Vacuum gradient therapy (vacuum massage)

The belly is the first thing a woman becomes ashamed of about her figure. Over the years, it swells, hangs, becomes flabby, “life preservers”, cellulite, and stretch marks appear on it.

Vacuum massage will help you regain your graceful waist. It gives a powerful impetus to the movement of blood and lymph, melts even hard-to-reach fat, tightens the skin, “patches” stretch marks and resolves scars.

We tell you how vacuum abdominal massage works and how to do everything correctly.

Why does fat accumulate on the stomach?

A woman's stomach usually becomes fat first. Because our main biological purpose is to bear a child. And if excess fat appears in the body, it, first of all, goes to create “armor” for the reproductive organs and the fetus.

Moreover, it is the stomach that is the most difficult to remove fat from. Why? Because it is not only subcutaneous (this layer is quite easy to deal with with the help of diets and exercises). The main problem is visceral fat, the same one that is deposited on the internal organs. This is a completely different level of complexity; it will not be possible to “burn” such “deposits” without special techniques.

But everything happens for a reason, and so does belly fat. Once you understand why it accumulates, you will be able to defeat it/prevent its occurrence.

The main scenarios are:

1. You consume more energy than you expend.
   To put it simply, eat a lot and not much, but move little. With this lifestyle, it is impossible to avoid exogenous obesity - one that is caused by external reasons (overeating and physical inactivity). With it, the whole body becomes plump, but the stomach and sides are the most prominent. Metabolism slows down, the walls of the stomach stretch, and appetite increases.
2. You are experiencing chronic stress.
   You are overworked for a long time and feel nervous tension, and this is a continuous process. Where does this lead? Your levels of stress hormones, especially cortisol, increase.

   Scientists have found that this is one of the main causes of abdominal obesity. With it, fat accumulates in the abdomen, but the rest of the body does not change.

   A full belly becomes almost a death sentence. Stress leads to overeating (how else to cheer yourself up, if not with cakes and hamburgers?). This makes you even more fat and generally makes you depressed. It turns out to be a vicious circle. To get out of it, you need powerful techniques (not fasting!).

3. You have crossed the age threshold of 30-40 years.
   During this period, your metabolism slowed down - the inevitability of age. Out of habit, you eat the same amount as before. And this is already too much for you. If you don't reduce your portions, you risk not fitting into your favorite jeans.
4. You have PMS, menstruation.
   You are “stormed” by hormones, hence your increased appetite and fat accumulation. Plus, the uterus increases in size, which is reflected in the waist circumference.
5. You're going through menopause.
   Fat in the waist area accumulates because the level of hormones decreases: estrogen, testosterone, progesterone, thyroxine (breaks down lipids).
6. You are pregnant or have recently given birth.
   During pregnancy, the belly enlarges and becomes overgrown with protective fat.

   After childbirth, the waist also does not recover for a long time. After several months of stretching, the muscles of the abdominal wall weaken and the skin sags. And many people experience postpartum depression, they “seize” the problem, and here it is abdominal (abdominal) obesity.

Types of vacuum massage

Vacuum massage can remove an overhanging belly and smooth out defects on it (cellulite and stretch marks).

First let's see what it might be like.

Hardware

The salon uses different types of devices to perform vacuum massage.

• Vacuum roller massage.
  The nozzle creates a vacuum, and the roller inside it additionally massages the area captured by the device.
• Laser-vacuum massage.
  Combines the effects of laser and vacuum.

Home hardware

Modern industry offers options for vacuum devices for home use. This device is a vacuum jar that is attached to a plastic handle. Some models are complemented by a roller to enhance the massage effect. Such devices operate on mains power or batteries.

This is relatively expensive and not the most convenient option.

Canning

Cupping massage is best suited for independent use.

It can be dynamic and targeted.

Acupressure cupping is a more complex technique. Banks are applied to specific areas. As a rule, the procedure is performed by a master, and not independently. Here you need to know the biologically active points, monitor the strength and duration of the vacuum. Often this massage is done on the back - you can’t install cups there yourself.

