A Study on Regulation of Sebum·Moisture, Elasticity and Edema in Face by Combination of Manual & Jade Massage

Abstract

Edema in face and a double chin cause to the psychological pressure and lack of self-confidence on women in today’s world. This social phenomenon calls a number of massage techniques and programs in esthetics are very useful and practice to the alternative solution. But it is not detailed basic data absent. So that, in this study, five women as experiment subjects, who are in their 20’s to 50’s, are studied for using manual massage (Swedish and Lymph) and jade massage in twice a week for four weeks. The changes of levels in sebum, moisture, elasticity and melanin pigment are in facial skin measured, and face contour, face size and shape, a double chin, and skin transparency from the subjects were observed. In the result, the moisture level in five subjects increased significantly after the eight times as last observation period of manual and jade massage (p⁄0.05). In gross examination by viewpoints of frontal and lateral face, their asymmetrical eyebrows, bilateral drop cheeks, a double chin and edema of mandibular joint region caused from malfunction of lymphatic circulation around parotids and angulus region, the dark yellowish color and irregular surface of skin around the neck before the treatment were regulated with the massage on orbicularis oculi muscle and corrugators that helped relaxation and waste excreted. Contraction in the cheeks and improvement in lymph circulation reduced edema on upper and lower jaws which brought up oval shaped or V-line jaw line on the subjects’ face. In addition, the reduced face plaster size ensured that the face size has remarkably reduced. In conclusion, manual massage, including lymph massage and swedish massage, together with jade massage can be used in practice as a way to control face edema and a double chin for sensitive skin, oily skin, and dry skin because they improve blood circulation and lymph circulation which ease waste discharge and toxin excrete. With this study, the scientific basic and objective data that can be used in teaching practitioners and esthetic practice are acquired.