What can FACE MAPPING YOUR ACNE tell you? | Dr Dray

Dermatologist Dr Dray on face mapping your acne. In today's video I discuss face mapping and the acne face map. This practice correlates the location of acne on the face with possible underlying cause.

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[beka]

Sometimes I think people forget the skin is a organ too and can have its own unique problems related to itself.

[CassandraBankson]

*SPEAK TRUTH TO MEEEE* ❤️ If this face mapping were true it would indicate every one of my 18-year-old organ systems failing haha. But the hormonal jawline acne is no jokeeee.

[Etigress]

When you have a pimple in every single area of the face map and you think you're dying lol

[mataqiel]

I really like that you have a wide variety of videos and that's it's not focused on just products and common skin conditions. I've learned so much from watching you!

[swineinny]

Interesting vid, but anyone else distracted by how gorgeous Dr. Dray’s hair looks?

[theshriekinghominin]

My cheek acne is triggered by lack of sleep, it also doesn't help that I'm a skin picker. My skin improves so much when I vacation to the countryside, only to go bad again when I get back to the city.

[veevee]

Ugh face mapping has been the bane of my existence as someone with hormonal cystic acne growing up. All Chinese aunties and aestheticians would try to diagnose you or chide you for not sleeping well/eating the wrong foods etc based on it. The worst! This video was helpful 😌

[jennyw]

I have heard of facial mapping, and have always wondered how much truth there was behind it. This was helpful information! Thanks!

[clairewatts]

Hello, I just finished my masters degree in Chinese Medicine and wanted to clarify something that is a little misleading in these face mapping charts. Usually when we refer to an organ name, we are not primarily talking about the organ itself, but rather a complex organ channel. These organ channels have many roles in the body and interrelationships, together they govern every aspect of the humans life (mental, emotional, physical, , etc.) Over a couple thousand years Chinese Medicine practitioners developed an intricate understanding of how these "organ systems" support the body or may become out of balance. Often, the roles assigned to the organ based on observation, are not at all related to that organ from a western perspective. A simple example of this would be that each organ is associated with an emotion, sadness for the lungs, anger for the liver, etc. Further, a problem can exist in the organ channel system, without ever reaching the physical organ itself, but we would still consider it to be a problem relating to that organ. Often there are overlapping considerations between western and Chinese medicine as it is an observation based science, but these observations were developed before we could observe things on a cellular level, and often they were developed before people could even rigorously observe the physical organs through dissection. I hope this helps to clarify why there is some discrepancy between western and Traditional Chinese Medicine regarding what organs are diagnosed regarding different dysfunctions. In many ways, the system reminds me of some of the more poetry based naturalists of early western scientific study (Goethe for example.)

[briannapeterson]

So you're saying this massive pimple on my chin is due to me being on my period, work stress, and these chocolate covered pretzels I'm currently eating? 🤦🤦 Dammit

[alia_babo]

Just in time after I've finished studying! Your videos always feel like a reward for finishing my tasks lol 😄 Happy Tuesday everyone!

[tranism]

My parents used to feed me foods that were supposed to "lower the heat" in my body when I had acne. Distinctly remember drinking bittermelon tea for that. And when that didn't work, they would blame it on other organs of my body and my lack of care for them. Fast forward later to 1 cycle of doxycycline, 2 cycles of accutane and daily use of tret since I was 17. I'm 41 now and clear.

[bbsail]

Glad to learn something new. My isolated pimples are always under my cheekbones. I think is the pillowcases, but may also be my period, because they are always before.

[Cacatorcavemalum]

I would love to see a video on skin cancer preventions like signs to watch out for especially after the hasta summer Sun!

Appreciate all the hard work to put out such informative and delightful content

[confusedpuppy]

This is gonna be a good one 👀 I've always wondered about the validity of these face maps

[louiegraphy]

i’m here for learning more about eastern alternative medicine! 👀 hi everyone!! 💛

[mollyjane]

You have a way of making ordinary things so interesting—this is a compliment, Dr. Dray!!! Xoxo

[fCLEF]

it's not facial mapping, I suppose, but another acne location question: why is it common to get a mirror image acne spot on exactly the same place on the other side of your face? Out of all the possible locations and different angles, and all the past locations, this used to happen to me constantly. Even when the spot was in a really weird place, I'd get another a short while later on the other side of my face in the same place!

[haileywang]

In traditional medicine, facial mapping only is brought up if there are unusual breakouts in certain areas of the face. Meaning you have major acne breakouts all over the face, that doesn’t mean you have problems in different parts of the body, just means you have acne. But unexpected breakout (that’s not caused from physical irritation, i.e. fabric or cosmetic) can be an indication that your body may be experiencing some degree of problems. For example pimples on the left cheek could mean that you have potential circulatory system problems, or liver problems, but this doesn’t necessarily mean disease in the liver or blood circulation, it could just be you’ve been staying up late and circadian schedule is messed up and liver is overworked. The recommendation would usually only be drink more water or rest well. It’s less for diagnosing problems in the body, and more for giving a general explanation for random occurrence of area specific breakouts.

[MrWongerz]

Important clarification: the organs in TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) don’t always refer to the organs from western medicine per se