Dr David Jack is a renowned aesthetic doctor with a clinic on Harley Street, which is one of the top places in the city to book subtle tweakments. Master facialist at the clinic Izabela Pawlitka shares her tips on performing a lymphatic drainage massage facial at home properly.
Best for: Dull, lacklustre skin that needs some perking up.
Tools: Your favourite face oil or serum.
Steps:
- Grab your oil or serum using more than you normally would. Warm the formula in between your hands, and apply to your face and neck.
- Start With Your Neck Area: Place your right hand on the left-hand side of your neck and massage the muscles upwards, repeating with the opposite hand on the opposite side of your neck. Then, putting your hands in prayer position underneath your chin, massage the muscles along your jawline, moving your hands upwards, towards your ears.
- Move On to Your Chin and Mouth: Hook your thumbs underneath your chin, and use your ring fingers to massage the front of your chin, releasing any tension you have in that area. Then, take your ring fingers and massage all around your mouth using small circular motions starting right at the cupid's bow and ending under the middle of your bottom lip.
- Then Comes Your Jawline Area: Hook your fingers under your chin again, hook your index fingers around the top of your chin, and pull upwards along your jawline until you reach your ears. Then, using the same prayer position movement you did along your neck, use the palms of your hands to move the muscles along your jawline up towards your ears.
- Finish With the Sides of Your Face: Divide the side of your face in two parts: below your cheekbones and above your cheekbones. Beginning below your cheekbones, pinch the muscle between your thumbs and index fingers, starting from the corners of your mouth and moving upwards to the bottom of your ears, concentrating on lifting and then smoothing inwards. Repeat the process above your cheekbones, paying special attention to lifting the muscle from the bottom up. Repeat the entire process on the opposite side of your face. Finish with prayer hands cupping your chin upwards with firm pressure and lifting upwards to your forehead.