Home anti-cellulite massage
The skin of most women is affected by such an unpleasant disease that visually makes the skin flabby and looks like an orange peel, like cellulite. It is usually most present in the thighs, buttocks, arms, calf muscles and abdomen, while a woman may not be overweight at all.
There are many ways to get rid of cellulite, but the most effective result can be achieved only with a combination of physical exercise (doing any sport), healthy diet and beauty care.
As exercises for cellulite, which, like anti-cellulite massage with honey, can be performed at home, there are various sets of exercises, during which deep muscles are worked out and the skin of the body is tightened, swimming in the pool also helps to get rid of cellulite.
However, the most effective way to get rid of cellulite is considered to be performed anti-cellulite massages at home or in beauty salons. Among cosmetics, those made on the basis of algae, coffee, cayenne pepper or dead sea minerals have an active effect against cellulite.
It is quite simple to learn how to do anti-cellulite massage at home, you can watch educational video lessons, take several lessons from a professional massage therapist, or purchase specialized manuals that will describe the basic rules and principles of anti-cellulite massage.
How to do anti-cellulite massage at home?
For those who want to learn how to do anti-cellulite massage at home, it will be useful to know that it should be performed with light and smooth movements, starting at a slow pace and gradually accelerating. The body of the person on which the home anti-cellulite massage is performed must be preheated (you can take a hot bath or do a warming massage), and the muscles of the body must be completely relaxed.
To achieve the best effect, it is necessary to perform a home anti-cellulite massage using special anti-cellulite creams or essential citrus oil. You can also do an anti-cellulite massage with honey, which is no less effective in eliminating the orange peel than a cream.
On average, the duration of an anti-cellulite massage at home should vary from half an hour to 1 hour, the frequency should be at least once a week, and in general it is best to perform a massage every other day.
You can also perform an anti-cellulite massage with a spoon, which replaces the movement of the fingers.
For those who want to know how to do an anti-cellulite massage at home, it will be interesting to start with the calf muscles and gradually move up to the arms and upper back. The groin areas, upper and inner thighs around the pubic bone, and the popliteal cavity are not massaged. The abdominal area is massaged especially delicately so that bruises do not form.
It is best to massage in the morning, right after getting up, or in the evening before bed. Home anti-cellulite massage with honey is contraindicated in the presence of varicose veins, heart disease and skin diseases. Areas of the skin that are damaged or irritated should not be massaged, as well as wet or damp skin, as this can lead to stretch marks.
Methods and techniques of home anti-cellulite massage
The methods used when performing home anti-cellulite massage are as follows:
- Stroking - to perform it with your fingertips, you need to easily stroke the skin in areas with cellulite, which will improve blood circulation in the capillaries;
- Rubbing - to perform it, you need to move the skin downwards with wide-spaced and tight-fitting fingers. This movement will help to reduce the thickness of the subcutaneous fat layer, improve skin tone, and activate the removal of fluid from the pores. On the hips, this massage technique is performed in a circular motion, and on the legs, rubbing is performed from the bottom up;
- Pressing - this technique allows you to soften the upper layers of the skin and restore muscle tone. To implement deep pressure, those who want to learn how to do home anti-cellulite massage should grab as large a problematic area of the skin and subcutaneous layers as possible with both hands and knead it like dough, and gradually bring the hands together;
- Patting is a series of blows of varying intensity applied by the joints of the fingers clenched into fists.
The main methods of home anti-cellulite massage for different parts of the body are as follows:
- For the abdomen, thighs and buttocks - the hand is clenched into a fist, the knuckles lead strongly along the skin from top to bottom and back until the body turns red;
- For knees, hips and buttocks - fingers are connected together and massage problem areas in a circular motion, gently pressing;
- For the inner side of the arms and thighs - light tingling, performed by grasping the skin between the thumbs and the rest of the fingers;
- For the abdomen, thighs and buttocks - with the help of the thumbs and forefingers of both hands, it is necessary to form a triangle, which, pressing strongly on the skin from the bottom up, then with the thumbs you need to smooth the skin with stroking movements from top to bottom.
Homemade anti-cellulite massage with a spoon
The famous German cosmetologist Rene Koch has developed an effective method for destroying cellulite - anti-cellulite massage with a spoon. Oddly enough, it is ordinary tablespoons that are able to most deeply and pointwise affect problem areas, moreover, with the help of a spoon, those who do home anti-cellulite massage to themselves will easily work out the most inaccessible areas.
It is advisable to use cupronickel or silver spoons to perform the massage. The massage should be performed for 30 minutes, preferably in the morning before breakfast. Before starting the anti-cellulite massage with a spoon, you need to cleanse the skin and moisturize it with cream. The methods and techniques used when performing anti-cellulite massage with spoons are exactly the same as when performing massage with your hands. Spoons must first be cooled, or vice versa, heated, and constantly lubricated in the process of performing a home anti-cellulite massage with cream or liquid honey. It is better to use honey, since it is a natural component capable of removing toxins from the body, perfectly tones and nourishes the skin.
The massage begins with the fact that pre-prepared spoons (cooled) are applied to the buttocks, they begin to perform circular movements from the center to the sides, and then down and up. The inner thigh is massaged from bottom to top, the outer thigh from top to bottom. Hands are massaged from the elbow with circular movements of the hands along the inner side up and down. Hot spoons are mainly used to massage the décolleté, the main thing is not to overdo it with temperature, because you can get burns.
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