Frequently Asked Questions

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By stimulating the lymphatic system in the face, this allows puffiness and natural swelling to reduce in the face. Additionally, the improvement in lymphatic circulation allows the skin to achieve a more glowing and radiant complexion. 

It speeds overall recovery, reduces inflammation, pain and bruising, reduces stiffness and swelling, improves the immune system due to the important elimination of toxins, helps the body maintain proper blood circulation, and promotes body and mental relaxation.

It makes sense to receive MLD/Lymphatic to boost your immune system, thereby helping your body AND your brain to stay healthy!

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?

The lymphatic system is responsible for destroying viruses, bacteria, cancer cells, toxins, cellular debris, and foreign substances in the body.

Lymph fluids contain T-cells, the so called “killer cells”, plus a variety of lymphocytes/white blood cells that make up an important part of our defense system. They circulate once every 24 hours through our body, picking up and destroying viruses, bacteria, cancer cells, toxins, cellular debris, and foreign substances in the body. HOWEVER, Manual Lymph Drainage (MLD) can speed this up to 15 times as fast.

Lymphedema is an accumulation of fluids, proteins and fat due to a dysfunction or damage in the lymphatic system.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?

The most common causes for lymphedema are damage from lymphadenectomy (surgical removal of lymph nodes), usually due to cancer treatment, radiation, compression of the lymphatic vessels or lymph nodes due to tumor invasion.

Sometimes other, non-cancer related, reasons like severe trauma to the area, severe burns, or certain vascular surgeries like vein stripping or radiofrequency ablation (an electrical current produced by a radio wave is used to heat up a defective vein, effectively closing it) may cause damage to the lymphatic system.

It relieves swelling and pain, improves the immune system, cleanses the tissues of wastes, and gently enhances the flow of lymph fluid throughout the body. 

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?

This technique helps to move fluids through the body by stimulating the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system is the body’s natural filtering and cleansing system that works in parallel with the venous portion of the circulatory system. When these sytems work in unison, fluid retention is minimized and blood “cleansing” is optimized. Lymphatic Drainage Therapy is beneficial for many health conditions such as detoxification from Lymes Disease and can support the removal of residual medications such as steroids (Prednisone), various antibiotics, antidepressants and others from the body after the course of treatment has concluded.