{"id":19833,"date":"2023-04-27T10:53:46","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T10:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hellogiggles.com\/?p=7634874"},"modified":"2023-04-27T10:53:46","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T10:53:46","slug":"i-got-my-butt-massaged-for-30-days-heres-how-it-changed-my-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ozapp.com.au\/?p=19833","title":{"rendered":"I Got My Butt Massaged for 30 Days. Here\u2019s How it Changed My Body."},"content":{"rendered":"

I am one of those people who hates exercising but powers through it anyway. Lots of experts say all you need to <\/span>develop a good habit is 30 days<\/span><\/a> of doing it. This past January, I succeeded in working out for 30 days straight, which became a new healthy habit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While I lost a lot of weight and feel good about that, I didn\u2019t realize how it\u2019d transform my body in less welcome ways. All that weight loss resulted in some looser skin and more dimpling across my hips and thighs. As I googled possible cosmetic procedures for tightening up various parts of my body, a friend who works with models suggested I try something new(ish): the anti-cellulite massage maderotherapy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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To learn more about the practice, I called up Vesna, a madero practitioner from Serbia. She said the massage therapy is popular in South America and Eastern Europe, and that many women, from stay-at-home moms to <\/span>supermodels<\/span><\/a>, get this type of body work done regularly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The massages and tools are mainly used on the upper thighs, particularly the buttocks, but they can also be used on the calves, the stomach, and the upper arms. Practitioners use a combination of hand massage with wooden rollers, brushes, and spatulas to mold the body. Vesna also had some more mechanical accessories, like vacuum suction machines, which all play a part in creating a more perfect body.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to find concrete information about maderotherapy online. Some sites say the practice \u2014 which involves a variety of wooden tools to reduce the appearance of cellulite, and shape and sculpt your body \u2014 is a centuries-old cosmetic therapy used by ancient Egyptians. Others say it <\/span>originated 20 or 30 years ago<\/span><\/a> in Colombia or Brazil. A few years later, the practice made its way to the U.S., gaining high-end devotees like <\/span>Gwyneth Paltrow<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDoing treatments daily will provide the best results,\u201d Vesna tells me. That seemed like a big commitment \u2014 who has the time to go to an extra appointment every single day? But since regular workouts really helped me see a difference in my exercise habits, I figured there was no way to test out the practice by just doing a random session here and there. Besides, a month of massages sounded pretty nice, so I booked 30 sessions of various types. I wanted to see exactly how much my body would change by doing 30 days of maderotherapy in a row.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some practitioners claim maderotherapy helps you lose weight, eliminate cellulite, and that your body will be \u201cforever changed.\u201d I just wanted to see for myself if what I really needed was someone else pushing my skin and guts around to look more in proportion. Here\u2019s how 30 days of butt massages panned out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Day 1:<\/b><\/h2>\n

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I\u2019m lying face-down on a massage table wearing nothing but a bra, panties, and socks. Vesna starts by covering my lower body with a warming gel which will help the tools glide over my butt more easily.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m a huge fan of a gentle, soothing rub down, but much to my dismay, there is nothing relaxing about this type of \u201cmassage.\u201d It feels more like your body getting tenderized by extra-large meat mallets. Vesna starts off aggressively by rubbing my body with a tool called a “jumper,” which is a big wooden block carved with sharp points. It feels like someone is scratching my skin harder than a typical dry brushing, but she says this is to kickstart my circulation, which is critical for cellulite management.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Then she whacks and rolls my legs with a curved roller, which has small disks stacked on top of each other. It looks like a child\u2019s toy and feels like a torture device, same with the non-rotating rolling pin which is used to break up the \u201csuper hard lymphatic drainage areas,\u201d whatever that means.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The tool I definitely don\u2019t like though is the spatula, which is used to push fat and muscles upward on my body after each round of rollers. The idea is to sculpt the muscles and skin upward, so they stay \u201clifted\u201d and not sag like they would otherwise. But it <\/span>hurts<\/span><\/i>, especially when she runs the spatulas over my wide-set calves.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe pain goes away,\u201d she assures me, and it does, but I\u2019m definitely not in a zen mode after the first treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n

My body is raw and red when she finishes, but Vesna says this is a good thing, my blood circulation is working and that helps with skin elasticity and smoothness. I take her word for it, get changed, and wonder how I\u2019ll manage to get through a whole month of this.<\/span><\/p>\n

Day 2:<\/b><\/h2>\n

My legs, especially my thighs, feel as sore as they would after intense lunges and squats. I hope this means that my muscles have been \u201cworking\u201d since soreness after a workout usually indicates I\u2019m doing the moves right. I feel relief once we start the anti-cellulite massage process again and my muscles get stretched and kneaded.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vesna breaks out the vacuum therapy machine today. It\u2019s an apparatus that uses suction to redeposit fat tissues and boost lymphatic drainage, which allegedly helps reduce cellulite. It\u2019s a strange sensation, having your skin sucked and pulled around. It doesn\u2019t hurt, but, afterwards, I feel even sorer than when I get the regular massages.<\/span><\/p>\n

