What Can a Face Roller Do? How to Use It and How Long Until You See Results

The face roller is a hugely popular beauty tool for easy self-care. It comes in countless varieties, at prices ranging from a few thousand to tens of thousands of yen.
But do you actually know what a face roller does, and how to use it correctly?
The concerns you have now might well be solved by a face roller. To get there, though, you need to use it correctly. Used wrong, it not only fails to work — it can backfire.
This article introduces the benefits you can expect from a face roller, the correct way to use it, and how long results take. Do use it as a reference.

What Benefits Can You Expect from a Face Roller?

Rolling a face roller over the areas that concern you can deliver a variety of benefits.
It also generates negative ions, which can work on the body from within. Absorbed into the body, negative ions are said to promote circulation. Better circulation improves the flow of blood through the body, helping nutrients reach the skin and hair. Negative ions can also be expected to aid relaxation and recovery from fatigue.
Now let’s look at four more benefits of the face roller.

A Smaller Face and Lifting Effect

If your face looks larger or your cheeks seem to droop, weakened muscles and lost skin firmness may be the cause. Rolling the face roller so it pinches up the sagging skin stimulates the muscles. As slackened muscles tighten, lifting and smaller-face effects can be expected.

Improving Puffiness and Sagging

The legs are probably where most people notice puffiness. But in fact the face swells easily too — especially right after waking.
Stimulation from the face roller can be expected to promote circulation. With better blood flow, the excess seeped-out fluid that causes puffiness is flushed along efficiently and pushed toward expulsion.
Tightening the slackened muscles can also be expected to pull sagging skin back up.

Improving Nasolabial Folds

A face roller also stimulates the skin’s cells. Stimulated cells activate collagen production, turnover, and more. The result is firmer skin, with lifting effects and improvement in nasolabial folds to be expected.

A Massage Effect

Rolling the roller back and forth over areas that concern you delivers a massage effect. The appeal of a face roller is that it is easier than massaging by hand. With bonus effects like negative ions also on offer, it suits those who can’t set aside much time for massage.

Why Do People Say “Face Rollers Don’t Work”?

If you’re thinking, “I use a face roller but nothing happens,” you may be using it wrong. Incorrect use can not only mute the effects — it can actively backfire.
To get results from a face roller, pay attention to the following points.

• The direction you roll
• How hard you press
• How long you use it
• The condition of your skin

Keep these firmly in mind as you use your face roller, and you can avoid the “it does absolutely nothing” outcome.
The next section covers the correct method in concrete terms.

How Do You Use a Face Roller?

Here is how to use it, following the cautions above.

The most important rule: roll in one direction, from bottom to top — never back and forth. Rolling downward risks causing the skin to sag.
When using it on your face, remember the skin there is thin and delicate, so be gentle. Excessive force creates friction that risks causing spots and sagging.
More is not better with a face roller. Five to ten minutes per session is appropriate. Prolonged use burdens the skin and invites trouble. Daily use for the appropriate time is what brings results.
Using it on dry skin creates more friction and compounds the burden on your skin. Friction causes wrinkles, spots, and more. Always use it on well-moisturized skin.
The best moment is after skin care following a bath, when circulation is already flowing.

How Long Until a Face Roller Shows Results?

First, face rollers have no instant effect. You can expect a temporary effect right after use, but sustained results require continuity.
It is just like dieting, where results don’t show immediately. Make the face roller a daily habit, and let the accumulation of days deliver the effect.

Which KADOMORI Menus Help You Toward a Beautiful Face?

The face roller is handy self-care promising a smaller face, better nasolabial folds, and improved circulation — but if you want immediate results, why not consider professional beauty treatment?
Another recommended approach: adopt professional treatment, then use the face roller daily to sustain its results.
Many treatment menus can carry you toward a beautiful face; here are some of the most popular.

Face-Slimming Design HIFU

High-intensity focused ultrasound works from deep within the skin, thoroughly improving wrinkles and sagging. Lifting, better skin quality, a smaller face, and greater elasticity can also be expected.
Face-Slimming Design HIFU is recommended for people like this:

・Those concerned about downtime
・Those who found medical HIFU too painful to continue
・Those who want to condition the skin from its depths
・Those who want a genuine lift without a scalpel

Black Peeling

For pore concerns, Black Peeling is the recommendation. After the gel is applied, light is delivered — removing pore grime and tightening pores. It also improves rough-feeling skin, with brightening effects and smoother makeup application to be expected. It even suppresses the activity of acne and malassezia bacteria, helping prevent breakouts.
Black Peeling is recommended for people like this:

・Those concerned about acne
・Those concerned about pores
・Those who want brighter skin
・Those concerned about rough-feeling skin

Carboxy Pack

The Carboxy Pack is a treatment that packs into a single mask the essentials of beautiful skin — brightening dullness, tightening pores, and more. The carbon dioxide it generates delivers total treatment for the skin. It is also recommended in combination with other facial treatments as a total approach.

KADOMORI-Style Facial Slimming

Rather than simply shrinking the face, this treatment corrects the bone structure using techniques built on KADOMORI’s original theory, weighing the balance of each skeletal feature. Because it adjusts feature by feature, the correction fits each individual.
Recommended for people like this:

・Those who want a smaller face starting from the bone structure
・Those who want a skeletally smaller face without surgery
・Those who want to balance their face
・Those who want more defined features

Face-Sculpting Facial ＜Radio-Frequency＞

Using radio-frequency — drawing attention in beauty and medicine alike — this treatment goes beyond the face to improve shoulder-area concerns and deliver relaxation. Its warmth can be expected to promote a smaller face, lifting, fat burning, and collagen production, along with relief from shoulder stiffness and a cleaner décolleté.
Recommended for people like this:

・Those who want small-face care while relaxing
・Those with tense masseter or expression muscles
・Those who want a better metabolism
・Those with stiff shoulders

Facial Concerns? Consult KADOMORI!

The face roller is facial care you can do with ease. Used correctly and continued daily, its effects can be expected. Combined with professional beauty treatment, the effects grow further — bringing the beautiful face you seek within reach. Beyond the menus introduced here, many more can carry you toward a beautiful face. You are sure to find the menu that matches your concerns. If you want to resolve your facial concerns, please consult KADOMORI.