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Thursday, 09-08-2012 10:50

AnnaLynne McCord Has Mysterious Marks on Her Back—Here's a Theory As To Why...

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AnnaLynne McCord was photographed yesterday with some round bruise-looking marks on her back, and I have a pretty good guess as to what caused them...

So do I think caused those marks? Cupping. Have you heard of it? If you search your brain you might vaguely remember Gwyneth Paltrow having marks like this all over her back eons ago and Victoria Beckham in more recent years. It's a treatment where heated glass cups are placed on the skin to create a vacuum that's thought to help flush out toxins. My guess is she asked them to keep the marks low so she could hide them on camera, which she did, from what I can tell these shots were taken after she had changed out of a higher-waisted skirt she was wearing for most of the day.

Anyway, I thought this would be a good time to discuss alternative therapies. Have you ever tried cupping? Or acupuncture? (I have--it was cool!) Would you be curious to try cupping at some point? Or would the marks it leaves be too much of a turn-off for you? Talk below.

p.s. Could It All Be in Our Heads? One Study Finds That Fake Accupuncture Reduces Pain as Well as the Real Deal

This post was updated to include a photo of the markings in question.

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