Ava Lee is telling me I have really soft ears. She certainly would know—she's just applied lymphatic ear seeds to them after 10 minutes of massaging my lobe, the shell-shaped auricle, and helix (the curved part at the top).

“In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), there is an ear reflexology map where your ear literally reflects every system and organ of your body,” Lee, founder of K-beauty brand By Ava , explains to me over ginger-carrot juice and gluten-free zucchini bread at Maman. Acupressure has been used across different cultures for thousands of years. As of late, it's included small stickers with a bead—the ear seed—that applies targeted pressure with a desired result. “You have all of these different pressure points you can target with acupuncture or ear seeds to stimulate the

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