About Paul

Paul Adkins

Lic.Ac., BA(Hons), FEA, MBMAS, MCAUK

Founder of FACIALENHANCE® | Creator of the FEA protocol

Paul Adkins is a Traditional Five Element Acupuncturist and the creator of the Facial Enhancement Acupuncture (FEA) protocol.

He has been teaching Facial Enhancement Acupuncture since 2004 and has trained over 1,000 practitioners internationally.

Through the Facial Enhancement Acupuncture Online Course, Paul continues to share over two decades of clinical experience in a structured and supportive online format.

His teaching style is practical, clear, and focused on helping qualified acupuncturists confidently integrate Facial Enhancement Acupuncture into clinical practice.

Qualified with an honours degree from the CTA Leamington College of Five-Element Acupuncture, Paul practises as a Traditional Acupuncturist in Truro, Cornwall.

He is the author of the Pocket Guide to Facial Enhancement Acupuncture and Facial Enhancement Acupuncture: Clinical Use and Application.

Paul first demonstrated Facial Enhancement Acupuncture publicly in 2004, on a Sky Discovery Channel beauty programme. Since then he’s taught the protocol through masterclasses, one-to-one training and — now exclusively — the Facial Enhancement Acupuncture Online Course, building a practitioner community that spans the UK, Europe, and further afield, including Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, the US, South Africa, Israel and the Caribbean.

His work has taken him internationally: presenting Facial Enhancement Acupuncture at the National Acupuncture Association of India’s conference in New Delhi in 2012, and at the International Cosmetic Acupuncture Summit in Tokyo in 2016, at the invitation of leading Japanese facial acupuncturist Takao Ueda.

Paul is also the founder of Cosmetic Acupuncture UK.

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