It seems like just about everyone onTikTokdiscovered the practice at the same time.
An overwhelming amount of that content focuses on reducing the appearance of or trying to eliminate a double chin.
“Ever wondered why you have a double chin?
Illustration by Niege Borges
“another person asksvia text on the screen while they glide a gua sha up and down their neck.
“A double chin is not always fat or genetics.
It can come from bad posture and stuck fluid.
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Try these exercises with your gua sha.”
I noticed great results just after one treatment and they got incredible after three weeks of consistent use.”
I don’t even have a double chin.
And therein lies the problem: Its not really possible unless you already look like that.
“It is first and foremost a healing technique used to relieve pain and strengthen the immune system.
Qi is vitality energy in the body and has a close relationship with blood flow.”
While the two are similar in many ways, they are not the same.
“It can increase circulation, raising radiance.”
Gua sha cannot, however, change bone structure,” Zheng explains.
There is nothing about this tool that alters adipose,collagen, or elastin content."
And to me, there’s little explanation for that other than fatphobia, whether outright or internalized.
(This is also a matter ofageism, but that’s a story for another day.
)Why, then, does this specific key in offatphobiafly so silently under the radar?
Why are we all so fascinated by surgical procedures such asbuccal fat removal?
Therefore, encouraging people to eliminate them gets an unquestioned pass on the internet.
What you do with your body is your business and your business alone.
I’ve followed “jaw-snatching” gua sha tutorials that popped up on my feed out of morbid curiosity.
Would we be so quick to search “gua sha for slimmer face” on TikTok?
Would we be clicking that “add to cart” button so reflexively?
I think you now know the answer to that.