Dynamic cupping massage is the simplest and most convenient way. It is best suited for working out the abdomen at home. You stick the can to the problem area and slide along it in certain directions.

Vacuum massage for cellulite: what is the effect based on

The effect of the Nolar device is based on a combination of two types of influence:

1. Vacuum decompression improves lymph flow and blood flow, normalizes fat metabolism processes.
2. Vibrating effect - activates metabolic processes in the subcutaneous layers and also stimulates muscles.

The use of a vibrating vacuum device, in contrast to manual stimulation, allows you to achieve a complex effect:

• strengthening the reflex response due to a change in vibration frequency;
• involvement of deep-lying muscles in the process.

The results of vacuum massage are noticeable after the first procedure: swelling disappears, the skin is evened out, becomes smoother and more elastic, and an anti-cellulite effect appears.

Indications for vacuum massage

In cosmetology, this technique is used to correct:

• cellulite;
• local fat deposits;
• double chin;
• skin aging;
• wrinkles;
• scars;
• scars;
• initial stage of varicose veins;
• excessive dry skin;
• acne and acne.

How does a vacuum work?

The vacuum creates low pressure in the development area. This “stirs up” the fluid environment of our body: blood, lymph, interstitial fluid. All fluid matter tends from the area where the pressure is increased to the area where it is reduced - these are their physical properties.

Where vacuum cans work:

• blood flows faster, vascular tension is relieved, dormant capillaries “wake up” - trophism (nutrition) of cells improves, metabolism accelerates,
• interstitial fluid is more actively “pumped out” from the intercellular matrix and, in the form of lymph, goes for cleaning and removal from the body - this removes congestion, accelerates the elimination of toxins and waste, strengthens the body’s protective functions,
• subcutaneous and visceral fat is burned,
• The production of elastin and collagen fibers is activated, sticky tissues are loosened - this stimulates regeneration and restoration of the affected areas.

Cupping doesn't just suck in the skin. The effect also occurs at the myofascial level: spasms are relieved, healthy tone and elasticity of muscles and fascia are restored.

Vacuum against stretch marks and scars

The power of the vacuum is also that it is able to resolve stretch marks and scars, and these are common defects on women’s abdomens.

Stretch marks appear during pregnancy and due to weight fluctuations. Scars are also not uncommon, a consequence of cesarean section and other abdominal surgeries.

How does vacuum work on stretch marks and scars?

• Cupping creates microtraumas in the superficial and deep layers of the skin.
• Damaged tissues are actively “patched” with blood and the nutrients that come with it.
• Fibroblasts intensively produce new “building material” of the skin in the form of collagen and elastin fibers.
• The result is “new” skin: dense, smooth, toned. Stretch marks and scars have become less noticeable or gone completely, postoperative adhesions have resolved.

A full range of vacuum massage with cups is available in the basic marathon “SmeloNET” from MelAnnett.

Vacuum massage device “Karetek Love”: undeniable advantages

Several dozen devices for vacuum massage are offered on the service market. One of the most reliable, safe and effective among them is Karetek Love.

Its main feature and advantage over others is that the kit includes several attachments for hardware vacuum massage: from 1.5 cm in diameter to 20 cm!. This choice allows the cosmetologist to perform vacuum massage using the Karetek Love device:

• small attachments in the most delicate areas (on the face, neck, trapezius muscle of the clavicle and in the décolleté);
• with medium attachments treat cellulite, destroy fat deposits, improve lymph circulation on the hips, buttocks, back and abdomen;
• Use a large nozzle to perform forming, i.e. to form a more correct contour of the patient’s body (“tighten” the buttocks, legs, abdomen, etc.).

The second feature of the device is the gentle operation of the nozzles even at high power. Vacuum massage "Karetek Love" is truly effective in solving the patient's aesthetic problems, but it never causes bruises on his body!

The third advantage of the Karetek Love device is the intense effect not only on the patient’s skin and fatty tissue, but also on the muscles. Thus, vacuum massage accelerates metabolism, stimulates the movement of interstitial fluid, blood circulation and lymphatic drainage in all tissues responsible for the contour of the patient’s figure, which means its results will be more effective and lasting!

