Facial Massage Using Traditional Chinese Jade Stone Techniques
Buffalo Aesthetics is introducing Gua Sha Facial Massage, a facial treatment using a smooth jade Gua Sha stone and professional medical-grade skincare in combination with the massage.
Gua Sha is a traditional massage technique that uses gentle, controlled strokes across the face and neck. In modern aesthetic skin care, facial Gua Sha is commonly used to provide relaxing facial massage, encourage temporary fluid movement, and leave the face looking refreshed and less puffy.
Our Gua Sha Facial Massage can be enjoyed as a standalone treatment or incorporated into select Buffalo Aesthetics treatments when appropriate.
Eastern Medicine + Modern Medical Aesthetics
Gua Sha has roots in traditional Chinese medicine and has been practiced for centuries. Traditionally, a smooth-edged tool was moved across the skin as part of therapeutic bodywork.
Modern facial Gua Sha takes inspiration from this tradition but uses a much gentler approach. Smooth stones such as jade are carefully glided across the face and neck using light, controlled movements.
What Is a Gua Sha Facial Massage?
During your treatment, your provider uses a smooth jade Gua Sha stone with medical-grade skincare to gently massage along the contours of the face and neck.
The stone glides across the skin using specific massage movements designed to provide a relaxing experience while encouraging superficial circulation and fluid movement.
Unlike the more vigorous traditional body technique, facial Gua Sha uses gentle pressure specifically adapted for the delicate skin of the face and neck.
What Are the Benefits of Facial Gua Sha?
Many patients enjoy Gua Sha as part of their skin-care and wellness routine. Immediately following treatment, the face may appear:
Less puffy • Refreshed • Relaxed • More defined • Revitalized
The massage may also provide temporary improvement in the appearance of facial puffiness and promote a sense of relaxation and potential collagen and fibrin stimulation.
Results vary, and Gua Sha should not be considered a replacement for medical or aesthetic treatments designed to produce longer-term structural changes.
Gua Sha + Lymphatic Drainage
Facial massage is often used to encourage the natural movement of superficial fluid through the face and neck.
At Buffalo Aesthetics, Gua Sha can be combined with select lymphatic drainage treatments, including our HydraFacial lymphatic drainage experience, for patients looking for an enhanced facial massage and de-puffing treatment.
Your provider can recommend the appropriate combination based on your skin and treatment goals.
Why Jade?
Jade has traditionally been used for facial massage because its smooth surface allows it to glide comfortably across the contours of the face.
At Buffalo Aesthetics, we pair our Jade Gua Sha stone with professional medical-grade skin care to minimize unnecessary friction and provide a smooth, skin-stimulating, comfortable facial massage.
Take Your Gua Sha Routine Home
Love your treatment?
The jade Gua Sha stones used as part of our facial massage experience will also be available for purchase at Buffalo Aesthetics, allowing you to incorporate gentle facial massage into your home skin-care routine.
Our team can demonstrate proper technique and help you understand how and when to use your Gua Sha stone safely.
Why Buffalo Aesthetics?
Buffalo Aesthetics is a physician-led medical aesthetics practice providing advanced aesthetic and skin-care treatments throughout Western New York.
Whether Gua Sha is used on its own or incorporated into another treatment, our goal is to select services based on your skin, your goals and your overall aesthetic treatment plan.
Prevention | Maintenance | Restoration
Confidence at every stage of life.
Schedule Your Gua Sha Facial Massage
Experience a Gua Sha Facial Massage at Buffalo Aesthetics as a standalone service or ask us about incorporating Gua Sha into another appropriate facial or aesthetic treatment.
Our team can also help you select a jade Gua Sha stone and learn techniques for continued use at home.
Gua Sha facial massage is intended for cosmetic and wellness purposes. Effects such as reduced puffiness or changes in facial appearance are generally temporary. Individual experiences and results vary. Gua Sha may not be appropriate immediately before or after certain aesthetic procedures; your provider will determine appropriate timing.
