Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncture
in Leicester
Five Element approach — working with your body, not against it.
Treatments
A Natural Approach to Facial Rejuvenation
Fine lines, uneven skin tone, puffiness, acne. Cosmetic acupuncture works at the root — supporting genuine, progressive change that your skin produces itself.
I combine precise facial needling with body acupuncture, supportive skincare and LED light therapy for results that go deeper than the surface.
What people seek support with:
Fine lines and wrinkles
Skin tone, texture and radiance
Hyperpigmentation
Acne and skin inflammation
Puffiness and facial contour
Overall skin health and resilience
How it works:
Circulation: Needling boosts blood flow to the face, delivering more oxygen and nutrients for improved tone and radiance.
Collagen and elastin: Micro-stimulation triggers the skin's repair response, encouraging collagen and elastin synthesis for firmer, more resilient skin.
Nervous system: Treatments shift the body out of a stress-dominant state, reducing the cortisol-related effects that impair skin function and accelerate ageing.
Muscle balance: Needling softens overly tight areas and strengthens weaker zones to restore balance across the face, neck and décolletage.
Inflammation: Local and systemic inflammatory responses are calmed through facial and body points
Fluid movement: Treatments reduce puffiness and congestion, supporting lymphatic drainage for a clearer, less swollen appearance.
In Chinese medicine, we work with the flow of qi and blood and address the underlying energetic patterns that influence skin health — offering a genuinely individualised approach.
What to expect:
Sessions are 90 minutes and include body and facial acupuncture, supportive skincare and 20—30 minutes of LED light therapy.
Most people notice subtle changes after their first session. Results deepen over subsequent treatments as the skin completes each renewal cycle — collagen and elastin remodel, barrier function strengthens, and cell turnover stabilises. Each cycle builds on the last, producing results that grow stronger and last longer. Course packages are available for progressive, cumulative results.
Who this is for:
Anyone seeking a natural, non-surgical approach to facial rejuvenation — including those with acne-prone or inflammatory skin, stress-related skin concerns, or anyone wanting to improve tone, texture and elasticity without fillers or lasers.
Five Element Acupuncture
You know your body. You know when something feels off — even when it is difficult to put into words.
Five Element acupuncture is rooted in a tradition over 2,000 years old. It works on the principle that body, mind and spirit are inseparable — and that lasting change comes from understanding the whole person, not just the presenting complaint.
I meet each person at the level where they most need support: physical, emotional or spiritual. Sometimes that’s shoulder pain or a tension headache. Sometimes it's that you haven't felt like yourself in months and you'd quite like to feel joy again.
Both are valid. I work with you as a whole.
Common reasons people come to me:
Back pain, neck and shoulder tension, headaches and migraines
Hip and knee pain
Mental health — anxiety, depression, low mood, stress and burnout
Menopause, perimenopause and hormonal imbalances
Menstrual irregularities and fertility support
Fatigue, poor sleep and digestive issues
Seasonal issues, including hay fever
Not feeling like yourself
Not sure whether acupuncture is right for you? Reach out.
How it works
Treatment begins with understanding — the root cause, the pattern beneath the symptoms, the full picture of how you are functioning.
In Chinese medicine, symptoms arise when the flow of qi and blood is disrupted. I work to restore that flow, supporting your body's capacity to rebalance from within.
Western research confirms measurable effects: needling activates the central nervous system, triggering the release of endorphins, serotonin and oxytocin, and modulating pain and stress responses at a neurochemical level.
Ancient system. Modern understanding. Both pointing toward your body's own capacity to heal.
Your sessions
Each appointment is 90 minutes. Your first visit includes a full consultation — health history, lifestyle, how you are functioning across all levels — followed by your first treatment.
Where appropriate, I draw on moxibustion, gua-sha, cupping and auricular acupuncture alongside needling.
Every treatment plan is tailored to you. Always.
Microneedling — also known as collagen induction therapy — uses fine, sterile needles to create controlled micro-injuries in the skin. The skin's own repair response does the rest: collagen and elastin production increases, skin remodels from within, and concerns that sit in the deeper layers of the dermis become addressable in a way that surface treatments cannot reach.
What people seek support with:
Fine lines, wrinkles and loss of firmness
Acne scarring and post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation
Uneven skin tone, melasma and sun damage
Enlarged pores and skin texture
Overall skin rejuvenation and radiance
How it works:
Microneedling targets the dermis, creating micro-trauma that stimulate the body's natural healing processes without significant damage to the epidermis — promoting collagen synthesis and skin remodelling.
Each session is built around your specific concern. Following microneedling, a targeted mesotherapy cocktail is applied — formulated to address either pigmentation and uneven tone, deep hydration and firming, or intensive lifting and anti-wrinkle action, depending on what your skin needs most. A concern-specific mask, followed by a barrier-supporting moisturiser to complete the treatment.
LED light therapy is included in every session. Applied immediately after microneedling, it works with the skin's inflammatory response rather than against it — calming redness, supporting cellular regeneration and enhancing the repair process already underway.
To support skin health from the inside out, acupuncture points — facial, auricular or both — are incorporated into every session, addressing the internal patterns that influence how your skin functions and heals.
Course packages are available — enquire here for pricing.
What to expect:
Sessions are 90 minutes. Décolletage add-on available — +£10 | +10 minutes
Most people notice improved texture and radiance within days of their first session, with deeper structural changes — scarring, pigmentation, firmness — developing progressively over the course.
A course of 4 to 6 sessions, spaced every 4 to 6 weeks, produces the most significant and lasting results. This interval allows the skin to complete each collagen remodelling cycle fully before the next session builds on it. Maintenance treatments every 3 to 6 months sustain what the course establishes.
Results build. Each session works with what the last one started.
Acupuncture works best when it treats the whole person — not just the symptom, not just the surface.
Whether you are carrying pain, navigating a hormonal shift, struggling with your mental or emotional health, or simply haven't felt like yourself in a while, there is likely more that acupuncture can support than you might expect. This is a place to be heard — body, mind and spirit.
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