Facial Reflexology (The Bergman Method)

How does facial reflexology work?

Faces express so much. They are a person’s emotional presentation to the world and can help to tell us how people are feeling. They can also provide clues to someone’s lifestyle and health.

Facial skin is believed to be thinner than on the sole of the foot or palms of the hands, and has numerous mechanoreceptors that react to light touch. Added to this, the contoured structure of the face and its proximity to the brain mean that the light touch is enough to produce a powerful reaction.

Similarly to feet and hand reflexology, facial reflexology stimulates nerves that correspond to specific parts of the body. It increases blood and lymph flow to and from the various systems, organs and tissues. It can also be effective for jaw tension or bruxism, headaches and migraines. It can be extremely relaxing, thereby reducing stress and tension. After treatment, many clients look softer in the face and have an afterglow.

Clients have described facial reflexology as:

“The most relaxing treatment I have ever had.”

“I have never been able to relax before, but now I know what it means to relax!”.

Zone Face Lift (The Bergman Method)

This Zone Face Lift uses a combination of antiaging ingredients, hot towels, facial reflexology, techniques from Japanese Facelift Massage and natural Native American healers to provide an age-well programme. Its award-winning creator, Ziggie Bergman, developed the treatment as a natural alternative to facial fillers, Botox and surgical face lifts.

So how does it work?

Designed as a twelve-week programme, the treatment aims to lift the face to give it a more youthful appearance, with benefits that can include:

• Stimulation of collagen and elastin
• Tightening, plumping and sculpting of the face, jaw and neckline
• Smoothing and lifting of the face
• Reduction of pigmentation and skin blemishes
• Relaxation of over-tight muscles in the neck, jaw and face
• Improving blood flow into muscle tissue that brings oxygen and nutrients, and removes waste products via the venous return
• Encouraging lymphatic drainage to help detoxification
• Encouraging calmness and deep relaxation thereby reducing stress and tension
• Reducing sinus congestion in the facial and cranial bones
• The Zone Face Lift includes facial reflexology (please see Facial Reflexology above), so those benefits are received too.

The twelve-week course is recommended to achieve maximum initial benefit, with maintenance treatments thereafter. Single treatments are also available and transferrable to be part of the 12 week programme, if desired.