RU2367405C1 - Method of facial massage - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: cosmetology.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to cosmetology, precisely to facial massage for rejuvenating and revitalising skin integuments of face and low neck of a man. Manual facial massage is performed by multistage massaging actions by hands over face, neck and low neck. Massaging actions are made along massage lines by static force action over massaged surface with simultaneous vibration action performed without forming horizontal deviation of soft tissues towards the bone. On the first stage the massage is made by closed forefingers and middle finger of both hands, on the second stage - by closed forefinger, middle and ring fingers of both hands, on the third stage - closed forefinger, middle and ring fingers, and little finger, on the forth stage - folded hands, on the firth stage the action is performed by open palms, one the sixth stage - by folded hands. Fingers or folded hands are moved along the massage lines towards a boarder of the previous action.

EFFECT: method ensures steady lifting of muscles of face, neck and low neck, improved functioning of vessels and normalising skin function.

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Description

The invention relates to cosmetology, in particular to cosmetic massages, and is intended to rejuvenate and improve the skin of the face and neckline of a person.

In the literature on the description and study of massage, an unusually large number of massage manipulations attract attention. Often this is a kind of transformation of existing movements, but the physiological part of massage, according to scientists at this point in time, consists in moving blood and lymph from the periphery to the center, achieving this by manipulation: stroking, rubbing, kneading, stomping and squeezing. That is, using only purely mechanical effects.

A huge number of massage techniques are known. One of the most justified and recognized not only in the east, but also in the west and around the world is the shiatsu technique. Shiatsu is a traditional massage technique in which fingers, palms or elbows are applied to skin areas in the area of biologically active points and around meridians. This is a simple, safe, effective and accessible therapy for everyone, which helps to maintain and improve health, achieve peace, balance, a sense of joy in life. Since shiatsu is one of the types of traditional medicine of the East, it is based on the effect on the circulation of energy in the human body (Akira Yu. “Shiatsu - Japanese acupressure”, “Peter” - 2006, 88 pp.).

Closest to the proposed method of cosmetic massage is disclosed in patent RU 2232005. In accordance with this method, massage of the face, neck and décolleté is performed by phased execution of dynamic massaging movements with the hands. Massaging movements are performed in the form of stroking, pressing, symmetrical rotations, vibration effects.

This method allows the elimination or reduction of cosmetic phenomena, such as lymphostasis, lack of blood circulation, swelling, deterioration of trophic skin, as well as the correction of psychophysiological conditions without the use of special tools and complex reflexotherapy techniques. However, this method does not provide a stable face and décolleté lifting.

The objective of the invention is to obtain a stable lifting of the muscles of the face, neck and decollete, improving the functioning of blood vessels (removing edema, increasing the elasticity and permeability of the vessel walls), normalizing skin functions (dryness, skin reactivity).

The problem is solved by the method of performing cosmetic manual massage by performing multi-stage massaging movements of the face, neck and decollete with the hands of the massage therapist along massage lines, according to which massage movements are performed by static force acting on the massaged surfaces with simultaneous vibration exposure performed without displacement of soft tissues relative to the bone, while in the first stage, the effect is carried out by the closed index and middle fingers of both hands p to, on the second - with the closed index, middle and ring fingers of both hands, on the third - of the closed index, middle, ring fingers and little fingers, on the fourth - with bent hands, in the fifth stage, the effect is performed with open palms, at the sixth stage - with bent hands moreover, the rearrangement of fingers or bent hands along massage lines is carried out to the border of the previous exposure.

In private embodiments of the invention, the problem is solved in that the vibration effect at all stages is carried out by tensioning the muscles of the shoulder and / or forearm.

In private embodiments of the invention, the task is also solved by the fact that each of the first or third stages is carried out in the following sequence: working out the submandibular zone from the center of the lower jaw to its corners, working out the face area from the lateral parts to the center, working out the neck area sequentially along the anterolateral, and then along the posterolateral surfaces from top to bottom, the study of the décolleté zone from the lateral parts to the center.

In addition, in private embodiments of the invention, the fourth stage is carried out in the following sequence: working out the submandibular zone from the corners of the lower jaw to its center, working out the zone of the face from the center to the lateral parts, working out the neck area sequentially along the anterolateral, and then along the posterolateral surfaces from the bottom up; décolleté zones from the center to the lateral parts.

In some cases, the first to fourth steps are repeated.

It is desirable that at the fifth stage the exposure is carried out with open palms, with the first open palm being placed on the submandibular zone and the second on the forehead before exposure.

At the sixth stage, the action is carried out with bent hands, and the first fist is placed on the submandibular zone and the second on the forehead before exposure.

The invention consists in the following.

The phenomenon of changes in electric potential when pressing on certain parts of the skin surface has been known for a long time and underlies such common methods of treatment as acupressure and acupuncture. In addition, it is known that skin areas differ in electrical conductivity and in the magnitude of the pressure-induced electric potential.

