S.O.S cellulite: care with massage do-it-yourself!

base oil, which can be almond or argan, both the nourishing and softening, few drops of essential oil such as lemon, rosemary, mint, tea tree. All of these have a draining effect: the herbalist will advise the most suitable one for you and your stage of cellulite. If you want to give, then, that little bit extra… add a little pepper:this spice, In fact, It has vasodilatory properties, and it is therefore perfect to stimulate circulation. But beware: if your skin is delicate, or you suffer from varicose veins and fragile capillaries better to refrain from using this component! A little advice: to amplify the effects of these essential oils can make a scrub in the shower with honey, brown sugar and a little salt.

The massage DIY: relaxing… and effective

After the scrub and the oil application, you can proceed to cellulite massage, to be performed three times a week for about 15/20 minutes at will throughout the day, always starting from the ankles and going towards the thighs and groin, to promote venous return. Let's see what are the movements to be carried out:

• apply the lotion gently, warming it a bit’ in hands, starting from ankle all’groin.
• Massages first foot, from the plant, with circular movements of the thumbs: go towards the ankle, up to the heel, for two minutes.
• Merge thumb and forefinger of both hands, embracing the leg and exerting a growing pressure at each step, salts from the ankle to the groin. Movement to run for two minutes.
• After reactivating the microcirculation of the leg, we can focus on the calf: supports thumbs on the tibia and place your other fingers on the calf massaging in a circular manner and going from the ankle to the knee. Massages for two more minutes.
• And now the most critical point: the thigh. First join thumb and forefinger to embrace the thigh, by moving from the knee towards the groin, then passes inside thigh, “smoothing” the skin away from the area under the buttock and coming up to the perpendicular to the knee area. For last, do the same movement with quadriceps.
• Once you finished this massage continue to pinch slightly and in a manner perpendicular to the whole leg, from the ankle to the thigh inside, and ends the massage with the movement that you can find the third point, extending over the entire leg.

Tags: cellulite, dermoaspirazione, massage