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