much more to do with being touched kindly and feeling taking cared of rather than gemstones. A good video though, relaxing and fun to watch.
That massage looks like it feels really nice, and I'm sure the gem stones feel cooling and nice, but them having special healing properties is the biggest effing scam. Also, where the heck are this lady's gloves during the acupuncture?! That seems like a serious health risk, like wtf?
I mean some people believe in lithotherapy. I myself use it but it NEVER replaces true care or medicine whether you believe in it or not. Plus stones are not supposed to be shared and you have to use it for a longer time. And it doesn't matter if you put it on your face or not except if you want to use it on a Chakrah. But most of the gemstones she uses are not efficient for a facial at all.
@Tara S. goop is overpriced and takes crystal therapy too far imo, they are supposed to be used for mainly spiritual and emotioanl purposes but goop is advertising them as these cure all for your broken bone or smth
My aunt has worked with and sold gemstones for many years now. She said that gemstones MAY work on people because they trick people into thinking it’s working which then achieves the result they were wanting. Example: A customer wanted to fall asleep better. Aunt gave her a big stand up gemstone and apparently the customer achieved what was wanted. This is why my aunt doesn’t sell it past $70 (depending on the size of gemstone). She told me that the gemstones in the videos looked extremely fake lol
id just get a facial without all the bells and whistles because its the same thing but cheaper. i doubt the gems are used for anything but to raise the price.
It might be complete bogus and way too expensive but it does look relaxing. What glass stones off of amazon have to do with tcm is still a mystery to me.
“Minerals have been used in medicine for a long time” yeah, they have. But that’s when they’re used in medication put INTO the body. Not putting rocks on your kidney area and saying “that’s going to clear ALL the vibes”
Forget that “extra element of fun.” I would rather get an effective treatment without the fake looking gemstones (in my opinion) for a lower cost. Again, this is just my opinion, she can do what she wants.
Actually, whether you believe in the healing properties of the gems or not, it is believed that it should be cleansed with salt water and full moon's light and charged it with sunlight... which I guess she doesn't do with every client she has... so meaning to say you are charging yourself with negative energy from the last clients before your turn...
@@pyroshayniac1090 That's why I charge my gemstones in my 'prison wallet' before putting it on my face... Quicker than the sun, but the constant pink eye gets annoying.
As someone who done some geology college field trips. I have found stuff from garnet, trilabite to quartz out in the field this is pure cringe. Sure some rocks have progressed the human speices. Such as powering things, making heat and fire, medicine by what their chemically properties. also building materials based on their hardness.. but there is Nothing magical/healing about gemstones or rocks by sticking it on your face and feeling its energy. I feel sad for people being conned by this. Gems and rocks are developed by curtain earth conditions. They don't gain powers. I hate because of these people if you want to buy gems or rocks. The prices are overpriced!
Lmaooooo do people really pay for this crap? Absolute quackery. "Doctor of integrative medicine" is just a holistic doctor btw, that's what they call themselves now because it sounds more "legit".
For several years I’ve believed in crystal healing and nothing has ever happened. I stopped believing in it and I have some cool rocks as decoration now.
Yes the gemstones do look fake but she did get an actual facial with tools and acupuncture. Acupuncture is around $100 and a facial like that is like $30... plus there would’ve been an initial consultation fee so actually I don’t think the price was that off.
I would be so intrigued to have this same series but for black women and darker skin tones. Chances are, if the treatment is effective on dark skin, its effective on all skin.
But the stones at the beginning were put on a towel on top, not on the skin direct, so how does the energy or whatever transfers over to the body? You could do this at home, I have those pink rollers and a gua sha, and some gemstones, but I doubt they have any real healing energy, I've tried, believe me!
technically you're not supposed to reuse gemstones between customers, something about the energy imprinted from you and other people into the gemstones like jadite.. essentially everyone has different energy and ur basically just rubbing urself with pebbles without added benefits if you're using it on different people.. lol.