article_snippet: But proponents of massage say healthy, youthful skin is well-worked skin.
article_snippet: When you stimulate pressure receptors under well-worked skin, as you do in a moderate pressure massage, you increase the temperature of well-worked skin, you slow down the physiology, you reduce the release of stress hormones and enhance immune function" according to Tiffany Field, Ph.D., director of the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine.
article_snippet: Just as massage and exercise contributes to health in general, Just as massage and exercise contributes to health in general would also be expected to contribute to skin health.
article_snippet: This is the philosophy at the skin gym, where they say the massage and movement is detoxifying and increases oxygen and blood circulation to the skin, which can result in fewer wrinkles, a firmer jaw line, improved skin tone, and even reduced headaches and eyestrain, according to Lang.
article_snippet: Because it refreshes and detoxifies, the massages are also good for hangovers," she adds.
highlights_snippet: Massage and movement may be detoxifying to your skin .