Which jars to choose for massage

There are many different vacuum cans: rubber, silicone, glass, latex.

Some need to be warmed up first before being placed against the body. This is how ordinary medical glass jars work, but only professionals can handle them; there is a risk of getting burns.

A simpler option is glass jars with a pear. They “suck in” by pressing on the bulb; there is no need to heat anything.

But it is best to choose rubber or silicone jars for home use. They are light, unbreakable, convenient, inexpensive, and easy to work with. The best option for beginners.

Moreover, rubber cans are stiffer than silicone cans; they expand back better after compression, which is why they have stronger suction. Rubber is better suited for powerful work than silicone.

For vacuum abdominal massage, you can purchase Beauty365 MIRACLE jars (sold at www.beauty365.ru). This is a set of rubber cans of different diameters, all of them are designed for the body. Try working with different sizes, but it is better to choose larger jars.

Anti-cellulite cupping massage: indications and features

The abdominal area is considered particularly problematic.
Poor nutrition, poor physical activity, and lack of regular exercise weaken the natural muscle corset, the skin loses its tone and sags, and the layer of fat increases, forming unsightly folds. The problem is aggravated by pregnancy and childbirth; stretch marks are added to fat deposits. A regular diet reduces waist size, but increases skin sagging. Vacuum massage, which is offered by many salons, will help correct the situation. Cosmetologists use pressure-regulated devices that can simultaneously treat large areas of the body. However, the procedure can be carried out at home using a set of glass, rubber or silicone jars. They are suitable for intensive massage of any problem areas: legs, buttocks, back, arms and, of course, abdomen.

Vacuum cupping massage will reduce cellulite, smooth out stretch marks, and tighten sagging skin.

The benefits of vacuum massage include:

1. Simple technique. It is not difficult to master the basics of massage; all you need to do is attend one session in a salon or watch a thematic video.
2. High efficiency. The results will be noticeable after the first procedure.
3. Inexpensive equipment. To work, you will need a set of silicone, rubber or glass jars, which can be purchased at a pharmacy or orthopedic salon.
4. Multifunctionality. Massage allows you to get rid of cellulite, tighten your skin, remove stretch marks, and strengthen your abdominal muscles.

The procedure has contraindications. Home vacuum massage should not be done during exacerbations of chronic diseases, high fever, infectious skin lesions, allergies or eczema.

Massage cups are dome-shaped products that are attached to the body so that the skin is drawn in using an artificially created vacuum. Active movements promote blood flow, activate lymph outflow, and break up fatty lumps under the skin. At the same time, muscle tightening occurs. The use of oils makes the skin soft and elastic, helps smooth out noticeable stretch marks and remove wrinkles. The procedure may be slightly painful, but much depends on the individual sensitivity of the woman.

Experts recommend 10-15 massage sessions and then take a break. After a month, the procedures can be resumed. A balanced diet with a sharp decrease in simple carbohydrates and an increase in fiber, giving up bad habits, and regular use of anti-cellulite creams will help speed up the process of losing weight.

Pre-treatment of the skin with a scrub with exfoliating particles will help increase the effectiveness of the massage.

How to properly prepare for the procedure

• It is better to refuse food 1-2 hours before the procedure.
• It is more convenient to do a massage in a bathroom or sauna, although nothing prevents you from performing it in your room, in the courtyard of your house, on the beach, etc.
• It is advisable to warm up well before the procedure. A hot bath, shower, sauna, or sauna is suitable for this. It's also good to use a scrub. We dry ourselves with a towel.
• Then we apply liquid oil or squalane to the stomach.
  This must be done so that the can flies and does not slow down. Choose natural oils that have a rejuvenating effect. Try coconut, camellia sasanqua, sugar cane (in the form of squalane) - these oil options can be found at the Beauty365 brand, go to www.beauty365.ru.
• One more tip. Throughout the day you need to monitor your drinking regime. As we disperse lymph and remove toxins, the body requires fluid. We drink at least 2 liters of clean water per day. Immediately after the procedure, drink 1 glass of water to restore water balance.

