They mechanically stimulate the skin to provoke a positive response. A distinction is made between techniques such as palpating and rolling, claping and pinching. Their principle of operation is to provoke a reaction of the skin to a mechanical stimulus.
This category also includes cleaning brush appliances or certain gentle dermabrasion techniques. There are several techniques within this approach. Among the oldest, we will remember the famous"palper roule", a massage initially proposed in the management of cellulite. It consists of pinching a fold of skin and rolling it between the fingers from bottom to top and looks very closely like Jacquet's pinch.
Created in the s by Dr Jacquet, this anti-aging technique is currently taught in all beauty schools. On dry skin without cream, the skin is pinched between the thumb and forefinger with the fingertips. You grab the muscle deep down, without stretching it. Small vigorous pinches are made all over the face, especially the oval. A variation consists in gripping the skin and pinching by turning.
The palpate-roll is mainly practiced in institutes, but also at home. The massage can be done by hand or with a specialized machine. Expected effects. These pinches, to be made during minutes, accelerate the microcirculation, improve the oxygenation of the tissues, make work the muscles of the face.
This mechanical stimulation also implements an often ignored characteristic of connective tissue, its contractile properties. Indeed, when collagen lattices are mechanically stimulated, they react spontaneously by contracting. Based on this reaction, these stimulation techniques present undeniable effects, widely demonstrated, of skin tissue firming, thus opposing a certain tissue ptosis. If results are seen after the first session, a one-month course of treatment twice a week is recommended for the anti-wrinkle and rejuvenating effects to take hold.
