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Our practitioner directory has grown to include hundreds of Facial Enhancement Acupuncture practitioners across the UK, Ireland, the USA, Australia and beyond. It’s where people go when they want to find someone trained in this approach, and a listing is included for everyone who qualifies on our course. This October, we’re adding something extra for […]

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Cosmetic Acupuncture Workshop – Cornwall – May 2022

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We are holding another two-day cosmetic acupuncture workshop on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th May 2022. Paul Adkins, the Founder of Facial Enhancement Acupuncture and FACIALENHANCE®, runs this popular course. Practised in forty countries, Facial Enhancement Acupuncture is now in its eighteenth year. As a result, Paul is widely recognised as a world authority on cosmetic

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Training: November 2022 Workshops Announced at ICOM

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My Facial Enhancement Acupuncture (FEA) workshop at the International College of Oriental Medicine (ICOM) sold out last month. If you missed it, we have scheduled a new date for next year: 12th November 2022. This one-day cosmetic acupuncture training course features a mix of theoretical and practical sessions, with the opportunity to carry out the

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Facial Enhancement Acupuncture Cornwall Workshop January 2022

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We are holding another two-day workshop on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th January 2022. The weekend training course will be run by Paul Adkins, the Founder of Facial Enhancement Acupuncture and FACIALENHANCE®. Paul has been teaching facial acupuncture for over 16 years, both in the UK and abroad. He has run workshops across the UK and

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Study Suggests Cosmetic Acupuncture Modulates Water and Oil Content

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A 2012 preliminary study* undertaken at the Department of Health, Tsukuba University of Technology in Japan, suggests that cosmetic acupuncture can modulate the water and oil content of the skin: “These preliminary results suggest that cosmetic acupuncture increased the water and oil content of facial skin in a female participant whose water content and oil

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Facial Acupuncture Improves Skin Elasticity

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The Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine published research showing that facial acupuncture improves skin elasticity in July 2013. From August to September 2011 a pilot study* was carried out at Kyung Hee University Hospital in Gangdong, Korea. 28 women aged between 40 – 59 received five sessions of facial acupuncture over three weeks.

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2018 Cosmetic Acupuncture Training Dates – UK

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We’ve finalised the dates for our Cornwall Facial Enhancement Acupuncture masterclasses this year. Acupuncture practitioners can join us at Positive Acupuncture near Truro for this one-day workshop on either: Saturday 27th January 2018 Saturday 10th January 2018 Saturday 12th May 2018 Saturday 21st July 2018 The one-day masterclass (pictured) is priced at £250 and we

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