FIVE YEARS YOUNGER...

This really works

I'm going to reveal my skin secrets and I can't hold back the golden tip for a tight fresh face. Should I just spill it right away? Connective tissue massage, girlfriends. It works like crazy.

Before I got married in September, Joëlle from powerskinbyjoelle.nl (it's true that I promote her frequently and no, I don't get paid for it) recommended that I take a course of connective tissue massages. For that, I had to visit her once a week where she subjected my skin to a kind of rock-hard massage. I won't claim that it feels pleasant and if your skin is a bit stuck, it even hurts a little. But the results are unprecedented. Right after the treatment, you look like you've had a facelift. Your skin looks beautifully tight, your bags are less, your eyes are lifted, your cheeks have more volume, and the fine lines on your forehead are gone. That's why I often book a connective tissue massage before I go to a party. Five years younger. Really!

After a few treatments with a week in between, you notice that the condition of your skin has drastically improved. I personally saw more glow, more volume, and fewer wrinkles. It is true that you still have to maintain it after a course. Better to go once a month or every six weeks. Yes, you have to be willing to put in some effort to stay beautiful. It's a miracle that I still have time to work.

“Five years younger. Really!”

For those who love technical information: connective tissue consists of moisture, collagen, and elastic fibers and essentially forms the cement of your skin. This tissue also transports nutrients and removes waste. Therefore, you want it to be firm and elastic at the same time and for the moisture level to be adequate. At the moment your skin is dull and sagging, you have issues with scar tissue (ex-acne skin, this one is for you) or wrinkles, it means your connective tissue is not in optimal shape. Through a specific massage (think rolling, pinching movements), adhesions are released allowing everything to flow nicely again. New collagen is produced (if you ask Joëlle about this, she will tell a long story about fibroblasts, but I'll skip that for now), your skin becomes more elastic and hallelujah, you look AMAZING.

I would recommend that you only get a connective tissue massage from an experienced beautician. I once strayed because Joëlle is in Haarlem, I had a party, and no time to rush back and forth. I learned my lesson. While the girl was working, I thought: ‘huh, this feels very different.’ But the worst part was: the result was nowhere near as nice AND I had two bruises on my face! Exactly where they poke you if you get Botox for your frown lines and at my upper lip. Everyone still thought I had been to the filler doctor. When that was precisely NOT the case.