Treating acne with acupuncture may sound too much like popping a pimple with a pin – but Maryland acupuncture can treat acne without ever touching afflicted area, which is usually the face.
From the smallest whitehead to the most severe – which is chronic and cystic acne that can leave scars – acne leaves its own social and emotional scars. Many sufferers feel embarrassment during flare-ups and avoid social situations, trying to hide their condition – and themselves – while their pimples heal. When one pimple heals while another one forms, there can be a cycle of acne that brings a stressful and self-conscious lifestyle.
Acne is caused by a number of aggravators. The most obvious cause is the clogging of a pore in the skin. Excess oils and skin cells clog the sebaceous gland, which becomes infected with bacteria. The hormones of puberty, as well as the hormonal changes during such events as menstruation in women, can exacerbate the inflammation.
Acupuncture won’t cure puberty or menstruation, nor would we want it to. Those bodily changes are a fact of life and the reason we, as humans, can grow and reproduce. But Maryland acupuncture can treat the effects of those hormones by encouraging the flow of the body’s energy and blood. The spleen and the liver, stimulated through acupuncture, can quicken any stagnation of internal energy and revitalize blood flow, keeping hormone levels from wreaking havoc with our skin. The foot and the ankle contain acupuncture points which coordinate with the spleen and liver. They seem unrelated to acne on the face and chest, but acupuncture treats the body as a whole. Each organ is connected to a channel that runs through the body to the skin’s surface.