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Rebecca Harrick is a licensed massage therapist who works at the Everything Peaceful Massage Therapy Center in Wilmington, N.C.read more
"Hello, my name is Rebecca Herrick. I'm here at Everything Peaceful in Wilmington, North Carolina, to review some massage oils. There's many different massage oils out there and all have potentially different effects on the skin and the body. For example, almond oil, this is a really great light oil. You do have to be careful with this one though. Always make sure that your client is not, doesn't have any allergies to nuts, especially almonds. So when you use any kind of oil for massage that incorporates any kind of peanut oil or almond oil, you need to really make sure before hand that your client has no allergies to this type of, to nuts or oils, even if it was processed in the same area. You can buy massage oils in many different places. A lot of them have scents, artificial, synthetic materials in them, so that's another thing to be cautioned of. Be careful that you don't incorporate any kind of strong scent or strong synthetic ingredient that may react with your client's skin. The safest bet for massage oils would be a grapeseed oil which is hypoallergenic and also edible. If it's edible, that's a general good rule of thumb that you can safely use it and use it on the skin, it goes into the bloodstream and it's not going to have a negative effect on your client. Grapeseed oil is great also because it has a long shelf life and is pretty cost-effective. And that would be your review of different types of massage oils."
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