You may have seen about two beauty tools, gua sha and rollers, on social media such as Instagram or youtube. These two traditional Chinese beauty tools with a history of thousands of years are now making waves in facial beauty. So what’s the difference between these two facial beauty massage tools? How to use it? That’s our main content today.
Gua Sha VS Jade Roller – What is Different of Guasha and Face Roller?
The main difference between jade roller and gua sha tool is that jade roller is mainly a lymphatic drainage massage, while guasha is a fascia [i.e. fibrous tissue] releasing massage.
But the same is that both massage tools can bring you a kind of enjoyment. This process feels especially relaxing because you are gradually releasing the tension on your face. Imagine your neck or back muscles are tight. When you use a foam roller or foam ball, you apply pressure to create blood flow and break down the fascia, bringing relief. These tools work the same way. Their common goal is to promote optimal circulation and lymphatic drainage.
The roller can effectively soothe the skin and muscles in the shallower layers, while the scraping can act on the deeper muscle texture. However, the scraping is more difficult to use than the roller!
Gua Sha VS Jade Roller – How to Use Gua Sha?
Many people recommend doing the gua sha from the neck up, following a similar sequence to the face roller. However, in our opinion there are different methods, and doing scraping from the neck down is a practice worth trying! This can effectively relieve our neck muscles, and at the same time can promote neck lymphatic metabolism!
For the face, we can shave the tool across our face (hitting the chin, cheeks, and forehead), then switch to a zig-zag motion around our smile line and mouth.
During our experiments, scraping (unlike rolling) significantly reduced neck and jaw tension. It significantly reduces neck and shoulder soreness. But we need to pay attention to the strength used, otherwise it is likely to cause damage to our body.
Gua Sha VS Jade Roller – How to Use Jade Roller?
The phrase to remember here is “lymphatic drainage,” which is a form of massage that pushes fluid into your lymph nodes, which then process and filter them out of your system. When you perform this technique consistently (ie, via your facial roller of choice), it should provide de-puffing, skin-brightening benefits. And, it feels really good.
There are two key things to keep in mind when learning how to use the face roller. 1. It doesn’t make sense to roll your face expecting drainage if you don’t start with your neck first. You need to roll your neck to clear the lymphatic channels before starting your face. 2. Second, don’t push too hard. Use light hands; the weight of the roller will do the rest.
Keeping the above two points in mind, let’s start a formal facial roller massage:
- First, use an up and down motion to cover the collarbone area.
- Next, do an up and down roll on the neck.
- After this is the jaw line. Here, switch to rolling back and forth from the center of the chin toward the ears, repeating all the way to the cheekbones.
- Repeat the vertical roll on the forehead, starting in the middle of the face and moving outward to the temples.
- The tool is flipped over to use the smaller attachments under the eyes – move horizontally towards my temples. It’s easier to do this with something like a double-sided jade roller.
- To complete the routine, move it in a horizontal motion using the smaller scroll wheel again down the nose.
