Massage benefits for skin

The skin is the largest organ in the body, it protects you from illness, helps control your body’s temperature and using its 5 million touch receptors helps you feel everything from a soft breeze to the relaxing strokes of a massage.  Your skin deserves a little care and attention to help it with its functions and to keep it looking clear and healthy.
As a massage therapist I am in close contact with skin every day.  Before and during the massage I observe the skin to check for any changes that may require me to stop a massage, it may be that the client has a reaction to the oil or I may notice a change in the skin condition that I feel may be a contraindication until it has been checked by a Doctor.

Although people know that massage is relaxing and helps tight and tense muscles, they are not aware that it also benefits the skin ;

1)         Massage increases the blood supply, which carries nutrients to the skin.
2)         Massage can have an exfoliating effect and removes dead skin cells.
3)         The skin will be fed with the nutrients in the oils.  The oil goes directly into the blood stream and feeds      all the organs of the body.
4)        Improves the condition of the skin, giving skin a healthy colour and tone.
5)         Can reduce cellulite with diet and exercise.
6)        Improves the elasticity of the skin, particularly scarred skin.

Did you know?


In your lifetime, you’ll shed over 40 pounds of skin!
Every minute, 30-40,000 dead skin cells fall from your body
70% of dust in your home consists of shed skin.
There are more living organisms on the skin of a single human being then there are human beings on the surface of the earth.

So there you have it, massage not only makes you feel good but maybe the improved elasticity will take years off you too, leaving you looking as good as you feel.

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