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Manual and Lymphastim

Lymphatic Drainage Massage in London

Puffy on waking, ankles swollen by the evening, or healing after surgery: lymphatic drainage leaves you lighter, often within the hour. Manual drainage by hand and Lymphastim compression therapy are both available on Wimpole Street, and your surgeon can advise whether a course suits your recovery.

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Quick facts

  • Treats Post-surgical swelling, fluid retention, puffiness, heaviness
  • Two methods Manual by hand, or Lymphastim compression
  • Session 30 to 60 minutes
  • Course Varies, often weekly post-surgery
  • Performed by Trained therapists
Price from From £70

per treatment

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Two lovely treatments, each with its own speciality.

Manual drainage is the better choice for the face and for post-operative work; Lymphastim suits the legs and general fluid retention.

Two methods

Manual Drainage or Lymphastim?

Two treatments, each with its own speciality, and many patients enjoy both.

By hand

Manual lymphatic drainage

Performed by hand using very light, slow, rhythmic strokes in the direction of lymph flow. It is far gentler than a deep tissue massage, which surprises most patients the first time. That light touch is deliberate, because it keeps the superficial lymphatic vessels open and moving fluid.

Best for
The face, and post-operative work
Session
Thirty to sixty minutes
Why
Precise; can be directed around a surgical site
Compression device

Lymphastim

A compression device. You wear inflatable garments on the legs, arms or abdomen, and chambers inflate and deflate in sequence to move fluid upward mechanically. It covers large areas efficiently and it is consistent.

Best for
Legs and general fluid retention
Session
Sixty minutes
Why
Covers large areas efficiently

Many patients use both: manual work around a surgical site, Lymphastim for the limbs.

Where it works

Where Lymphatic Drainage Is Used

Manual drainage is the better choice for the face and for post-operative work; Lymphastim suits the legs and general fluid retention. Many patients use both.

Front body outline with treatment areas marked
Lymphastim

Legs and ankles

Ankles that swell by evening and legs heavy with fluid. The inflatable garments move fluid upward mechanically.

Method
Lymphastim
Result
Limb heaviness eases the same day
Post-surgical

Abdomen

After liposuction, a tummy tuck or any procedure that disrupts lymphatic vessels, fluid accumulates in the tissue. Manual work around the surgical site, Lymphastim for the rest.

Method
Manual around the site, Lymphastim elsewhere
Course
Often weekly for several weeks, as directed by your surgeon
Lymphastim

Arms

Garments for the arms move fluid in the same sequence as the legs.

Method
Lymphastim
Session
Sixty minutes
Front view of a face with treatment zones marked
Manual drainage

Face

Very light, slow, rhythmic strokes in the direction of lymph flow. Facial puffiness reduces within the session and is visible immediately.

Method
Manual, by hand
Result
Immediate, perfect before an event

Thirty to sixty minutes by hand, or sixty minutes in the compression garments. Drink water afterwards and expect to pass more urine over the following day. No downtime.

Your visit and your results

How Lymphatic Drainage Works, Step by Step

01 Day 0

The method matched to you

Your therapist asks why you are here, which decides the method. Post-surgical patients are asked what procedure, when, and whether the surgeon has cleared you to start.

What you feel or see A conversation about the reason and the area.

What to do Post-surgery, bring your surgeon's clearance.

  1. Your therapist asks why you are here, which decides the method. Post-surgical patients are asked what procedure, when, and whether the surgeon has cleared you to start.

    What you feel or see A conversation about the reason and the area.

    What to do Post-surgery, bring your surgeon's clearance.

  2. Thirty to sixty minutes of very light rhythmic strokes.

    What you feel or see Most patients find it deeply relaxing and a good number fall asleep.

    What to do Expect a beautifully gentle touch.

  3. Sixty minutes wearing the compression garments while the chambers cycle.

    What you feel or see Rhythmic squeezing that moves up the limb. You can read or work.

    What to do Bring something to read.

  4. Drink water and expect to pass more urine over the following day, which is the fluid leaving. No downtime. Facial puffiness reduces within the session and is visible immediately, and limb heaviness eases the same day.

    What you feel or see Lighter limbs; less facial puffiness, visible immediately.

    What to do Drink water.

  5. Post-surgery, often weekly for several weeks as directed by your surgeon. For fluid retention, as often as it helps. A single session before an event works beautifully, timed for the day you want to look your best.

    What you feel or see Post-surgical swelling improving week by week.

    What to do Follow your surgeon's guidance on frequency.

Consultation Day 0
Day 0 · Consultation

The method matched to you

Your therapist asks why you are here, which decides the method. Post-surgical patients are asked what procedure, when, and whether the surgeon has cleared you to start.

What you feel or seeA conversation about the reason and the area.
What to doPost-surgery, bring your surgeon's clearance.
Day 0 · Manual session

Thirty to sixty minutes

Thirty to sixty minutes of very light rhythmic strokes.

What you feel or seeMost patients find it deeply relaxing and a good number fall asleep.
What to doExpect a beautifully gentle touch.
Day 0 · Lymphastim session

Sixty minutes in the garments

Sixty minutes wearing the compression garments while the chambers cycle.

What you feel or seeRhythmic squeezing that moves up the limb. You can read or work.
What to doBring something to read.
Same day · Afterwards

The fluid leaving

Drink water and expect to pass more urine over the following day, which is the fluid leaving. No downtime. Facial puffiness reduces within the session and is visible immediately, and limb heaviness eases the same day.

