Beauty DIY
Our top chest skincare tips for a smooth décolletage
Caring for the skin on your chest is just as important as skincare for our face. The skin tissue around these areas is often soft and fine, making it some of the most sensitive.
With specific treatment and care, we can help keep busts healthier and in better shape, as we reveal here.
Top chest skincare tips for a smooth décolletage
While it’s not possible to fully restore stretched skin, you can help improve its look and tone by using specific treatments for daily massage. Particularly useful if your bosoms have changed due to weight loss or gain, or from pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Essential oils such as fennel seed, spearmint, carrot and lemongrass are all reputed to contain rejuvenation properties which may help tone skin, enhancing elasticity and suppleness. Only a small amount of these oils (one to two drops) is needed, well diluted with a ‘fixed’ plant or base oil, such as almond or grape seed oil, which can also help to tone slack skin. Other proven botanical bust firmers include Africana kigelia, otherwise known as the sausage tree extract, mangosteen, quince, green algae and white lupin.
Massage
Massaging a nourishing oil or a specific bust formula onto your bust area daily is a good way to keep bosoms supple and soft. To help prevent broken capillaries, make sure to include the area beneath the bosom and under a bra line.
By massaging breasts in an upward motion for a few minutes a day, or for even better results twice a day, blood circulation is improved; strengthening skin tissue helping to keep skin firm and smooth. Massage is also an excellent way to keep in touch with any changes to breast tissue – shape, texture and sensitivity – which may be a pre-cursor to breast cancer and need a medical check-up.
Bra fitting
Wearing a poorly fitting bra can lead to both skin damage and sagging. Broken capillaries, caused by bras exerting pressure on the breast tissue, can be a common side-effect. Another way to avoid broken capillaries here is by having a regular professional bra fitting. Lingerie specialists often advise keeping underwired bras for occasional use. The wires can put pressure onto the delicate skin tissue. Opting for softer, elasticated support can be both more comfortable and kinder to your breasts.
Uplifting tips
Using ice or extremely cold water on the breasts can also make a temporary uplift. Massaging a couple of ice cubes around the bust area for a few minutes, or directing an icy shower onto your bosom are both quick fixes to help leave the chest area feeling perkier.
