| abstract |
A regime or regimen for preventing and/or treating the signs of aging and/or stress of the skin, especially for (i) smoothing skin wrinkles and/or relaxing marks on the forehead and/or (ii) tonifying the cheeks, entails topically applying, advantageously via transdermal delivery, onto at least one acupuncture point of the face or the neck of an individual in need of such treatment, notably the acupuncture points PC-1, 6-E, 18-IG, 19-GI, 23-VC, or a restricted area of the face or the neck containing same, at least one bioactive agent modifying the bioenergetic environment at said at least one acupuncture application point and thus mimicking the effects of acupuncture, for example a relaxing/tonifying essential oil. |