Lymphatic drainage massage—a technique beloved by celebrities for its sculpting effect—is a beauty skill worth mastering, and luckily we have an expert to explain a DIY approach, step by step.
To begin, Lanini suggests standing in front of the mirror and pressing on the area just below your collarbones to get the drainage started. "Then press the armpit three times with your right hand and vice versa." Lanini urges clients to move their strokes in the direction of the lymph node, or upward, always. Next, continue moving over the arms with light pressure from the elbow to the shoulder and repeat on the other side.
To drain the lower half of the body, start at the groin, where the inguinal nodes are. Press three times. Then, using a closed fist, "slide your hands from the knee up 8 times." Next, "squeeze the back of the knee 3 times and slide your hands from the foot back to the knee ten times."The entire process should take about 15 to 20 minutes, but after care is perhaps the most important part of the equation.
for 48 hours post treatment to promote drainage. She also suggests "avoiding sugar, alcohol, gluten and sodium" as much as possible, but to remember that we are all only human. "No need to obsess."
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