Manual Lymphatic
Drainage
Clear · Lighten · Restore
A gentle, evidence-informed 90 minute treatment for the face and body, designed to support your natural lymphatic flow and leave you feeling lighter, clearer and deeply at ease.
90 min · £120 | Course of 4 · £350 |
Pre & Post-Op Course of 10 · £950
At a Glance
Manual Lymphatic
Drainage
A gentle, restorative manual lymphatic drainage treatment for the face and body, offered in Caerphilly and serving Cardiff and South Wales. Designed to support flow, ease heaviness and help you feel like yourself again.
Please note: this is not a conventional full-body massage. MLD uses very light, rhythmic, directional touch to work with the lymphatic system, rather than the deeper techniques used to work into muscle and tension.
Pre & Post-Op MLD
I am a qualified pre and post-operative lymphatic drainage specialist, supporting recovery before and after cosmetic and life-changing surgery, in the UK or abroad. Find out more
What is it
A gentle, evidence-informed hands-on treatment that supports your body's natural lymphatic system.
Who is it for
Anyone experiencing feelings of heaviness, puffiness or congestion, preparing for or recovering from surgery, or simply looking for deeply restorative care.
Where it works
Face, neck, torso, limbs and abdomen - wherever your body is asking for support, always with light lymphatic touch rather than deep muscular work.
What to expect
Featherlight rhythmic touch, nervous system settling, and a lighter, clearer feeling.
Book
Choose Your Booking
General MLD and post-op MLD are two different treatments, and each has a single session and a course. Single sessions are booked online. Courses are bought through the voucher store. If you're preparing for or recovering from surgery, please choose post-op MLD.
General Manual Lymphatic Drainage
For wellbeing, heaviness and puffiness
Single Session · 90 minutes
Manual Lymphatic Drainage
£120
A full 90 minute lymphatic treatment for both the face and the body, shaped around what your system is asking for. Light, rhythmic and directional throughout, not a deep-pressure massage. Ideal as a first experience of the work, before travel, or whenever the body feels heavy and asks for support.
Book a Single SessionCourse of 4 · 90 minutes
A Rhythm of Four Sessions
£350
£87.50 per session · Save £130
Four 90-minute Manual Lymphatic Drainage treatments for general wellbeing, giving your body a gentle, steady rhythm of support over a few weeks. A lovely way to settle into the work and feel what regular sessions can bring. If you're preparing for or recovering from surgery, please choose the Pre & Post-Op Recovery Course, which uses specialist post-operative techniques.
Book the Course of 4Pre & Post-Op Manual Lymphatic Drainage
Specialist care before and after surgery
Specialist · Single Session · 90 minutes
Pre & Post-Op MLD
£120
A single 90 minute specialist session, adapted for healing tissue and shaped around your procedure, your surgeon's guidance and where you are in your recovery. Ideal before surgery, or when you'd like to begin post-op support one session at a time.
Book a Post-Op SessionSpecialist · Pre & Post-Op · Course of 10
Pre & Post-Op Recovery Course
£950
£95 per session · Save £250
Post-op MLD is a specialist treatment, adapted for healing tissue and shaped around your procedure, your surgeon's guidance and where you are in your recovery. This course of ten 90-minute sessions begins with a complimentary 60-minute consultation and assessment, where we talk through your medical journey and how you're feeling about it all, and includes the Root & Moss client care manual for before and after surgery. Valid for 12 months, with extensions if your surgery date moves.
Contact me after purchase to arrange each session.
Book Post-Op MLD x10Unsure which is right for you? Get in touch and I'll help you choose.
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About This Treatment
For those who want to understand the philosophy, the science and the ritual itself before they arrive. Everything that follows is offered as a deeper invitation - to be read at your own pace.
From the Journal
Reading on Lymphatic
Drainage
A slower look at the science, the benefits and the quiet ways MLD supports the body, the face and how a woman feels in herself.
Surgical Recovery
Pre & Post-Operative Lymphatic Drainage
More and more surgeons now recommend manual lymphatic drainage before and after surgery. I am a qualified pre and post-op MLD specialist in Caerphilly, supporting clients from Cardiff and across South Wales. That includes people who have had surgery in the UK and people returning from surgery abroad.
Before surgery, a pre-op lymphatic drainage session helps prepare the tissue and calm the nervous system, so the body goes into surgery rested and supported.
After surgery, post-op lymphatic drainage can help reduce swelling and fluid retention, ease bruising and tightness, and support comfort while you heal. It is often recommended after liposuction, a tummy tuck (abdominoplasty), a BBL, breast surgery, facelifts and other cosmetic or life-changing procedures.
Post-operative tissue is delicate, so this work needs specialist training. Every session is shaped around your procedure, your surgeon's guidance and how far you are into your recovery. Please ask your surgeon for a written note clearing you for MLD, and bring your surgical notes and aftercare instructions to your first appointment.
Post-op MLD is different from a general MLD session. The techniques are adapted for healing tissue and swelling, sessions follow a plan we agree together at consultation, and some areas, such as stitches, drains or where fat has been transferred, are worked around. That's why I offer it as its own specialist course.
Recovery unfolds over weeks and months, so I offer a specialist course of ten sessions, beginning with a complimentary 60-minute consultation and including my client care manual for before and after surgery.
Prefer a single session? Book one post-op MLD session online
Surgical Recovery
Pre & Post-Op Questions
A Gentle Note
Before You Arrive
Come as you are - there is no need to arrive with a perfectly prepared body or any particular ritual beforehand. Loose, comfortable clothing is ideal.
In the days before your treatment, please drink plenty of water so you arrive well hydrated, and avoid caffeine and alcohol. This gently supports the work and helps your body make the most of the session.
A thorough consultation before your treatment lets me shape the session around your health history, your goals and how you are feeling on the day. If you are recovering from surgery or injury, or living with any medical condition, please share this ahead of time so I can care for you thoughtfully - and, where needed, alongside your GP or specialist.
Manual Lymphatic Drainage is not appropriate during pregnancy. If you are pregnant, please do not book this treatment.
In the days that follow, most clients feel notably lighter and clearer. Continuing to drink plenty of water, moving gently and giving the body space to rest will quietly extend the effects of the treatment.
Everything else, you can leave at the door.
Questions
Frequently Asked
Begin
Ready to Feel
Lighter Again?
Manual Lymphatic Drainage is an invitation to slow down, be cared for and give your body the quiet, considered support it has been asking for. Book a single session through the normal booking link, or choose the course of four or the specialist Pre & Post-Op Recovery Course through the voucher store.