“My cheekbones are more defined. My jaw feels like I’ve never ever slept with my mouth open before. My face actually looks smaller, I think?”
Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Lady Gaga’s facialist can tell that my sinuses are clogged. I don’t have allergies or a cold, but Joomee Song knows that if I wanted to belt out the “Haaa-ah-ah-ah” in “Shallow,” my blocked nasal passages would hold me back from delivering the perfect note. Closed-off airflow is a bigger deal for Lady Gaga than for the rest of us, which is why Song travels with her on tour. She’s been with Gaga the past five years, starting with the Oscars in 2014.
Song’s focus on the mouth and nasal passages makes sense. She tells me that the strongest muscle in your body is, surprisingly, your masseter muscle — the one you use to chew. “That’s why it locks down if you pass out,” she explains. “It’s called the survival muscle.” Our masseter muscles are constantly active throughout the course of a day, chatting and eating. We grind them at night if we have bruxism, or teeth-grinding issues. A tense jaw can cause inflammation and poor circulation.
She gently and firmly dislodges them, working the tension out until my face feels lighter and more relaxed. It’s not just my face; she also works on the temples and cranial bones. The heaviness and subtle ache that build up in my head from stress and humid weather feel like they’ve been released. After she concludes the session with a mysterious Japanese microcurrent machine, my whole head feels light as a feather.
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