The Most Valuable Cleanse: Lymphatic Drainage

Lymph does not flow from the pumping of the heart. It moves by gravity, body movement, and breathing. Without a heart like pump, he lives can be subject to erratic and lazy flowing.

The importance of lymph and its role as part of the immune system received little recognition until the early 1930s when European doctors and therapists began to focus on it. The medical community by and large paid little attention, but professionals of the esthetics field did take notice. Progressively, but surely, lymphatic drainage became a systematic part of both face and body treatments in Europe. In this case, the drainage is simply a stimulation of the natural lymph movement within the body. It is worth repeating that no lymph is removed from the body in a lymphatic drainage. Nevertheless, the term can be intimidating when encountered for the first time.

Lymph is a part of the normal detoxification process. It plays the role of a waste removal and disposal system. It is critical to our defensive response to foreign bodies. It has a major responsibility to maintain healthy connective tissues.

The lymphatic system is also involved in fat absorption and removal. It is an additional reason for all slimming treatments to incorporate lymphatic drainage. The drainage is a specific massage by hand or with specialized equipment which stimulates lymph movement.

Lymphatic drainage aids in the treatment of virtually all skin conditions and improves both health and appearance of all skin types. As the treatment increases lymphatic flow, it also improves the flow of all fluids at and immediately below skin level. As a result, blood circulation also increases to the area with the attendant benefit of increased delivery of nutrients to the dermis and epidermis as well as acceleration of the removal of waste products and toxins all of which are most desirable effects.