The Skin Nerd: Do jade rollers actually work and how do I use one?

With any form of puffiness, the goal is to improve circulation and lymphatic drainage

Jade rolling and Gua Sha tools have become incredibly popular in the last few years.

Q: I have very puffy eyes and cheeks at the moment because of hay fever. My social media feed is full of people using jade rollers and Gua Sha tools for lymphatic drainage. What are they and do they actually work? Eimear, Cork 

A: Eimear, humans across the world feel your pain. As your body erroneously recognises pollen as an intruder who can cause damage to you, it floods your body with histamines as an inflammatory response, and a part of this can be swelling or puffiness, officially termed as oedema.