Massage by static force acting on limited areas of the skin of the face, neck or décolleté leads to the appearance of a potential difference in the muscles. The occurrence of a potential difference when a mechanical force is applied to the biological object causes a direct piezoelectric effect, which, in turn, initiates the passage of the inverse piezoelectric effect - when a potential difference is applied to the biological object, its mechanical and geometric parameters change, and therefore, facial muscles contract, leading to the lifting effect.

Supplementing the static effect with the simultaneous vibration effect, which is carried out by creating vibrations in the fingers and hands due to the tension of the muscles of the shoulder, forearm and / or hands of the masseur, allows you to obtain vibrations in the longitudinal direction that do not dampen the electrical excitations of the individual massaged areas, but summarize them, increasing the magnitude of the direct and inverse piezoelectric effects.

Under the static impact is understood the impact by applying pressure (pressure) without the formation of horizontal displacement of soft tissues relative to the bone.

The forces under vibration are applied perpendicular to the bone only due to the tension of the muscles of the massage therapist, and they create oscillations in the longitudinal direction, and at the same time, the specified vibration locally goes into the depth of the worked muscle up to the bone, and only a small part of the vibration is scattered in a small horizontal radius.

The time of a single exposure to a given area of the skin depends on the condition of the treated area. As a rule, it does not exceed 7 seconds, while to achieve a lifting effect, the optimal exposure time is 1-3 s, and to relieve swelling, the exposure should be longer 4-7 s.

Thus, applying static mechanical force (pressure) to the muscles, a direct piezoelectric effect is obtained, which provides a potential difference on this muscle, which creates an inverse piezoelectric effect, which changes the geometric parameters of the muscle and skin and their contraction, leading to the lifting effect.

Using static pressure with vibration as a massage manipulation and provoking the flow of the direct and reverse piezoelectric effect in the tissues, they achieve vascular training, relieve swelling and restore the function of the skin, muscles, tendons, correct facial contours, remove the second chin, smooth wrinkles and get a firm lifting effect .

The invention is as follows.

Piezomassage is carried out in several stages.

0 stage.

- Carry out make-up removal and diagnostics of client’s tissues.

- Conditionally divide the face, neck, décolleté into the required number of zones, depending on the presence of tissue problems of the client. The more pronounced a decrease in the overall tone of soft tissues and the presence of expression lines, the more lines are secreted. Zones with edema present in them are also distinguished.

- Proceed to massage:

Stage 1 massage.

- Begin its implementation from the submandibular zone. The index finger of each hand is placed in the center as close as possible to each other without a gap, the middle fingers of each hand are attached to them. Soft tissues are pressed tightly to the edge of the lower jaw and the fingers are vibrated by tension of a group of muscles located on the inner-lateral surface of the forearm.

- Fingers rearrange to the boundary of the site, which has already been carried out static and simultaneous vibrational impact, have the same fingers in the same sequence. Again, a static and simultaneously vibrational effect is carried out according to the principle set forth in the previous paragraph, the fingers are moved to the corners of the lower jaw. The principle of static and vibration effects is maintained along the entire trajectory of movement.

- On the face zone, fingers are placed on the lateral surfaces of the boundaries of the treated area, then they are moved to the central part of the face until the fingers meet each other.

- In the neck area, movements with the same fingers are performed on the anterolateral and posterolateral surfaces sequentially, on the anterolateral surfaces - along the ascending lines, and on the posterolateral surfaces - along the descending lines.

- Then the fingers are moved to the neckline. Massage static and vibration effects are performed along the massage lines, starting from the lateral surfaces of the décolleté zones to the center until the fingers close. This completes the first stage of work.

Stage 2 massage:

- The lines, sequence and principle of static effects with vibratory, as well as the principle of movement along massage lines by moving fingers to the borders of the treated area are preserved. The working surface of the hands of the masseur is changing - the massage is carried out by the closed index, middle and ring fingers of both hands.

Stage 3 massage:

- The lines, sequence and principle of static effects with vibration, as well as the principle of movement along massage lines by moving fingers to the borders of the treated area are preserved, but the impact area is increased - the massage is carried out with closed index, middle, ring fingers and little finger of both hands.

4th stage of the massage:

- Bend your hands into fists. Massage movements by means of a static effect with a simultaneous vibration effect are carried out by any convenient surface of the fist (depending on the structure of the client’s tissues and their problems). The massage therapist sets the vibration effect by tensioning the muscles of the external lateral surface of the forearm, such as the brachioradiative. Depending on the positioning of the fist on the tissues, when the fist is turned with the back surface inward, the muscles of the inner surface of the shoulder, the three-headed ones, can be more involved.