Contraindications to the use of a vacuum massage device

Since vacuum massage is a special procedure for influencing the skin, it cannot be performed by everyone. The procedure has certain contraindications, which you must familiarize yourself with before proceeding with the manipulations:

• Diseases of the heart and blood vessels (thrombosis, atherosclerosis, aneurysms, varicose veins);
• Blood clotting disorders, as well as taking medications that reduce or increase blood clotting;
• Malignant and benign tumors;
• Open skin lesions: wounds, abrasions, cuts, burns, bites, etc.
• Inflammatory processes, including acne;
• Increased body temperature;
• Colds;
• Pregnancy;
• Diseases of the pelvic organs;
• Diabetes;
• Hypertension, coronary heart disease.

How to properly perform massage (technique)

Feel free to suction the cup to your stomach and begin performing intense movements, repeating Annette’s technique:

We work with the stomach in a circle clockwise. We rub the sides with movements up and down along the silhouette of the waist from the ribs to the hips.

Work for 10 minutes until redness occurs.

At first, the procedure may cause slight discomfort or even pain, but from time to time they will fade away. The skin needs to be accustomed to cupping. A trained stomach will no longer feel anything unpleasant.

Do you want to reduce and tighten your stomach? Melt stubborn fat? Relieve long-term stagnation of tissue fluid and disperse lymph? “Peel off” the “orange peel”? Work with banks once every two days.

To maintain the result, it is enough to do the procedure twice a week.

If your task is to remove stitches and scars, then you need to “bruise” them with a jar, that is, create microtraumas that manifest themselves in the form of bruises. This procedure is indicated only after the scars have completely healed; we do not work on fresh wounds.

Performing cupping abdominal massage at home

To conduct a session at a time convenient for you and almost free of charge, you will need:

• two vacuum containers from any material;
• massage oil, anti-cellulite is ideal;
• Body Scrub.

To perform it at home, you should carefully prepare for the procedure:

1. Take a warm shower to open up your pores.
2. Rub the problem areas with your palms, warming them up. It is recommended to use an anti-cellulite scrub or body cream with the same function.
3. Do some abdominal exercises to get your blood flowing naturally.

Now you are ready.

Important! Do not delay the procedure - it will not bring more benefit.

The first sessions last up to 10 minutes, and all other sessions last up to 15 minutes. The starting course is carried out every other day for a month. If the obtained effect satisfies you, after the main course you need to do preventive sessions - 1-2 times a week. In case of low effectiveness, study the treatment method again - perhaps you did something wrong - and after a week of rest, repeat the course of treatment.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Take a shower. Warm up the abdominal area with a directed stream of water. It's good if the skin is steamed.
2. Apply an anti-cellulite scrub, massage intensively problem areas with your fingers and palms. Stretch your stomach thoroughly. Rinse off the product.

3. Sit comfortably on your back so that you are completely horizontal. You can conduct the session while standing, but then the effectiveness will decrease.
4. Apply a massage product with a sliding structure to the skin.
5. The jars should be placed on both sides of the navel. You can't start from the middle of your stomach. Before installation, also grease the edges of the containers with oil.
6. Massage in a circular motion in a clockwise direction for 6-10 minutes. The result will be a kind of spiral stimulation. No need to strain your abdominal muscles, relax.
7. If you work with both hands at the same time, watch for synchronization.
8. Move the containers to the sides and again to the middle of the abdomen using zigzag movements.
9. Cans must be removed carefully. Do not tear them off with force, but press your finger at the edge onto the skin to let air in.

After the procedure, experts do not recommend washing off the massage oil. It is better to apply a warming or anti-cellulite cream and lie under a warm blanket for up to 20 minutes.

Feelings after the procedure

You worked intensively on your stomach, so after the procedure you will feel a rush of blood and you will look at... red spots. If they appeared, it means that you did everything right.

When you were a child, did they put cans on your back when you coughed? After them there were still red circles (extravasates), and you walked like a ladybug. These marks could last for several days, and this is the norm. This means that the banks are working and the healing effect has been achieved.

