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NEW LIVESTREAM – August 30, 2026 – Earns 1 live NCCAOM CEU

Join Michelle Gellis, LAc MAc DiplAc, on Sunday August 30, 2026, for a one-hour webinar discussing the foundations of Five Element acupuncture and how this classical approach can deepen the way practitioners observe and understand the face. This course provides a conceptual foundation for Michelle’s comprehensive Three-Hour Five Element Acupuncture & the Face course, where […]

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Why Facial Acupuncture Training Is More Important Than Ever for Acupuncturists

Why Facial Acupuncture Training Is More Important Than Ever for Acupuncturists The acupuncture profession is changing. As acupuncture schools close, healthcare professions overlap, and techniques once associated primarily with acupuncturists become incorporated into other healthcare practices, acupuncturists are increasingly looking for ways to distinguish themselves, expand their skills, and create sustainable practices. Facial acupuncture training

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Facial Acupuncture and Emotions | The Emotional Feedback Loop of the Face

Understanding the Connection Between Facial Expression, Emotion, and Qi The relationship between facial acupuncture and emotions is one of the most fascinating areas where Traditional Chinese Medicine and modern neuroscience intersect. Every smile, frown, look of surprise, or expression of concern involves far more than the movement of facial muscles. Each expression is part of

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Transforming Emotional Patterns Through Facial Acupuncture

Transforming Emotional Patterns Through Facial Acupuncture By Michelle Gellis, AP, LAc, Dipl. Ac. Every time an acupuncturist treats the face, they may be doing far more than smoothing a line or lifting a contour. They may also be interrupting a pattern—one that has been reinforced through facial expression for twenty, thirty, or even forty years.

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The Modiolus: Why One Acupuncture Point Can Do the Work of Many

Facial Motor Points and the Lower Face — What Most Acupuncturists Are Missing If you practice facial acupuncture and treat the lower face — marionette lines, jowling, drooping mouth corners, lip lines — you are already working in the territory of the modiolus, whether you know it or not. The modiolus is a small fibromuscular

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Facial Motor Points for Cosmetic Concerns

Facial motor points can be used to address more than neuromuscular facial conditions—they can also play an important role in cosmetic facial acupuncture. By targeting specific facial muscles, motor point needling may help improve muscle tone, soften expression patterns, support symmetry, and enhance overall facial rejuvenation results. In this video, I discuss how facial motor

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Red Light Therapy After Hyaluronic Acid Filler: What You Need to Know

One of the most common questions I hear is: “Can I use red light therapy after getting hyaluronic acid filler?” It’s a smart question, and the answer matters. As cosmetic acupuncture and aesthetic medicine continue to evolve, practitioners and patients alike are combining more treatments than ever before — and the questions that come with

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What Is Submuscular Needling, & Why Incorporate It Into FA?

Submuscular needling is an advanced acupuncture technique that targets the deeper muscular and fascial layers of the face and neck, rather than focusing solely on the superficial dermis. While many cosmetic approaches emphasize skin-level stimulation, this method works at the level where chronic tension patterns, motor dysfunction, and structural changes originate. For practitioners who want

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Face Diagnosis: The Face as Microcosm

In this month’s Acupuncture Today Article, I discuss several topics related to Face Diagnosis and how The Face is a microcosm for the Body. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW According to Chinese physiognomy, each area of the face corresponds to a particular organ; any disharmony in that organ will affect the complexion, texture, or moisture

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What Actually Makes Facial Treatments Work?

By Michelle Gellis AP LAc DiplAc Facial acupuncture has evolved far beyond a single technique or protocol. Today, practitioners may combine cosmetic facial acupuncture, neuromuscular facial acupuncture, facial cupping, gua sha, microneedling, red light therapy, motor point needling, and submuscular needling. With so many options available, the question is no longer what can be done

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