Is Acupuncture Face-Lift Better Than Botox?
Reuters Updated: 4:47 p.m. ET Nov 4, 2004 PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. – Sticking needles in your ankles might not seem like an obvious way to rid your face of wrinkles, but for Barbara Leivent, it’s better than plastic surgery or cosmetic injections. Twenty-six needles pierce her ankles, knees, arms and face as she undergoes the first of a series of acupuncture treatments intended to erase the laugh lines around her mouth, crow’s feet around her eyes, scowl lines on her forehead and sagging at the sides of her chin. “It’s better than going under the knife, that’s for sure,” said the suburban after-school tutor, 54, who blamed her facial wrinkles on “worrying if I should get Botox or not.” In what might be called a Botox backlash, women from Leivent to Hollywood celebrities are trying acupuncture face-lifts, which proponents say can shave years off an aging face. At the suburban office of acupuncturist Ping Zhang, a series of 10 hour long appointments every other day — at $150 apiece — is s