- They preserve the sequence of study of the zones, as well as the methods of static exposure with vibration, but the movement during massage is performed in the other direction - on the submandibular zone, the movement is carried out from the corners of the lower jaw to the center, and on the zones of the face - from the center to the lateral surfaces.

5 stage of the massage:

- The fifth stage is carried out by arranging the open palms, placing the palm of the first hand on the submandibular zone, and the palm of the second hand on the forehead. Carry out the simultaneous study of the submandibular zone and the forehead zone (without raising the chin specifically, the head is in the same plane as the client’s body, the other hand compresses the soft tissues to the frontal bone). Vibrations are created by tension of the shoulder muscles of the massage therapist - triceps and brachii. The exposure time for such exposure is 3-5 seconds.

6 stage of the massage:

- Perform the same way as stage 5, but instead of the open palms, the effect is carried out by bent hands.

This can end the session. In this case, this technique is a mandatory set of operations and can be used as an express method that instantly improves the condition of the face, neck and décolleté. It takes 12-20 minutes to complete this program, and 1.5-3.5 minutes for each stage.

However, if the number of lines under development is increased, the development time is increased equally.

You can speed up and prolong the effect of the lifting effect of the skin and muscles by applying various problem masks for massage.

When conducting the described piezomassage, it is important to implement the following rules:

1. To achieve the maximum lifting effect, the skin should be worked out with small movements and very quickly.

2. To relieve puffiness, work rhythmically, at an average pace, and then move on to small, fast movements to improve lifting.

3. With pronounced ptosis (reduction of turgor and omission of soft tissues) and the presence of many expression lines, the following implementations of the invention are possible

3.1 Repeat blocks 1-4 several times (2-4) and complete steps 5 and 6.

3.2 Having completed the stages 1-4 of the massage, they turn the client’s head on its side and work in the same mode on one half, then on the other. Then again massage is carried out from stages 1 to 6.

3.3 First, turn the head on its side and process the first side surface of the face, neck and décolleté, and then process the second half and only then carry out steps 1-6.

In this case, the total massage time will increase accordingly. The maximum time should not exceed 60 minutes.

The above does not exhaust all implementations of the invention — there are many piezomassage schemes and an individual approach to the client is carried out depending on problems with the skin of the face.

The method is illustrated by the following examples.

Example 1. Julia, 37 years old, had problems of a beginning decrease in her general tone, a heavy chin, and nasolabial folds were expressed. The eye area is swollen, with wings of the nose showing signs of rosacea.

Massage was carried out according to the following scheme:

The first and third stages were carried out in the following sequence:

Stage 1. Static impact with simultaneous vibration created by tension of the muscles of the forearm of the masseur was carried out by the closed index and middle fingers of both hands according to the scheme: working out the submandibular zone from the center of the lower jaw to its corners, working out the zone of the face from the lateral parts to the center, working out the neck area sequentially along anterolateral, and then on the posterolateral surfaces from top to bottom, the study of the neckline from the lateral parts to the center. In the process of working out all the zones after each single exposure, the fingers were torn off from the worked-out zone and put to the border of the worked-out zone to carry out the next action on the adjacent to the worked-out zone. The duration of each exposure was 2-3 seconds.

Stage 2: the impact was carried out by the closed index, middle and ring fingers of both hands according to the principle described in stage 1.

Stage 3: exposure was carried out by closed index, middle, ring fingers and little finger according to the principle described in stage 1.

Stage 4: the impact was carried out with bent hands, according to the principle described in stage 1.

Stage 5: exposure was carried out with open palms, placing the palm of the first hand on the submandibular zone with a palm shift in the direction of the jaw zone, the palm of the second hand on the forehead with a shift down. Carried out the simultaneous study of the submandibular zone and the frontal zone. The exposure time was 3-4 seconds.

Stage 6: at the sixth stage - hands bent into a fist according to the principle described in stage 5.

After the first piezomassage procedure of light load, carried out for 15 minutes, Julia changed face contour, the edge of the lower jaw, cheekbones appeared.

Swelling has disappeared from the eyelids.

Julia came to the second procedure with an even more pronounced effect. Skin color is uniform, light. Nasolabial folds decreased by 1/3. At the end of the second procedure, nasolabial folds were smoothed out by 90%. Traces of rosacea became barely noticeable.

Dynamics was observed every time.

After three procedures, obvious changes in the age criterion, namely, 10 years, were noticeable.

A total of 8 procedures were performed. The first five procedures were carried out at medium load. The steps were repeated several times with an emphasis on problem areas. The total time (average load) was about 40 minutes. The last three procedures were carried out as fixing the effect obtained at minimum loads (exposure time - 15 minutes).

After 3 months, the state of the tissues remained virtually unchanged. During this period, Julia used the recommended cosmetics and did not accept any procedures from the cosmetologist.

