There are forty-three muscles in the face, and most of them never get touched. They clench while you sleep, they hold tension while you concentrate, and they are the first place a stressful week becomes visible.
A facial massage is short, twenty minutes, and it works on exactly those muscles: the jaw, the temples, the forehead, the small muscles around the eyes and along the skull.
What it does
- Releases the jaw, temples and forehead
- Relieves tension headaches at their muscular source
- Helps with night-time teeth grinding
- Relaxes the small muscles around the eyes
- A visible difference in the face after twenty minutes
Who it is for
- Teeth grinders and people with a tight jaw
- Recurring tension headaches
- Long hours of concentration on a screen
- Anyone who holds their stress in their face
- As an addition to a full body massage
The jaw, where most of it sits
The masseter, the muscle that closes your jaw, is proportionally one of the strongest in the body and a favourite storage place for stress. If you grind your teeth at night, wake up with a stiff jaw, or get headaches that start at the temple, this is usually where the thread begins.
Working it directly, both outside and along the cheekbone, releases something that no amount of shoulder massage reaches. Clients are often startled by how tender it is the first time.
Tension headaches
A large share of recurring headaches are not migraines, they are muscular. The suboccipital muscles at the base of the skull, the temporalis at the side of the head, and the frontalis across the forehead all refer pain into the head when they stay contracted.
Twenty minutes on those three groups is often enough to change the day. For a headache pattern that comes back every week, this works better combined with neck work than on its own.
Facial massage or facial lymphatic drainage
These are two different treatments and people often mix them up. The facial massage, at 200 NIS, works on the muscles: jaw, temples, forehead, with real pressure.
The facial lymphatic drainage, at 250 NIS, works on the fluid: very light pressure on the drainage points of the face and neck, to bring down puffiness and get circulation moving. Choose it for swollen eyelids, a dull complexion, or heaviness after a short night.
Adding it to another session
Twenty minutes rarely justifies the trip on its own. Most clients add it to the end of a 60 or 90 minute body massage, which is also when the face is most ready to let go.
Tell me at the start of the session if you want it included, so I leave the time for it.
How a session goes
- 01Face up, hair tied back, no cream on the face unless you want it.
- 02Work on the jaw and the masseter first, then the temples and the forehead.
- 03Fine work around the eyes and along the base of the skull.
- 04A moment lying still at the end, which is the part most people need most.
Questions about this treatment
- Is it a beauty treatment?
- No. It is a muscular treatment on the face. There is no extraction, no mask, no product routine. The visible effect on the skin is a side effect of the circulation, not the goal.
- Can I book only the facial massage?
- Yes, twenty minutes at 200 NIS. Most people prefer to add it to a longer session, but it stands on its own.
- Does it help with teeth grinding?
- It relieves the muscular consequence, which is real and welcome. It does not treat the cause, so if you grind heavily, talk to your dentist about a night guard as well.
- Which one for puffiness?
- The facial lymphatic drainage at 250 NIS, not this one. Puffiness is fluid, and fluid responds to very light drainage work, not to muscular pressure.
