Maison Ysaé

If a regular facial massage feels a little too predictable, Maison Ysaé has another suggestion: let the therapist put their hands inside your mouth and massage from the inside out. No, we’re not joking.

It’s known as ‘buccal massage’, an intraoral facial technique that involves massaging from inside the mouth (while wearing gloves, thankfully). By working on the cheeks and jaw from both the inside and outside, the therapist can reach facial muscles that are considerably harder to access during a regular massage. Maison Ysaé incorporates the technique into its facial sculpting treatments, alongside other manual massage methods.

And if you think hands can do only so much, there’s another technique worth knowing about: maderotherapy, also known as wood therapy. This treatment uses specially shaped wooden tools that are rolled and pressed across different areas of the body. And yes, some of them look like they come straight out of the kitchen. These therapists be cooking, amirite?

At Maison Ysaé, the treatment combines manual massage with a selection of wooden rollers and sculpting tools, each designed to work on different parts of the body. The technique originates from massage practices that were later developed into modern maderotherapy, and today you'll often see it associated with body sculpting and lymphatic drainage treatments.