05/09/2023
A “lymphatic drainage” eye treatment on a facial menu is a bogus treatment if there’s no attention given to lymph drainage down river, particularly of the jaw and neck.
There, I said it. This has been a pet peeve of mine for almost 2 decades now.
Where is that drained fluid supposed to go? If the jaw and/or neck are tense (the area that the fluid has to drain through in order to get to the heart for the next step) and there’s already stagnated circulation in those areas, that lymph fluid from the eyes more than likely will just settle there. Unless one is looking for a quick fix (ie. short term results), but what good is that doing anyone?
This is a fantastic, simple illustration showing how jaw tension can cause puffy eyes. The 3 green vessels you see here are Lymphatic vessels.
Swipe left to see 2 other illustrations for extra clarity.
You can see how routinely resting your jaw on your hand could possibly contribute toward slowing down that circulation as well.
Jaw tension can contribute to puffiness anywhere on our face - as all lymph in our face has to pass through our jaw to get to our neck to drain.
And, since this excess fluid has to then drain down the lymph pathways on the sides of our neck to get to our heart for the next step to happen, you can imagine that if there's tension in our neck, that will have a tremendous effect on the drainage of our entire head, including our brain.
My clients can often feel the puffiness draining from around their eyes when I work on their collarbone, neck, and corner of their jaw, before I’ve even massaged anywhere near or directly with the area around the eyes.
For those new to the deep green wholistic esthetics approach, this is how we look at the face, like a funnel. In skin sessions we generally work with the skin from the bottom up, from the big picture to the finer details. Restoring freer flow through this ‘funnel’ can do wonders for the look and health of the skin - from reactive skin to vibrant aging. No flow, no glow.
(the last 📸 is one I made to illustrate the funnel aspect of our head and neck)
