Vanity Calamity and Mei Zen Acupuncture

Calamity is defined as something that brings severe affliction, lingering distress, or terrible loss; a disaster.

Vanity Calamity results in two phenomena. One, it leads to an obsession on how we look as we get older. Second, it gives us an impetus to try almost anything to look attractive again –implants, peeling, injected, suction, and others to satisfy our needs.

Let’s first talk about the first phenomenon. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to look vibrant and young once more. Everybody wants to look good and there is no question that maintaining or attaining a young healthy look requires some kind of action since time waits for no one. And to help you with your dream of being an ageless beauty, one of the best and safest treatments I recommend to suspend the effects of aging is cosmetic acupuncture, or more specifically, Mei Zen Cosmetic Acupuncture, which is tangential to the second phenomena.

What is Mei Zen Cosmetic Acupuncture?

Mei Zen Cosmetic Acupuncture is a superficial needling technique that originated in China thousands of years ago. In this procedure, the needling of the face causes an increase in blood and Qi flow to enhance the production of elastin and collagen to the targeted areas of the face. Besides the facial acupoints, the Mei Zen acupuncturist also selects specific acupoints on the body to consummate the balance of energy, in accordance with the principles of TCM or Traditional Chinese Medicine. The result is a general rejuvenating effect not only on the body but on the spirit and mind, as well. Skincare, lifestyle, and diet are also analyzed and addressed. The end of Vanity Calamity is on the horizon when we use Chinese Medicine to improve and maintain our health and youthful appearance whilst enjoying cosmetic enhancements at the same time.

The endless and continuous obsession with looking more beautiful and younger and the point to which a lot of people are willing to go to attain it are the main concerns of the Mei Zen practitioner. This obsession is responsible for the insane popularity of Botox injection in which Americans spent billions of dollars in a bid to eradicate wrinkles and look young once more. Yes, the beautifying industry is huge a business. There are dozens of procedures to make your chin, cheeks, or lips look plump, make the skin sag less, and help remove wrinkles.

Psychologically speaking, attractiveness often translates to positive outcomes and the more attractive you are, the higher your chance of being perceived as intelligent, finding a mate, and getting a job. People are conditioned to believe that the more beautiful or attractive a person is, the more intelligent she or he is. It’s a simple and plain fact that our society emphasizes beauty to a very high degree and has done so for centuries. We despise the effects of aging and aging itself unlike in several other cultures. The media especially Hollywood has led us to believe that getting “old” is not cool and so most beauty treatments are aimed at removing the effects of aging.

A lot of Women are so obsessed on how they look. Even if they’re already perfect the way they are, most of them would still notice something in their face they hate. Some have a pathological view of their body. They think they are fat when in truth they are already severely undernourished. You don’t usually hear people commenting about how they love their face. They usually complain about a tiny wrinkle on some part of their face, age spots, eye bags, double chin, and a host of other issues.

Oftentimes, we tend to compare our looks with others usually movie and TV stars, musicians, and fashion models. We often feel that we can never measure up to their looks and maybe, just maybe, with permanent make up, liposuction, implants, plumping injections, and surgery we just might resemble them in some way. Our society has a very high criterion for beauty and no amount of surgery will ever reach this insubstantial benchmark.

One other sign that not wanting to look older is a serious obsession in the US is that even young women, usually in their 20’s are seeking these procedures. A lot of these young adults are now already dissatisfied with how they look. Worse, there are some teenagers who want seriously invasive cosmetic procedures and they are likely to go through with it which might lead to permanent disfigurement of their face or body if it weren’t for the intervention of their parents or guardians. The most popular beauty treatment these youngsters seek is breast augmentation so they may look irresistibly desirable to men. If we don’t start having a healthy view of our faces and bodies, then we will end up getting psychotherapy instead, instead of plastic surgery.

Asian Health Center
27059 Chardon Rd
Cleveland, OH 44143-1113
Phone: (440) 833-0983
www.clevelandacupunctureclinic.com