This book teaches the best and safest professionally applied, therapeutic methods for face cupping for cosmetic rejuvenation and body cupping for cellulite reduction and contouring. Cupping has become one of the most popular therapeutic tools employed by acupuncturists, massage therapists, physical therapists, athletic trainers and estheticians. When done correctly, cupping offers a whole new dimension of therapeutic benefit from muscle relief and stress reduction to treatment of more complicated, pathological conditions, the healing effects of cupping are as diverse as its variety of applications. And with this wonderful range of therapeutic potential comes one of the most popular adaptations of cupping currently known the world over: cupping for cosmetic benefit. Author Shannon Gilmartin's internationally recognized teaching program includes her first book, The Guide to Modern Cupping Therapy. In this new book, Face and Body Cupping, Shannon has created a program for educating bodywork professionals and cupping practitioners. This book examines the effects of cups, the physical responses they evoke, and the relative anatomy involved with cupping for esthetic purposes, specifically the integumentary, circulatory and muscular systems. Step-by-step photographs and detailed information outline the different types of cupping equipment, using cups on the body, how to use cups on the body for esthetic purposes and what to do before and after for maximum benefit. AUTHOR: Shannon Gilmartin is a certified massage therapist, certified manual lymph drainage practitioner and certified modern cupping therapy practitioner and educator. Author of The Guide to Modern Cupping Therapy, she has over 20 years of experience in therapeutic bodywork. She has taught all over the United States and abroad and practises in Virginia Beach.