You can see rapid, transformative results when you are massaging the skin and getting in deep. The Pause Fascia Stimulating Tool, an FDA-cleared Class 1 medical fascia massage tool, is intelligently engineered to stimulate fibroblasts —collagen-producing cells within the fascia connective tissue. It improves elasticity, minimises sagging and enhances skin health. What more could you possibly want?!
For many of us, our skincare routines are sacred. Creating a skincare routine with products and steps that achieve your skin goals can take a long time to curate. Earlier this year, I reviewed my skincare regimen, and I realised that I have been focusing mainly on my skin’s surface, whether to reduce wrinkles, hyperpigmentation or rough texture. I had not been paying enough attention to the layers below my actual skin. Research suggests that external skin stimulation can reach beyond the surface to the subdermal level, supporting cell turnover, boosting collagen production, and optimising overall skin health.
I’m definitely not abandoning my surface-level efforts – using SPF, vitamin C, retinoids, peptides, and glycolic acid – but I never imagined the profound impact that a 5-minute face massage each day could have. It is undeniable, the combination of targeting both layers – not just the outer – has been a game-changer for me.
Why your skincare routine needs to be more than just skin-deep
We know that repeated muscle contractions (from smiling and squinting, for instance) can create wrinkles and fine lines. But muscle is not the only skin tissue that can contribute to an aged appearance. An ever-growing body of research suggests that we should pay more attention to our fascia – the layer of connective tissue between the skin and underlying muscle over the entire body.
What exactly is the fascia
You cannot see your fascia, but everyone has it. Just below the skin’s surface, fascia is a network of tissues that helps give structure and strength to the outer layers.
In the simplest terms possible, fascia is a connective tissue structure that runs everywhere in your body, intertwining with your organs, muscles, tendons, ligaments and bones within the body. It is an integral part of the human body that is constantly changing to adapt to daily stimuli and helps you to hold your structure. So, fascia is like a scaffolding that holds our muscles together and stops them from sagging.
In healthy tissues, the fascia is relaxed and wavy, so it can stretch and move easily. However, when the system experiences physical trauma, inflammation or scarring, it can force the fascia to become less pliable, bonding together and becoming tense, restricted and tight. As cells age, and collagen and elastin production reduces, fascia can become rigid. This is what leads to knots, pain and tension.
On the face, weakened fascia shows up as sagging. There are two components of fascia, and when the superficial layer breaks down, skin can look less lifted or toned. As the deeper layer of fascia begins to harden, the skin has less bounce and plumpness than it did. It also creates skin laxity and jowls.
It is important to keep fascia loose so that the skin and muscles can move properly.
A deep tissue facial massage tool that changes everything
By adding a deep tissue face massage tool to your home skincare routine, you can protect your fascia.
Fascia release is a treatment where the tight fascia is loosened through massage. Physical manipulation can help stretch tight fascia to allow greater mobility.
However, not all face massage tools are created equal. I have dabbled with gua sha on and off over the years, but I have never been wowed enough to make it a regular part of my routine.
Pause Fascia Stimulating Tool caught my attention not only because it is focused on the fascia, but it is expertly designed with ease of use and efficacy at its core.
The tool borrows from the science of IASTM – Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization – the technique used by physical therapists to treat elite athletes and improve tissue health and quality.
Pause worked with Dr. Jessica Hill – a tissue and mobility specialist with over 17 years of clinical experience – to patent an FDA-cleared Class 1 medical device made of surgical stainless steel. The tool is made of 304 stainless steel, for its known biocompatibility and other properties such as high hardness and thermal capacity.
Intelligently and thoughtfully designed, the Pause Fascia Stimulating Tool is recognised for its science-backed form and function. It features a very precise shape and bevelled edge that is engineered to massage the face, neck, and chest to kick-start collagen-making fibroblasts.
This unique edge allows to create the required level of depth and shear that studies have shown is necessary to stimulate fibroblasts. The patented design promotes maximum results with very little pressure, using minimal compression with gentle, comfortable strokes.
Since the Pause Fascia Stimulating Tool is an FDA-registered Class 1 medical device, it is manufactured to stringent quality standards. The manufacturing process itself is quite manual and requires three levels of polishing to achieve the smooth bevelled edge.
Having used the Pause Fascia Stimulating Tool religiously for more than six months, it has made me a face massage convert and is now an indispensable part of my routine.
The Pause Fascia Stimulating Tool is intelligently engineered and will do wonders for your skin
Unlike Gua Sha and other similar tools, the Fascia massage tool by Pause is an FDA-cleared Class 1 medical device specifically engineered to stimulate fibroblasts – the remarkable collagen-producing cells within the fascia connective tissue.
Fibroblasts live within the fascia, which is a type of connective tissue that encloses every muscle, bone, nerve, artery and vein, as well as our internal organs. Imagine the fascia as a spider web and fibroblasts as the spiders spinning to repair webbing and keep it strong. They do this by producing collagen, the protein that gives structure to our skin.