The same goes for the red spots on the stomach that appear after a cupping massage. They should be. This is evidence that the permeability of the capillaries has improved (while their integrity has been preserved). The blood is opening new channels for itself. And the brighter and more persistent the spots after the procedure, the more slagged your body is.

Many people feel lightness in their body, a surge of strength and energy after cupping. They see the result and their mood lifts.

If you are a beginner, then after the procedure the treated area may ache for some time, but gradually, from session to session, this will pass.

Bruises appeared after a vacuum massage - is it scary?

Are there any bruises? Do not be afraid.

Some “experts” will tell you with an important look that this should not happen. But practice shows that bruises are a normal reaction if you have an old problem. They indicate that you have severe congestion, the capillaries are imperfect, and the skin tone is reduced.

The sooner you start recovering, the better. Once bruises appear, it means positive processes have begun.

In the basic marathon “SmeloNET” (“optimum” tariff), you will learn how to dose the vacuum correctly, which will help you delicately go through the transition period.

Existing capillaries will strengthen, new ones will sprout - the bruises will soon resolve and will not appear again.

What are the contraindications for cupping massage?

Cupping massage can be done for most women, but not for all.

Let us immediately clarify that some contraindications are ambiguous, and first of all, this applies to varicose veins.

There is an official version that any doctor will broadcast to you and even instructions for banks. According to her, vacuum and varicose veins are incompatible things.

But Annette's practice shows the opposite. The blogger herself is predisposed to varicose veins and fights them with the help of a vacuum. She believes that cupping improves the functioning of blood vessels and reduces varicose veins (and they can develop not only on the legs, but also in the lower abdomen).

Now about unconditional contraindications. Vacuum abdominal massage cannot be done:

• pregnant women from the second trimester,
• for skin diseases,
• in areas with raised moles and warts (we go around them),
• those who are predisposed to thrombosis,
• for serious heart diseases,
• suffering from neuroses and psychoses,
• cancer patients,
• for inflammation,
• at high temperature.

If you have spider veins, you can try it carefully, with the weakest vacuum and on a small area of ​​skin, observe and draw conclusions. Well, or replace the vacuum with a massage with a dry brush (drybrushing). It also disperses blood and lymph well, plus it has an exfoliating effect, and it has no such contraindications.

Hardware vacuum massage: control over the situation

Modern cosmetology, having clinically proven the positive effect of vacuum on the skin and the body as a whole, gives preference to hardware methods in comparison with cupping massage, which, unfortunately, is always unpredictable. Bruises (i.e., surface vessels and capillaries torn by vacuum) can ultimately lead to a pronounced and very noticeable vascular network, and cellulite, if the specialist approaches the procedure incorrectly, can degenerate into a more severe form (for example, from stage 1 to stage 2). yay, or even the 3rd)!

Hardware vacuum massage is a controlled procedure. Thanks to the ability to regulate the pressure (i.e. the intensity of the effect), it is possible to avoid all the disadvantages of cupping massage, leaving only the advantages of the vacuum effect on the skin and fat deposits!

Vacuum massage after childbirth

Is it possible to do a vacuum abdominal massage after childbirth? It is possible and necessary.

The stomach needs emergency help. Judge for yourself what condition he is in. The uterus is enlarged, the muscles and skin are stretched, “swamps” of excess fluid have accumulated, and a fat “belt” has grown (protection for the fetus). Many more people develop stretch marks.

If you had a cesarean section, then you need to do something about the scar and the fatty roll hanging over it.

What should I do? Get out your favorite cans.

As a rule, doctors are against a woman using any techniques on her stomach other than light warm-ups for three months after giving birth.

But Annette believes that abdominal cupping can be done within a few days after giving birth. If stitches were placed on the stomach and uterus, you need to wait for healing, and then put them in order.

In any case, this is only Annette's personal experience and observations. The decision is yours to make; it is better to consult a gynecologist.

It is allowed to participate in the basic marathon “SmeloNET” during pregnancy and lactation. Exercises that are not suitable for pregnant or breastfeeding women are marked with restrictions.