If you are a facialist, please communicate message below with your clients. And if you’re a client, I would love for you to understand how much more you get when you’re receiving a facial treatment. It’s an absolute, complete wellness experience that comes together with beautiful results on your face. A well performed facial does much more than brightens the skin it influences one of the most sensitive and emotionally expressive systems of the human body: the face–nervous-system connection. Cranial Nerve VII, the facial nerve, has five major branches on each side of the face. These branches control our expressions and respond instantly to the state of the nervous system. When a person is stressed, the nervous system signals the facial nerve to tighten the muscles of the face. Over time this repeated tension can become a “mask” of contraction. Persistent contraction reduces freedom of movement and can influence circulation and tissue comfort. With ongoing stress, this pattern can tu...