What you feel or seeLighter limbs; less facial puffiness, visible immediately.
What to doDrink water.
Weekly, or as it helps · The course

Consistency over intensity

Post-surgery, often weekly for several weeks as directed by your surgeon. For fluid retention, as often as it helps. A single session before an event works beautifully, timed for the day you want to look your best.

What you feel or seePost-surgical swelling improving week by week.
What to doFollow your surgeon's guidance on frequency.
Session Milestone
Key benefits
  • Reduces post-surgical swelling and firmness, which surgeons routinely recommend
  • Relieves the heaviness of fluid retention in legs and ankles
  • Reduces facial puffiness, visibly and quickly
  • Genuinely relaxing, since the manual technique is very light
  • No downtime and no restriction afterwards
  • Two methods available, matched to the area and the reason

What it does best is move fluid. The liver and kidneys handle detoxification by themselves, and any change on the scale afterwards is fluid, so enjoy it for feeling lighter and looking less puffy.

It moves fluid, which is a real and useful thing.

You feel lighter, limbs feel less heavy, and facial puffiness reduces within the session.

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Lymphatic Drainage at Regents Park Aesthetics

Meet your practitioners

Every patient is assessed by a qualified clinician, a doctor, nurse or other qualified practitioner, before anything is booked.

Kay Greveson, Lead Practitioner at Regents Park Aesthetics

Kay Greveson

Lead Practitioner

Award-winning aesthetic nurse practitioner with more than twenty years of specialist NHS nursing and over a decade in advanced aesthetic medicine. Qualified independent prescriber and the clinic’s CQC registered manager.

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Dr Grace Adamson, Doctor at Regents Park Aesthetics

Dr Grace Adamson

Doctor

MBChB, BSc (Hons), with First-Class degrees in Physiological Sciences and in Medicine and Surgery, and extensive NHS experience across medical and surgical specialties. Trained with DermaMedical.

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Spirithoula Koukoufikis, Senior Aesthetician at Regents Park Aesthetics

Spirithoula Koukoufikis

Senior Aesthetician

Known to patients as SK. Over thirteen years’ experience and more than fifty aesthetic lasers and devices, having worked at five-star clinics across London.

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Choosing between treatments

Manual drainage or Lymphastim

The right choice depends on your skin and what you are treating; a consultation settles it.

Manual drainageBy handLymphastimCompression therapy
How it worksVery light rhythmic strokesInflatable compression garments move fluid mechanically
Best forThe face and post-operative workThe legs and general fluid retention
Session30 to 60 minutes60 minutes
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Many patients use both.

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Pricing

Planning your treatment

Session30 to 60 minutes

CourseVaries, often weekly post-surgery

Your plan and the number of sessions are agreed at your consultation, before anything is booked.

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Treatment
From
Manual lymphatic drainage, face, 30 min
£70
Manual lymphatic drainage, face, 60 min
£120
Lymphastim lymphatic drainage, 1 session
£90
Lymphastim add-on to another treatment
£50
Lymphatic drainage suit worn during a facial
£50
30 minute body massage
£40
60 minute body massage
£70

Prices are a guide from the current clinic price list. Your exact plan and cost are confirmed at consultation.

Questions patients ask

Frequently asked questions

Manual drainage for the face is £70 for thirty minutes and £120 for sixty. Lymphastim is £90 a session or £50 added to another treatment.

Three groups, each with their own reason to love it. Post-surgical patients come first: after liposuction, a tummy tuck or breast surgery, drainage helps move accumulated fluid, with timing agreed with your surgeon.

People carrying fluid, with ankles that swell by evening or a face puffy on waking. And people who simply want to look less puffy tomorrow, the most common reason of all before an event.

Manual is done by hand with very light rhythmic strokes and can be directed precisely around a surgical site or on the face. Lymphastim uses inflatable compression garments to move fluid mechanically and covers large areas like legs more efficiently.

Any change on the scale afterwards is fluid, so think of it as a treatment for feeling lighter and less puffy. For weight, the clinic runs a dedicated medical weight management programme.

The liver and kidneys handle detoxification continuously by themselves. Lymphatic drainage does something different and very useful: it moves fluid.

This is its strongest use. After liposuction, a tummy tuck or breast surgery, drainage can help ease swelling and firmness. Your surgeon confirms the timing before you start.

When your surgeon gives the go-ahead, which varies by procedure and is usually somewhere between a few days and two weeks. Starting at the right moment helps the tissue settle smoothly.

Wonderfully relaxing, and far lighter than people expect. Manual drainage uses very gentle pressure, which keeps the superficial vessels open and moving fluid.

Post-surgery, often weekly for several weeks as your surgeon directs. For fluid retention or puffiness, as often as it helps, and a single session before an event works well.

Fluid builds again with hormones, long days standing, heat or salt, so many patients book regular sessions. It also works brilliantly as a one-off before an event.

It reduces the fluid component, which can improve appearance temporarily. Cellulite also involves fibrous bands and fat, and the clinic has dedicated body treatments for those.

Yes, and expect to pass more urine over the following day. That is the fluid leaving.

Lymphatic Drainage at Regents Park Aesthetics

Ready when you are.

Every plan starts with a conversation and a close look at what your body needs, so the treatment you book is the one that suits you.

Address19 Wimpole Street, London W1G 8GE
Telephone020 7580 4813
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