Example 2. Alexander V., 44 years old.

Wrinkles on the forehead, ptosis of the upper eyelid, crow's feet, nasolabial folds and anterolateral surface of the neck are expressed. Pasteous tissue, gray complexion.

The course of piezoelectric massage was carried out according to the following scheme: two daily procedures, a break of three days and two more daily procedures. In total, 4 procedures per course were carried out, of which the second and third were performed for 5 minutes, and 1 and 4 for 30 minutes.

The sequence of operations was, as in example 1, but the time of a single exposure at each stage was 3-4 seconds, and steps 1-4 were repeated 2 times.

After the first piezomassage procedure, the color and topography of the skin changed, swelling subsided. Wrinkles were smoothed out by 40% (there were fewer of them, and the depth of creases was reduced).

The second procedure helped to reduce wrinkles by another 20%, the eyelid lifted, the look changed. Remained slightly marked nasolabial creases. The neck became almost smooth, uniform.

Today, Alexander looks much younger. Maintains a state by piezo massage 1-2 times a week regularly.

Example 3. Svetlana Nikolaevna M., 68 years old. Looks like 55 years old.

10 years ago did a surgical facelift.

Atony of the muscle layer was visually observed, against a background of a good tone of the dermal level and visible problems of the parotid zone.

The neck and décolleté area was age-appropriate. The presence of multiple wrinkles and ptosis of soft tissues was observed.

The course of piezoelectric massage was carried out in an amount of 10 procedures.

Interval between procedures:

The first 2 weeks - 2 times, 3 and 4 weeks once, then the interval became 10 days-14 days.

The last three procedures were carried out at an average load of not more than 30 minutes.

The face and underlying tissues began to be perceived uniformly, not standing out from each other.

The wrinkles were smoothed, the tone was restored. Clear contours of the face emphasize a good complexion.

Today, Svetlana Nikolaevna does not look older than 50 years. Once a week goes to support programs.

Example 4. Marina S., 48 years old.

Thick porous dehydrated skin, expressed subcutaneous fat layer. A double chin covers a short neck.

A series of piezomassage every other day, with a course of 12 procedures, helped redistribute the subcutaneous fat layer, remove excess fatty deposits, tighten tissues, and get rid of the 2nd chin.

Started to work with a minimum load of 20 minutes (2 sessions). Gradually, the load was increased, focusing on problem areas (up to 45 minutes). The maximum load was carried out (2 times) for 50 minutes, alternating with the average load.

Marina looks 7-8 years younger. The pores were reduced, the skin became well-groomed, the pores narrowed.

A month later, the piezomassage course was repeated in the same mode.

Today, Marina goes to maintenance procedures every 3-4 weeks.

Thus, as follows from the above examples of the invention, the method of cosmetic massage in accordance with the proposed invention allows to obtain the following advantages:

get a steady lifting of the muscles of the face, neck and décolleté;

improve the functioning of blood vessels - relieve swelling, increase the elasticity and permeability of the walls of blood vessels;

normalize skin function.

Claims (7)

1. A method of performing cosmetic manual massage by multi-stage performing massaging movements of the face, neck and decollete with the hands of a massage therapist, characterized in that the massage movements are performed along the massage lines by static force acting on the massaged surfaces with simultaneous vibrational effect, performed without the formation of horizontal soft displacement tissues relative to the bone, while in the first stage the effect is carried out by the closed index and middle fingers of both hands, n the second - with closed index, middle and ring fingers of both hands, in the third - with closed index, middle, ring fingers and little fingers, in the fourth - with bent hands, in the fifth stage, the effect is carried out with open palms, at the sixth stage - with bent hands, and rearrangement fingers or bent hands along massage lines is carried out to the border of the previous exposure. 2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the vibrational effect at all stages is carried out by tensioning the muscles of the shoulder and / or forearm. 3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that each of the first or third stages is carried out in the following sequence: elaboration of the submandibular zone from the center of the lower jaw to its corners, elaboration of the face area from the lateral parts to the center, elaboration of the neck area sequentially along the anterolateral, and then along the posterolateral surfaces from top to bottom, the study of the décolleté zone from the lateral parts to the center. 4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the fourth stage is carried out in the following sequence: elaboration of the submandibular zone from the corners of the lower jaw to its center, elaboration of the face zone from the center to the lateral parts, elaboration of the neck area sequentially along the anterolateral and then posterolateral surfaces from bottom to top, elaboration of the decollete zone from the center to the lateral parts. 5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the first and fourth steps are repeated. 6. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that in the fifth stage, the effect is carried out with open palms, and before exposure, the first open palm is placed on the submandibular zone, and the second on the forehead area. 7. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that in the sixth stage, the effect is carried out by bent hands, the first fist being placed on the submandibular zone, and the second on the forehead.