New column: Teaching Cosmetic Acupuncture in Turkey

Denver-based Martha Lucas, PhD, LAc is now a columnist for ACUPUNCTURE Today. Her first column is in the just released January 2010 issue.

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Denver-based Cosmetic Acupuncture Expert Dr. Martha Lucas Conducts Intensive Seminar Sessions for Physicians in Istanbul

Denver-based Cosmetic Acupuncture specialist and author Martha Lucas, Ph.D., L.Ac., has recently returned from a teaching tour of Istanbul. The announcement is made by Dr. Lucas, who says “The interest in safe, natural, non-invasive cosmetic procedures simply spans the globe now. MDs in Turkey are trained in acupuncture but don’t have the specialty training like I offer in cosmetic protocols.”

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Denver-based Cosmetic Acupuncture Expert Dr. Martha Lucas Conducts Intensive Seminar Sessions for Physicians in Istanbul

Martha Lucas, Ph.D., L.Ac., author of Vanity Calamity, recently taught Mei Zen™ Cosmetic Acupuncture to medical doctors in Istanbul. MDs in Turkey are trained in Acupuncture but don't necessarily have specialty training like that offered by Dr. Lucas.

A physician from Antalya, Turkey, had attended one of Dr. Lucas' cosmetic acupuncture seminars in the States last year and asked if she would teach Mei Zen™ Cosmetic Acupuncture in Turkey this year. According to Dr. Lucas, it is apparent women all over the world are searching for safe, natural, non-invasive cosmetic procedures of which Cosmetic Acupuncture is becoming one of the most popular.

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6/22/09: Denver-based Acupuncturist, Dr. Martha Lucas, Releases New Book: 'Vanity Calamity: Your Guide to Cosmetic Acupuncture for Anti-aging'

Martha Lucas, Ph.D., L.Ac., Denver-based acupuncturist and practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), has authored "Vanity Calamity: Your Guide to Cosmetic Acupuncture for Anti-aging." The announcement is made by Dr. Lucas who says "Vanity Calamity tells the history of vanity and what women have been willing to do to look younger or more beautiful. Now there's a healthy, safe option - Cosmetic Acupuncture. My new book, now available for purchase at Amazon.com, shares how to look young naturally, including foods that nourish the skin."

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3/30/09: Death of the Facelift

"Martha Lucas, Ph.D., an acupuncturist in the Capitol Hill area who specializes in Mei Zen cosmetic acupuncture, says the needles create tiny wounds, engaging the body to send microblasts of collagen to the site. Before-and-after photos indicate it's very effective in smoothing skin and evening its tone, but because there haven't been many randomized, controlled studies, some in the community have been slow to embrace it as a viable choice."

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12/13/07: Many Paths but One Goal [Skin Deep: Hold the Chemicals, Bring on the Needles]

"MEI ZEN This system, developed by Martha Lucas. . .in 2003, uses shallow needling techniques with Korean face and hand needles. A treatment plan may also include herbs, qigong exercises and burning the herb mugwort to stimulate qi. Find a practitioner at http://www.cosmeticacupunctureseminars.com."

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9/14/07: Eastern Medicine Goes West

"A Denver, Colorado practitioner of TCM, Martha Lucas, who has been running a private practice for nearly six years, adds that many of her patients express frustration with the rising cost of medical care, the side effects, the lack of individual care, and are often 'disappointed with the outcome' of modern medicine. 'People realize a pill doesn't always cure everything," she says. Part of the effectiveness of TCM is the approach, according to Ms. Lucas, which focuses on prevention and maintaining good health. TCM "looks for the cause of the pain -- and we treat that, not just the symptoms.'"

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1/21/05: Acupuncture: The New Facelift? Can those tiny little needles really get rid of your wrinkles?

"Martha Lucas, PhD, LAc, a Colorado acupuncturist, says after a series of 10 treatments (twice a week for five weeks), skin becomes more delicate and fair, and there are fewer wrinkles. She says the treatments also result in an erasing of fine lines and a reduction of deeper lines, less sagginess, a lifting of droopy eyelids, and a clearing or reduction of age spots. And, as an added bonus, she says, there is an overall rejuvenation that is not confined to your face."

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12/16/04: Acupuncture gets a face lift and much more

"Cosmetic acupuncture practitioners and patients swear by the results: Foreheads are smoothed, tummies tucked, breasts lifted and double chins become single once again. And as tales of botched Botox injections spread — the lawsuit filed by a sickened Beverly Hills socialite; at least four Botox recipients now seriously ill with botulism — acupuncturists say their non-toxic technique is proving ever more alluring."

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