After your day trip to Magdalena Med Spa in Lake Forest, don’t overlook purchasing a dry brush for its many health and beauty benefits.
Brushing your skin may not be something you’re familiar with, but it has a lot of benefits for your whole body. Not only will you feel relaxed and less stressed while you do it, but you’ll also reap the benefits of brushing long after you’re done.
Benefits of Brushing Your Skin
Your largest organ is your skin, and it’s more than just what you can see. Your skin contains layers of cells, nerves, and glands that protect your body from the outside world. Your skin is packed with nerve cells that send messages directly to your brain.
Your skin also plays a role in detoxification. When your skin itself has toxins and dead skin cells clogging the top layer, it reduces its ability to detox your body.
When you dry brush your skin, it removes dead skin cells for more radiant looking skin, and it also helps boost your lymphatic system’s ability to remove waste in your body.
Exfoliation
The top layer is your skin has up to 20 layers of dead skin cells. Brushing removes some of these dead skin cells, which exfoliates your body and help your skin look and feel better. This can also unclog pores, so you could see fewer blemishes on your body.
By removing dead skin cells, brushing also encourages cellular turnover for more radiant looking skin. It’s also said to help reduce ingrown hairs.
Improve Circulation
The act of brushing, moving a brush over your skin, boosts circulation. This helps your body circulate lymph fluid, which can help carry waste to be eliminated quicker.
Reduce Cellulite
One benefit that most women like is a reduction in cellulite. When your skin is dry brushed, the fat deposits below the skin get softened, which helps the fat get distributed more evenly in the body. While this doesn’t eliminate fat, it can reduce the appearance of cellulite.
It Feels Good
Many people like brushing because it just feels good. It’s almost like getting a massage all over your body. With better looking skin afterwards, many women find that their moods are boosted during and after the session.
Brushing your skin can help reduce stress, especially when done in a quiet, relaxing environment.
Boosting the Lymphatic System
Your lymphatic system helps your body remove waste products. It has many miles of tubes in your body that move waste to your blood to be eliminated. When this system doesn’t work, toxins and waste products can build up in your body, which can lead to disease or inflammation. Brushing your skin can help detox your body and get rid of waste.
What is Dry Brushing?
Brushing is exactly what it sounds like: brushing with a dry brush.
While it’s not a complicated process, there are some guidelines that will make it a more positive experience.
You should use a gentle brush and use soft pressure on your body if it’s your first time. As you do it more often you may move to a firmer brush with more pressure so you get more benefits from your session.
Skin brushing is generally done on the feet first with strokes going from your feet towards your chest to encourage lymph fluid to flow where it drains.
After the feet and legs, your palms and arms are next. Finally, the stomach and armpits are done in a circular motion.
For your face, back, and abdomen, you should switch to a softer brush.
Brushing your skin shouldn’t hurt. It should feel like a massage with smooth, soft strokes. Your skin might turn pink after a session, but it should not be red or stinging. It shouldn’t hurt; if it does hurt, you may need to modify your technique.