Massage Tips for Problem Areas

Massage Tips for Problem Areas

You can have areas of your face that call for extra attention. The following massage exercise can remedy or prevent such problem areas, and can be fitted into the 4-minute massage routine.

For a double chin ~ With the fingers, relaxed, use the thumbs to press into the muscle underneath the jaw, starting in the center of the chin and working outwards towards the angle of the jaw bone.




For sagging jowls ~ Using the flat middle and ring fingers of both hands alternately and treating one side at a time, work on the muscle of the checks with a rolling, lifting movement, and almost flicking the muscle upwards.




For wrinkled upper lip ~ Smiling to stretch the lips taut, and anchoring the middle finger of your left hand on the left corner of the mouth, use the middle finger of the right hand to make small, circular movements all the way along the edge of the bottom lip. Then swap hands to use the middle finger of the left hand and repeat the circles on the edge of the upper lip.




For frown lines between the eyes ~ With the index and middle finger of your left hand supporting the skin in an upward v-shape, apply small circular movements with the ring finger of your right hand between the eyebrows.




For open pores on the nose ~ With your middle or ring finger, make small circular movements all over and around your nose. Start by working around your nostrils, over the tip of your nose and up the sides of your nose, finishing on the bridge.




For crow’s feet ~ With the middle or ring finger of each hand, make a crossroads shape where the crow’s feet are emerging by tracking a horizontal then a vertical line, alternately working with the middle fingers of each hand, out from the corner of your eye and up towards the temple.




For lines on the forehead ~ Locate the brow lines across your forehead. Starting above your right eye, make small, circular, sliding movements along each line form right to left using the middle finger of your right hand. Use the index and middle finger of your left hand to hold the skin firm on either side of the line. Repeat the movement on each line.