Celebrities try cupping therapy - Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)

Celebrities try cupping!

Some say it looks like having been attacked by an octopus. It looks awful but ... it feels good!

Hip health trend cupping therapy is popular among celebrity actors and athletes including Justin Bieber, Michael Phelps and more. Find out how celebrities use cupping therapy to perform better and relax. You can also check out our blog post on Athletes and Traditional Chinese Medicine. Though painful, leaves bruise-like marks, Cupping Therapy became the new health trend among celebrities and athletes. Possibly used for relaxation and pain management. HipTCM is the new trend.



Justin Bieber uses cupping therapy. Justin Bieber even shows off his cupping marks and relaxing massage sessions. He posted many selfies with the trademark bruises of cupping therapy.

Justin Bieber gets a massage before his tour show.

May be cupping therapy is for beauty. Forever-young Jennifer Aniston and Oscar-winning actress Gwineth Paltrow brought cupping spots to the red carpet and Kim Kardashian cups to curb leg pain. When Kim Kardashian tried cupping, she immediately posted it on social media. Have you heard of facial cupping? That's also the latest beauty trend.

Looks like someone got oven safe cupping cups

Cupping Therapy can be funny! Ellen DeGeneres forced Lionel Richie to try cupping and put the reaction on her live show. Ellen loves pranking people by forcing them through the ordeal of Chinese cupping therapy. haha

Ellen DeGeneres pranks Lionel Richie on the Ellen Show - Cupping Therapy

Helena Bonham Carter (star of Fight Club, Harry Potter, Les Misérables, Cinderella, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Crown, King's Speech) is a fan of alternative medicine and definitely appeared in public with cupping marks.

Hailey Baldwin is the latest celebrity to jump on the bad wagon.

Here's a photo of Jackie Chen pretending to do cupping therapy in an old movie.

Obviously many are concerned with the safety and real benefits of cupping. The heating procedure can be dangerous and a plain fire hazard. But surely doesn't stop it from being a hip health trend among celebrities.