Buccal Massage: The Facial Performed Inside Your Cheeks!

Your jaw clenches thousands of times each day, storing tension in your cheeks and around your mouth. Just as the body craves massage, so do the 42 muscles of your face.

Enter Buccal Massage, a facial technique that meets tension at its source - inside the mouth! Our partner, Kondōu, specialises in this transformative therapy, so we’ve explored why it feels unlike any facial you’ve tried.

THE STORY BEHIND KONDŌU

Founded by Sara Wells - fascia facialist, nutritionist & holistic wellness practitioner, Kondōu honours the quiet wisdom of Japanese culture. In the ever-evolving landscape of beauty and wellness, Sara stands apart as an innovator grounded deeply in holistic, results-driven practices, redefining the art of facial therapy by beginning not at the surface, but far beneath it.

Kondōu was born from a longing to create something different. A space where wellness could be slow, intentional, and soulful… Not rushed. Not perfected. But remembered. 

HOW OUR SKINCARE SUPERCHARGES BUCCAL MASSAGE

Kondōu treatments are performed with Retreatment Botanics skincare. Every touch, every formula, and every moment is meticulously crafted to honour the skin, body, and spirit. Our high-performance botanicals glide under Sara’s expert hands, enhancing results and delivering a deeply sensorial experience. 

WHAT'S INVOLVED IN BUCCAL MASSAGE?

Buccal technique is an advanced intra-oral massage that accesses the muscles and fascia from inside the mouth. This 3D approach treats the foundational architecture of the face:

• Lifts & plumps the cheeks
• Defines & sculpts the jawline
• Relieves TMJ / jaw tension
• Releases emotional holding patterns buried in the musculature.

RESULTS THAT RUN DEEPER THAN SCULPTED SKIN

It’s a delicate, transformative art of working with the body’s connective tissue, the fascia, which weaves through and supports our muscles and organs.

Unlike conventional treatments that merely graze the skin, Sara’s work dives deep into these living layers, releasing stagnation, tension, and trauma stored over time. Through expert touch and intentional manipulation, she restores flow, circulation, and vitality - not just lifting the face, but unlocking energy from within.

The result? Faces that are not only sculpted and radiant, but bodies that feel freer, lighter, and profoundly at ease.

“This technique changed everything for me, it’s not just about what we can see — it’s about what we can feel. The fascia holds our stories. When we release it, we return to our truest selves.” - Sara

WHERE TO EXPERIENCE BUCCAL MASSAGE?

The Buccal method is now an essential element of Sara’s signature treatments, combining fascia therapy, lymphatic drainage and sculptural techniques into a holistic ritual of renewal: meditative, cathartic and deeply transformative. 

This experience awaits you at Kondōu on the Central Coast. 

Every sculptural facial, every slow ritual, every intentional touch is an invitation: a return to breath, to body, to belonging.