THEL facial massage and facial gymnastics, increasingly popular, represent a natural anti-aging approach which, with consistency, can lead to an improvement in the tone and elasticity of the skin. In addition to specific exercises, there are also dedicated beauty tools to enhance the benefits, making the beauty routine even more effective.
Facial massage: beauty tools for facial gymnastics
3 minutes a day of facial massage is enough to achieve visible results. It has in fact been demonstrated that Performing facial gymnastics exercises daily can tone the skin naturallylifting the oval of the face and acting specifically on wrinkles and expression lines.
Holistic beauty rituals They therefore allow you to improve skin tone, reactivating blood circulation and consequently the production of collagen and elastin. Not only that, the benefits are also for the mind: an example is the Ridoki roller, traditional in Chinese medicine, which stimulates the flow of blood through acupressure. Who, that is, vital energy.
From left: jade roller, in the center the Gua Sha, on the right a Ridoki style tool (Instagram)
Gua Sha, lifting, and Jade Roller, draining
To be used daily after applying an oil or serum to facilitate its sliding, Gua Sha and Jade Roller are used to massage the face, neck and décolleté. Both beauty tools in fact they have a draining and lifting powerwhich is why they are among the most used and appreciated on the internet.
The Ford Roller, in particular, it has the ability to stimulate blood microcirculation and act on the lymphatic system. Thanks to specific movements, you can then drain and deflate the face, improving its appearance.
It works similarly but with a lifting boost the Gua Sha, which, in addition to improving blood circulation, gives – right from the first use – firmer, brighter and more toned skin.
Ridoki: to stimulate collagen production
The Ridoki is similar to the jade roller, but characterized by a studded rotating head. Without needles (unlike the dermaroller).
Among the main benefits of this facial massager is the ability to stimulate the production of collagen and elastingiving the face a plumper appearance and acting on the firmness and brightness of the dermis. It also counteracts the action of gravity on the oval of the face, improves muscle tone and stimulates lymphatic drainage, often guilty of puffiness and dark circles.
Dermaroller against wrinkles and scars
The dermaroller, facial roller equipped with fixed micro needles, works by stimulating skin self-repair, especially of the more mature skin, reactivating collagen production. To be carried out with caution (it is micro-traumatic for the skin), the treatment improves progressively the appearance of wrinkles, and even scars left by acne.
How is it used? After disinfecting the beauty tool, apply a serum, cream or treatment to the skin and start perform the massage delicately and without any pressure. The roller must be passed over the affected area carefully to achieve the desired result and before moving on to another area of the face.
Pay attention to changes in direction. In fact, every time you want to move the roller you have to lift it and position it again. The risk? That the needles ruin and injure the skin.
Face taping: Botox effect adhesive tape
In the end, face taping is a treatment that mimics the effect of botox thanks to the application of specific adhesive tapes on the face.
Its effectiveness is given by the action of “mechanical pumping” that the tape acts on the lymphatic and blood system. Once applied to the face, the Kinesiology tape begins to act on the muscle fibers, lifting the skin and creating a space between the tissues.
This allows you to work on jaw or structural tensions of the face, counteracting facial sagging and – as in the case of Botox – visibly reducing the appearance of wrinkles. The result? The oval of the face will appear more toned and lifted, the skin illuminated and you will also notice a progressive increase in the production of hyaluronic acid and collagen. All without needles or scalpels.
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