When we are young, fibroblasts produce lots of collagen to feed and support the fascia that keeps our skin smooth and firm. But starting in our mid-20s, fibroblasts slow down, producing less collagen. Eventually, our fibroblasts go dormant and stop producing tissue-supporting collagen. As a result, the skin may start to sag.
Like muscles, connective tissue can be toned and strengthened. You just need the right tool for the job.
The Pause Fascia Stimulating Tool is like a personal trainer for your fibroblasts. The tool helps to wake up the fibroblasts, restoring collagen and elastin production. It gives them a daily workout that may make them stronger, healthier, and produce collagen again.
The FDA-cleared Class 1 medical device relies on gentle back and forth stroking…not taut, rigorous sculpting. It may improve blood flow, support cell turnover, remove waste, boost collagen production and optimise overall skin nutrition – which all can help minimise sagging and enhance volume and elasticity. Using this gentle, yet very effective, subdermal toning tool, one can realistically expect an improved overall look and feel of the skin on the face, the neck and the chest.
Key benefits of the Pause face massage tool include:
- Stimulates fibroblasts to boost collagen production
- Improves skin tissue quality
- Improves blood flow, tissue nutrition and cellular oxygenation
- Improves skin elasticity
- Supports cell turnover
- Removes waste
- Optimises overall skin nutrition and appearance
- Minimises sagging and enhances volume
- Enhances skin health
The tool is designed for use on the face, neck and chest – shaped to follow the contours of the face, neck and chest for complete coverage.
With no batteries, plugs, on/off switches or chargers, the tool is meant to be operated manually. It is almost foolproof to use. First, apply a small amount of Pause Collagen Boosting Moisturizer to the skin to ensure a smooth glide and boost your results with its powerful hydration, or use the moisturiser or serum of your choice.
With light pressure, use a combination of long slow strokes and fast, short multi-directional strokes. Repeat this pattern for each region of the face, neck and chest. On a scale of 0-10 (0 = no pressure, 10 = heavy pressure), you want to aim for pressure in the 1-2 range. The entire regimen should take no more than five minutes once a day.
Also, because the tool is made of medical-grade stainless steel that is durable and hygienic, cleaning and sanitising, it only requires soap and water. It can be stored in its protection vegan leather pouch.
The results speak for themselves
I love everything about the Pause Fascia Stimulating Tool. So well designed and thought through, it is easy to use and very effective. I also really appreciate that this is made of stainless steel, and is therefore durable and hygienic. The tool smoothly glides over my face and neck, and after a couple of uses, I noticed changes in my skin. It gives my skin a brightness and glow that it was lacking before. I also experience improved blood flow, and it definitely makes my skin look healthier after each use.
You may experience a “crunching” sound and some redness when you start using the Pause Fascia Stimulating Tool. The redness is due to a surge in circulation, and more blood flow means more nutrients for your skin while helping to send toxins and accumulated fluid on their way. The release of muscle causes the “crunching” sound.
The unique bevelled edge design, along with daily use, has genuinely improved my overall skin health and appearance faster than any other face massage tool I have tested.
If you are looking for high-performing products with a mission statement that actually means something, Pause Fascia Stimulating Tool should be on your radar
Sparked by a hot flush, created by science, Pause Well-Aging not only shines a spotlight on the hush-hush subject of the menopause but celebrates beauty in their own terms, affirming that beauty only gets better with age.
Pause was founded by Rochelle Weitzner, a seasoned C-suite executive and beauty industry veteran. Prior to founding Pause, she was CEO of Erno Laszlo, reimagining the 90-year old brand, modernising the product range through her deep involvement in product development and expanding its market to position the company for private equity sale in 2016 successfully.
Pause is bringing much-needed attention to an overlooked area of the beauty industry. The company’s Well-Aging skincare range is laser-focused on the key skin changes that come with the various stages of menopause and the reduction of estrogen. By engineering products to focus on the loss of elasticity, texture, brightness and density, dryness, breakouts, wrinkles and fine lines, Pause turns traditional “anti-ageing” skincare thinking on its head, incorporating a mantra of Well-AgingTM that signifies embracing ageing on your own terms.
Some of the stand-out products include the Hot Flash Cooling Mist, for those temperature-flaring hot flashes; the Collagen Boosting Moisturizer, for reduced-estrogen related dryness, fine lines and wrinkles; and the Fascia Stimulating Tool, the subdermal solution for loss of tone and texture.
Ageing well and graciously with a daily skin-deep face massage
A must-have from Pause Well-Aging’s innovative line, this Fascia massage tool is an FDA-cleared, Class 1 medical device, engineered to stimulate fibroblasts (collagen-producing cells within the fascia connective tissue) and encourage a youthful, toned appearance.
By gently stroking your face with the tool, it can improve blood flow, support cell turnover, remove waste, boost collagen production, and optimise overall skin nutrition – which can help minimise sagging and enhance volume and elasticity.
The Fascia massage tool from Pause is one of the best, most effective facial massage tools I have ever used, and I can genuinely see a difference in my face.
