Puffiness is fluid. Fluid moves.
Facial puffiness is fluid held in the soft tissue of the face, most often after poor sleep, salt, alcohol, travel, hormonal shifts or illness. It is usually temporary and it responds. Sous La Face in West Hollywood treats it manually, with lymphatic rerouting that supports the movement of that fluid toward the nodes that clear it, as the first stage of the RRR™ Method.
Sleep, salt, alcohol, hormonal cycle, air travel, allergies, illness, heat and the position you slept in. In Los Angeles the common combination is a flight, dry air and a late night, and the two days that follow any of them.
Lying flat for hours lets fluid settle in the face, which is why mornings are the worst of it and why it usually redistributes within a few hours of being upright.
The full picture of what causes it and what genuinely helps at home is in our guide to facial puffiness.
Three things look similar in the mirror and are not the same. Puffiness is fluid. It shifts through the day, it is worse on waking, and it responds. Inflammation has a trigger, usually feels warmer, and needs the trigger addressed rather than drained. Structural change is stable across the day and across weeks, and no amount of drainage alters it.
If what we are seeing is structural, we will tell you. The reasoning behind the distinction is in our guides.
Reroute is the first stage of the RRR™ Method and it exists for exactly this. Manual work along the lymphatic pathways of the face and neck, toward the nodes. Then Release, which addresses the tension holding things in place, and Resculpt, which works on definition.
Most people see a difference by the end of the treatment. It is one of the few things in this category that is visible the same day.
Reroute. Manual work along the lymphatic pathways of the face and neck.
This work moves fluid and reduces the appearance of puffiness, and most people see the change by the end of the session. It also clears the drainage pathways around the nose, cheeks and cervical chain, which is why so many people book when the face feels congested. Sudden, one sided, painful or persistent facial swelling should be assessed by a physician rather than a studio.
As an add on. Call the studio to book it.
The 75 minute treatments differ by what is added. The Ultimate RRR™ Face adds time with a practitioner. Glow, Clear and Renew add a modality on top of the manual work.
A single visit is $259. RRR™ Essential membership is $229 a month and includes one RRR™ treatment, so your first month costs less than one visit. If puffiness is a recurring problem rather than a one off, that is the version that makes sense.
Infrared sauna, cold plunge and red light therapy are available at the West Hollywood studio as a $35 add on to any treatment. Call 310.925.3312 to add it to your booking.
Sous La Face Los Angeles
8608A West Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Plaza, West Hollywood, CA 90069
Tell us what you are seeing in the mirror, or what you have been booked for elsewhere, and we will give you a straight answer, including when the honest answer is that this is not the right work for it.
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The RRR™ Face · 60 Minutes · Visible the same day · West Hollywood
Lying flat for hours lets fluid settle in the face. It usually redistributes within a few hours of being upright, and an elevated pillow helps.
Lymphatic work clears the drainage pathways around the nose, cheeks and cervical chain, and many clients book for exactly that feeling of facial congestion. We do not treat sinusitis or any infection. If you are unwell, we ask you to rebook.
Most people see it by the end of the 60 minute treatment. It is one of the few treatments in this category that is visible the same day.
Typically several days, depending on what caused the puffiness and whether that cause is still present.
Facial lymphatic drainage is part of it. The RRR™ Face adds release and sculpting, which is what makes it a method rather than a single technique.
Sleep, hydration, less salt and alcohol, and an elevated pillow all help. Our guide to facial puffiness covers what works and what does not.
Often, when it is fluid. Under eye change that stays the same all day is usually structural, and drainage will not alter it.
Yes. It is one of the most common reasons people book at the West Hollywood studio, and there is no downtime.
If the swelling is sudden, one sided, painful or persistent, yes. Sous La Face is not a substitute for medical assessment.