Beauty
Neck and neck
WORDS by EVA-MARIA BOBBERT
Beauty marketers have never met a myth they couldn’t monetise (here’s looking at you, Kim Kardashian, last seen peddling nighttime shapewear for your face). It’s judicious to approach wow-factor claims with a healthy dose of scepticism. But on the other hand, sometimes science can take a moment to catch up.
Take fascia massage – a rigorous pummelling and pinching that works on the white web of continuous connective tissue that supports all your muscles, organs and bones. It’s been around for eons but only recently have scientists supposed fascia was anything beyond passive tissue that keeps you together. New evidence suggests it might be a crucial sensory communication channel that affects not just your posture but also your nervous system – and your neck is the superhighway.
According to fascia massage specialist and founder of The Face Up Method, Olga Newman, neck tension doesn’t just affect how you feel, it also has a dramatic impact on facial ageing.