I do notice that my leggings don\u2019t cling to my body as tightly as they used to, and I\u2019m starting to see more muscle definition on my thighs especially.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Day 5:<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Today we start the butt lift process. This uses the vacuum therapy machine but with the addition of these huge glass cones that go directly on my butt cheek, to aid in creating a smooth, round Kardashian-esque tush. I was skeptical because I\u2019ve done cupping with small cups pulling up the skin on my back, and I hated the discomfort. As this involved one giant cup per cheek, so I anticipated a harsher experience, but the vacuum pumps and sucks my butt rhythmically. I kind of dig it more than I thought I would.<\/span><\/p>\n

I end up with two perfectly round, red circles on my butt, but they fade away in less than 30 minutes. My butt also feels incredible \u2014 firm and tight like I\u2019ve done 60 squats. I didn\u2019t even know it could ever feel that way. But I guess that\u2019s what happens when you vacuum seal your butt for a half hour.<\/span><\/p>\n

Day 14:<\/b><\/h2>\n

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I\u2019ve been getting my ass aggressively woman-handled for two weeks now. The soreness and pain has subsided for the most part, I think my body has gotten used to the body work by now. We go through a rotation of hand massage, tool massage, vacuum sucking, and butt lift cupping.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some days it\u2019s just one treatment and I\u2019m out the door in 40 minutes, other days it\u2019s all three, and I\u2019m there for nearly two hours. How do celebrities with their massively busy schedules find the time to do this every day?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Day 20:<\/b><\/h2>\n

I don\u2019t think maderotherapy helps you lose weight, or at least I can\u2019t really prove that it does. I did measure my waistline, thighs, and upper arms in the beginning, and while I\u2019m noticing there is a small difference inch-wise in each area, I don\u2019t know if I can attribute that to the massages or just the continuation of my regular workouts. Without more solid science behind how madero impacts physical activity, I can\u2019t chalk up my weight loss to the introduction of this bodywork <\/span>too<\/span><\/i> much.<\/span><\/p>\n

Day 22:<\/b><\/h2>\n

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I\u2019m at the point of familiarity with Vesna where she now knows all of my deepest, darkest secrets. Well, maybe not all of them, but we chat enough that we\u2019re getting into some pretty honest conversations, some of which feel very strange as she rubs skin that is inches away from my vagina.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDo you think you\u2019ll ever fall in love again?\u201d she asked me one day.<\/span><\/p>\n

I sigh, forlornly. \u201cWhat even <\/span>is<\/span><\/i> love, really?\u201d I have no idea what I\u2019m saying because I finally feel relaxed, which makes me feel a little loopy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kind of like how you pick a favorite side of the bed, I also have favorite madero tools. I\u2019ve been doing this for so long, I feel connected to them. The jumper and the curved roller are where it\u2019s at \u2014 the combination of spiky carvings and rolling motions feel great. The spatula, which just puts too much pressure on my sensitive skin areas, can go to hell.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Day 28:\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

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I catch myself looking in the mirror in my underwear more often because I actually like the way I look for the first time in months. I\u2019m finally seeing the sculpt and definition in my muscles from head to toe. I try to time the massages so they happen after I work out, and now I\u2019m at a point where the intense rubbings and wooden tool batterings actually feel soothing against my aching muscles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I especially see a difference in my ab area, where it looks like I may be developing a little six pack. I\u2019ve done crunches nearly every day and never got to that level. Maybe all I needed was someone to literally move my body and reshape it?<\/span><\/p>\n

Day 30:<\/b><\/h2>\n

It feels weird knowing I won\u2019t be getting my butt rolled, sucked, and squeezed anymore. Thirty days later and $570 poorer, I part ways with Vesna.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s been over a week since I finished my month of anti-cellulite massages. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll continue doing daily treatments, but I would definitely consider a few leading up to a beach vacation. The butt lift machine literally picks up your cheeks and makes your ass look amazing, but it\u2019s only temporary, of course. Since it’s covered most of the year otherwise, I don\u2019t think paying for behind lifts is worth it unless I have a reason to bare it.<\/span><\/p>\n

In terms of cellulite reduction, I think the combination of dry brushing and oil-slicked skin gives off the illusion that the cellulite has somehow disappeared, but I know it\u2019s still there. It\u2019s good to know maderotherapy can be used like a \u201cfake it til you make it\u201d aesthetic technique, falling somewhere between the healthy skin of the superfit and those changing their bodies via plastic surgery.<\/span><\/p>\n

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