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Vacuum facial massage at home and in the salon: benefits, how to do it correctly, contraindications
Last reviewed: 06.07.2025
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Youth always attracts with a good and healthy complexion, smooth, elastic, velvety and delicate skin. The aging process is evidenced by a dull look, dull skin, wrinkles. With age, capillary fragility prevents the skin from being properly nourished with oxygen and essential substances, and collagen, the basis of connective tissue that provides strength and elasticity, weakens. How unpleasant such symptoms are for women when the soul is still young! In all centuries, they have directed their efforts to prolonging youth in various ways. Modern technological development offers many methods of getting rid of wrinkles: massages, masks, creams for the care of different skin types and for any time of day, youth injections. One of them is vacuum massage, new in cosmetology, but using long-known and forgotten cans for its implementation.
Indications for the procedure
What is the benefit of vacuum facial massage? It restores collagen fibers, capillary network and insufficient blood flow in them. This allows:
- remove deep scars and marks;
- get rid of wrinkles by relaxing muscle tension;
- improve the condition of the skin, reducing flabbiness and sagginess;
- eliminate swelling, puffiness and dark circles under the eyes;
- remove double chin.
[ Preparation
Of course, to perform such a massage, you need special equipment and knowledge of the technique. It is best to do the procedure in salons equipped with devices for vacuum facial massage. A vacuum massager is an electric device with attachments for different parts of the body and face. Its advantage over cans is the ability to regulate pressure and set a certain mode.
There are several types of vacuum cans for facial massage. Modern glass cans have a different appearance than those that were popular for treating bronchitis and other respiratory diseases. A glass round base of various diameters for ease of use on different areas, crowned with a rubber pump for drawing out air - this is the type of massage can. To install it, just squeeze the pump, and after placing it, unclench your hand, causing the skin to be drawn into the can. The disadvantage is the fragility of the glass, the possibility of injury.
There are also rubber and silicone massage cups. Although rubber ones are the cheapest, they are also rougher to use, and they absorb oils and gels used in massages better, retain their smells for a long time and are a favorable environment for the reproduction of bacteria.
More modern are silicone cups for vacuum facial massage. They are hermetically sealed, durable, of the same diameter, and are easy to move over the skin surface. All this makes them popular both in beauty salons and when performing the procedure at home.
Preparation for vacuum massage will not be complete without purchasing a lubricant. Often, any unrefined vegetable oil is used for this purpose, and best of all, olive oil, creams. And yet, gels for vacuum facial massage are most suitable due to their water base and ability to penetrate deeper. They also provide ideal sliding of cans on the body.
Technique vacuum facial massage
There is a certain technique for performing a facial massage with vacuum cups, without which you can harm your appearance, damage blood vessels and cause bruises on your face, cause inflammation. Regardless of which area of the face will be massaged, it is necessary to cleanse the face of decorative cosmetics, then douse it with cold water. First, the muscles are slightly warmed up by applying gel to the surface of the face. The procedure is performed along special lines that you need to know. When massaging the forehead, massage movements are carried out from the center to the temples and from the eyebrows to the base of the hair using cups of two sizes - 33 and 22 mm. Start with a large one, then repeat all the movements with a small one. The eyelid area is not subject to the procedure. The interbrow fold is smoothed out by moving the cup from the tip of the nose to it. The lower eyelid is affected along the line from the nose, the upper part of the cheek and to the temples (the diameter of the cup is 11 mm). Other classic massage lines are from temple to temple between the nose and upper lip, from the center of the lower lip to the earlobe in different directions, from the middle of the lower part of the chin along the lower jaw to the earlobe.
The movements are done at least 4 times along each line. The first sessions should be done without much strain, with subsequent increase in intensity, bringing the duration of the procedure to 15 minutes. How often can you do a vacuum facial massage? The frequency of its implementation is once a week, a total of 10-15 sessions. It is possible to increase the number of procedures to 3-4 per week if the facial contour has “floated” or the expression wrinkles are very deep. For young skin, this is not necessary.
Vacuum facial massage with the device
A special cosmetic device for vacuum massage works on the principles of creating a pulse wave, due to which the massage is carried out. The procedure gives pleasant sensations, removes swelling, removes fat deposits.
Vacuum roller facial massage
It is based on the use of a vacuum and a roller. This method involves the use of special attachments - maniples, through which air is removed, creating a vacuum. Inside the maniples there are rollers that massage the skin drawn in by the vacuum. The procedure is practically painless and very effective. Thanks to it, lymphatic drainage is enhanced, skin elasticity increases, and facial muscles are toned and tightened.
Laser-vacuum facial massage
A new direction in the fight against aging. Combines two methods: vacuum massage and cold laser. Radiation occurs through the nozzle of the vacuum device, which enhances the effect of the procedure: toxins are removed, metabolic processes, microcirculation of fluid in the body, cell nutrition are improved, collagen production is stimulated. Wrinkles and flabbiness recede, facial skin becomes more elastic and radiant.
Vacuum facial massage at home
Vacuum facial massage at home is quite acceptable if you follow certain rules. First, the jars for it should be well washed, and if possible, pasteurized. Before the procedure, after cleaning, it is best to steam the face in a sauna, bath, bathtub or over a container of hot water. This is done in order to reduce the risk of bruises. Next, the skin is lubricated with oil, cream or gel for better sliding. After installing the jar, you need to ensure that the skin is not too drawn in, and begin smooth movements along the massage lines, which should be determined in advance using diagrams available on the Internet or in specialized literature. Jerky movements form hematomas on the face. Just a few movements along each line will give tangible results. You need to start with large-diameter jars, which are less traumatic for the skin, and only after gaining experience move on to using small ones.
Results after vacuum facial massage
The results after vacuum massage of the face will not be long in coming. The reflection in the mirror will show a tightened oval of the face, freshened skin, less pronounced nasolabial folds, and wrinkles are not so deep. If there were scars or scars on the face, they will become less noticeable.
Contraindications to the procedure
Vacuum massage is not indicated in all cases. Contraindications to its implementation are:
- inflammation of the facial nerve;
- acne;
- open wounds;
- hypertension or hypotension;
- tendency to thrombosis;
- poor blood clotting;
- large moles and warts on the face;
- colds, poisoning, high body temperature;
- just a bad mood;
- skin hypersensitivity.
Complications after the procedure
Thin and sensitive skin can react to unskilled actions with complications after the procedure in the form of irritation, rupture of blood vessels, and ignoring contraindications will aggravate existing problems. The safest option is to have it done in specialized institutions by experienced professionals. They will visually assess the condition of the client's skin, ask leading questions to find out the appropriateness and harmlessness of its implementation.
Reviews
Most reviews of the vacuum massage procedure are positive, ranging from calm to enthusiastic. Their authors, mostly women over 40, note obvious improvements in the condition of the face, tightening of its contours, reduction of puffiness and dark circles under the eyes. Among those who were dissatisfied were those who performed the procedure on their own without any special skills.