🇧🇷 Brazil · Contemporary
Brazilian Lymphatic Drainageブラジリアン・リンパドレナージュDrenagem linfática brasileira
The umbrella for Brazilian beauty treatments that raise pressure and tempo on MLD principles and promise visible contour change straight after; spread worldwide in the 2010s through the trademarked method of the São Paulo aesthetician Renata França (a personal brand). Distinct from medical MLD.
This name is recorded with basic database information. An in-depth article will follow.
Fact sheet
- Origin
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Era
- Contemporary
- Classification
- Beauty massage
- Techniques
- Lymph / Oil
- Practitioner body parts
- Palm / Thumb
- Medium
- Oil
- Clothing
- Skin contact, draped
- Setting
- Table
- Also known as
- Renata França Method · Renata Franca Method · Brazilian lymphatic massage
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Related forms and lineages
Related reference entry: Body Shape Massage (Modelagem and Maderotherapy)
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An umbrella term used for manual work in appearance-related beauty settings. Examples include Brazilian modeladora and forms using wooden tools, but these are not one system. We do not judge body shapes or promise fat loss or lasting change; the person’s wishes and boundaries come first.
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