Key result
Facial massage lowers anxiety by ~3 points and improves depressive mood following acute stress.
Why the study?
Self-administered facial massage methods have not been quantitatively compared for their psychophysiological effects including central and autonomic nervous system responses.
Does self-administered facial massage improve psychophysiological relaxation compared to rest in healthy young women?
Does self-administered facial massage improve psychophysiological relaxation compared to rest in healthy young women?
Absolute Event Rate: 42% vs 44.79%
p-value: p=<0.05
Self-administered facial massage provides immediate psychophysiological benefits, maintaining arousal while increasing subjective comfort and lowering anxiety.
The aim of study was to quantitatively evaluate the effects of self-administered facial massage, which was done by hand or facial roller. In this study, the psychophysiological effects of facial massage were evaluated. The central nerves system and the autonomic nervous system were administered to evaluate physiological system. The central nerves system was assessed by Electroencephalogram (EEG). The autonomic nervous system were assessed by peripheral skin temperature(PST) and heart rate variability (HRV) with spectral analysis. In the spectral analysis of HRV, the high-frequency components (HF) were evaluated. State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Profile of Mood Status (POMS) and subjective sensory amount with Visual Analog Scale (VAS) were administered to evaluate psychological status. These results suggest that kept brain activity and had strong effects on stress alleviation.
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Nozawa et al. (2012) studied Healthy (n=19). Self-administered facial massage (facial roller) vs. Baseline / No massage (open-eyes rest) was evaluated on State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) score (pre vs. post facial roller massage) (p=<0.05). Self-administered facial massage maintained brain activity, induced active comfort, and significantly decreased trait anxiety and depressive mood compared to baseline.
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