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This week: Beauty editor Laura Tests out This at-home Lymphatic drainage device
The lymphatic system is responsible for eliminating waste, toxins and excess fluid from the body, and a lymphatic massage can help with bloating, digestion, stress and even cellulite. It’s no wonder celebs like Rochelle Humes and Hailey Baldwin love this relaxing and reformative treatment.
The Body Ballancer allows you to experience this from the comfort of your own home. The pinnacle of DIY beauty gadgets (with an A-list price tag to match), this high-tech suit is made up of numerous air chambers that rhythmically inflate and deflate, creating a massage motion over the body.
I tested the Body Ballancer 505 model, which is a pair of gigantic padded trousers that look more like something you’d wear in space than in a spa setting. They strap into a big beeping machine, which comes with four treatment settings and adjustable pressure and running time. There’s also a version for clinics, and a jacket for the upper body.
Once you’re zipped in and lying down, the trousers start filling with air, working up from toes to tummy in a gentle rolling pressure motion. (Top tip: best not worn straight after eating a huge bowl of pasta – although I did find that a glass of wine was perfectly fine.)
I slipped into the suit for 45 minutes every evening for two weeks – often arguing with my boyfriend over who got the first go. We both found it incredibly relaxing and I even felt a few satisfying clicks in my lower back as the pressure gradually increased.
I measured myself at the end of the fortnight and didn’t note any post-lockdown shrinkage, but I did find myself drinking a lot more water (and also, erm, expelling it) throughout the day – perhaps this was a sign that my body was detoxifying itself.
Sadly I’m not able to shell out £7,000 for one of my own, but if there was the option of adding it on to a salon treatment (e.g tucking myself into one while having a facial), I absolutely would.
The Body Ballancer 505 costs £6,900 To Buy. Body Ballancer Treatments in clinics start from about £70. find your nearest clinic at Bodyballancer.co.uk