Benefits of Massage on the Skin :: Guest Post By Laura

In 2001, my mum and I went on a trip to South Africa to catch up with home and family. Whilst there I met up with my Tri-Athlete aunt and on the first night hanging out and catching up, my mum said “Laura, did Denise show you her breasts?” Yes, she said it just as casually as it sounds! 

        

Then my aunt proceeds to lift up her shirt and asks me if I think she’s had a boob job! Well, she was in her 50’s and had the perkiest breasts I had ever seen; thusly my response was “yes”. As it turns out, I was wrong. Being a marathon runner, my aunt had started massaging her breasts after each long run as they would hurt a bit from the jostle of the run.

Why am I telling you this? Well, a good massage can be beneficial in a number of ways. Massage helps to reduce tension in the skin and adjoining tissues as well as increasing its circulation and improve its nutrition. It can help to relax the muscles, improve circulation and blood flow, improve the circulation of oxygen around the body, soothe pain, and leave you feeling revitalized and energetic. The improvement of circulation that occurs with a massage can benefit not only internal organs, but can also be reflected on the skin.

A massage can leave your skin with a radiant glow as well as leaving you feeling pampered and relaxed. It can also help to remove dead cells from your skin, removing any dullness and bringing fresh skin to the surface. And with the right massage oil and technique, a massage will also leave your skin feeling nourished, hydrated and smooth. Moisturizing your skin by way of massage allows your skin to absorb the nutrients in the oil or cream far more easily.

As therapists massage the skin, circulation and blood flow increases. This stimulates the body to produce new skin cells and improve muscle tone, which promotes young, radiant skin. Other benefits include increased flow of the lymph, which detoxifies the body. A therapist can show you techniques that you can use at home.

It is important that you use the right oil for skin massages. This will help to ensure that the skin’s texture and elasticity is improved as well as giving the skin a nourishing and softening treat. Good quality oils will not be absorbed into the skin too quickly, and will therefore last for the duration of the massage. Ensure that the oil you use contains ingredients and vitamins that are known to improve skin texture such as:

• Vitamin E
• Jojoba
• Sesame
• Primrose
• Almond

Of course, a good massage can also help to soothe the mind as well as the skin. You can select from a wide range of fragrances, but for sensitive skin you can also select fragrance-free oils that will not irritate the skin. Good aromatherapy oils can really enhance the mood and relax the mind, and will also nourish and hydrate the skin.

Massage is not just for the body; this technique can also be used on the face as well, enabling you to improve skin texture on the face as well. Massaging your face should help to improve circulation and relieve puffiness, leaving you looking and feeling refreshed and revitalized.

The oil should be applied to your face in firm upward strokes, and you should be careful to avoid getting the oil in your eyes. Using oil in a facial massage, as with a body massage, can help to lubricate your skin in order to make the massage easier. Plus, of course, the oil will absorb in to the skin and help to re-hydrate and rejuvenate it.

The age old technique of massage, whether used on the body or the face, can have really noticeable soothing and healing effects upon the skin, and can be a valuable addition to your skin-care routine. Massage helps your skin foster resistance to infection, increases nutrition to the cells in the skin and encourages cell regeneration, massage increases production of sweat from sweat glands, helping to excrete urea and waste products through the skin, dilation of surface capillaries, which improves skin’s color and tone, and massage assists in improved skin gland production

Generally people with infections or inflammation, cancer or cardiac patients and anyone with serious circulatory problems should not have massage, since that encourages flow in the lymphatic system.

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Getting a massage is the most relaxing way I could have in the end of the week. I always have time for a massage during weekends because I have a very demanding job that leads me being stressed.