Dry Brushing Benefits for Firmer & Smooth Skin

Dry brushing is one of the most recommendable philosophies of Ayurveda’s cleansing for getting softer and smoother skin. It costs nothing but make your skin firm in less than 5 minutes. Dry brushing is usually done with the help of a body brush and can be done before taking shower. As the name says, it’s dry brushing so it means you do not have to wet your body before doing so. It has many benefits related to your skin. You just need 5 extra minutes for dry brushing before going to bath to improve the blood circulation and skin texture.

Benefits for Dry Brushing:

• It allows the entire body to breathe well and remove the dead skin cells

• Tends to stimulate and increase blood circulation

• Reduces cellulite

• Protects from aging process

• Helps in body detoxification

• Improves the skin texture

• Diminishes skin flaking

• Strengthens the immune system

• Makes your skin tight if doing regularly

• It is a natural cellulite treatment

How to Do Dry Brushing:

1. The best time of doing dry brushing is in the morning before taking a shower. It helps in the blood circulation to be improved so you can do it for a once or even twice a day. It also helps in reducing the appearance of cellulite and exfoliates the dead skin layers and reveals it brighter, smoother, and softer.

2. You should remember that you buy a body brush having lighter and firmer strokes because you do not have to give much pressure while brushing so that your body can’t hurt.

3. The starting part is from the soles of your feet then on the legs as you can see in the picture. Use a long strokes towards the heart and then towards arm and chest. Avoid those areas of the skin that have wounds, infections, cuts or skin rash.

4. Use a long-handles brush for brushing on your back. First start from upwards on the back and then down from the neck.

5. Remember to avoid back and forth motion while brushing and make long sweeps.

6. Brush about 3 minutes.

7. Once you have done dry brushing on the entire body, you can now go for taking a shower to get rid of the dead skin.

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