ORIGIN OF FACIAL MASSAGE
Massages have been used by people around the globe for various reasons such as for cosmetic enhancement, pain relief and also for several healing touches. This practice has been started from years back. A Chinese medical text which was written long back, about third century B.C is the first ever written proof of the entire massaging process. Apart from this, earlier medical literature of several countries such as India, Persia, Greece and even Japan also recorded the use of massage therapy.
There are two different aspects for the facial massage namely, Eastern therapy and the Western therapy. In Eastern therapies, the entire aspect of massage is a whole body massage focusing on the pressure points which are placed at neck and face. This helps to stimulate the blood and lymph flow. There are several exceptions where oils are not used for facial massage such as yoga, shiatsu and acupressure.
Benefits from Eastern massage:
- Eyestrain relief.
- Neck tension relief.
- Meridian points stimulation on the face.
- Premenstrual water retention relief.
- Gall bladder and liver imbalances corrected.
- Nervous disorders alleviated.
In the Western therapies, the aspect of facial massage was recently understood during the twentieth century. It was more popular in the continent of Europe. From the European practitioners it was spread to other states by them as they taught them. The massage at these areas was considered to be the one related to the make up artist rather than the massage therapies.
Benefits from Western therapies:
- Facial pain and headache relief.
- Muscle tone and facial skin improvement.
- Mental and physical relaxation.
- Eye and facial muscle relaxation.
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