<br /> Cupping is a traditional Chinese medicine where suction cups are used to help the flow of blood and lymph fluid in someone’s body.<br />An unfortunate side-effect are round bruises.<br />In recent news, a man named Peter Weston claimed he was injured while receiving the cupping treatment.<br />Unlike the normal slightly, purple bruises someone receives after treatment, his were a deep violet.<br />A dermatologists reviewed his bruising and reassured everyone on social media that Weston’s bruises were nothing to be alarmed about. <br />
