Well, hello, hello, guys. You're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K., Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon,

and it's time for a five minute Friday.

Today I'm going to talk about guasha. What is it? Why should you do it? Why is it trending?

And just everything you needed to know about guasha. This is such an incredible tool for you to have in your armamentarium of looking and feeling your best

guasha is an asian practice using a massage-like tool with smooth edges very often jade or a very

nice crystal material it gently scrapes and applies pressure to your skin comes from comes from the word gua, which means scrape,

and shaw, which means sand or patikii. And that refers to small red spots that can sometimes

occur when you break capillaries on the skin. So guas shaw. This originated from the east and

Southeast Asia, but has been very prominent in China, and it's

used as an ancient form of Chinese traditional medicine to help with energy flow and blood

circulation. According to an article in Allure, it's often used in Chinese medicine to scrape the

skin, sometimes on the upper back and the face,

it invigorates your blood flow, it releases heat toxins, stimulates lymphatic drainage,

then activates acupressure points of the body.

This helps stimulate an immune response, bringing beneficial cells to the area.

Some licensed acupuncturists and skin care experts

feel that this is one of the best things you can do for acupressure and activation of the body's

immunity. I love it for the lymphatic massage benefits. And guasha is often used as a full body treatment, often on the back

and the neck, but you've seen it. All of you guys have seen it on your Instagrams with people doing

lovely routines. Let's talk about the best practices when you're doing guasha. You might have

bought a guasha. It's often made of jade or rose quartz.

And the shape of the tool is important.

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