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At Massage Envy, we have one goal: helping you feel and look your best, so you can be your best.

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Best Skin Care for Travel: Routine and Product Tips

There’s nothing more exciting than stepping off a plane and feeling the breeze of a brand-new destination caress your cheeks. But travel stressors can leave your skin feeling more out of sorts than usual. From dry airplane air to shifts in climate and humidity—not to mention the shake-up to your daily routine—your complexion might take a hit.

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The Benefits of Massage Therapy for Relaxing Muscles

It’s one thing if you feel sore after a tough workout. But did you know that many Americans often experience neck, back, and muscle pain from a much less strenuous activity?

Skin Care

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Our Essential Preventative Anti-Aging Tips

There’s nothing wrong with a few fine lines and wrinkles. Every sunspot and smile line tells a story: a moment spent laughing with family and friends or making memories on summer vacations. Aging is a blessing—but that doesn’t mean we don’t want to slow the process down a little, and keep feeling good in our skin as we do it.

Wellness Tips

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Making the Most of Your Massage Envy Membership

One thing’s for sure: a Massage Envy membership unlocks a lot. From professional facials to rejuvenating therapeutic massages, you’ve stepped into a world of accessible self-care services built just for you.

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Body Care

Explore tips from skilled massage therapists and stretch providers on how to move and feel better.

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12 Easy Stretches You Can Do at Home

It’s undeniable that modern life is more sedentary than ever. Between work-from-home set-ups, time sitting on long commutes, and doomscrolling on the couch, our bodies spend a lot of time in the same positions. That’s why your muscles can seriously use the chance to stretch out and reset.

Your Glow-Up Guide: Everything You Need to Know About Red Light Therapy

From influencers rocking futuristic light masks to wellness experts raving about skin and body rejuvenation, red light therapy has taken the self-care world by storm. But what exactly is red light therapy? And does the idea that simply exposing your skin to certain wavelengths of light can reduce wrinkles, clear acne, and even relieve muscle soreness actually hold up?

Beyond the Burn: Essential Tips for Muscle Recovery

You crushed your workout. Your muscles are feeling it. Now what? If your answer is “nothing”, then it may be time to rethink your after exercise recovery routine. While there’s no quick fix to skip soreness altogether, the way you recover can make all the difference in how you feel — and how quickly you bounce back.

Hand Massage Therapy

Each of your hands contains more than two dozen bones -- 27, to be exact.

Unlock your body’s potential: The benefits of Stretch Therapy

You’re feeling stiff. Tight. Rigid, even. Maybe your back protests every time you stand up, or your shoulders have practically fused with your ears. And because you don’t think of yourself as a “flexible person,” you’ve long assumed stretching just isn’t for you. But what if we told you that improving your range of motion doesn’t have to mean hours of yoga poses or failed attempts at touching your toes?

Skin Care

Discover tips and tricks from skin-savvy estheticians to help you achieve your best skin yet.

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Why does my skin look dull? Causes, meaning, and treatment

Sometimes you wake up and instantly know it’s not your skin’s best day. Instead of that fresh, radiant look, your complexion might appear flat, tired, or just…off. You’re missing the healthy glow that makes skin look vibrant and full of life.

Your Glow-Up Guide: Everything You Need to Know About Red Light Therapy

From influencers rocking futuristic light masks to wellness experts raving about skin and body rejuvenation, red light therapy has taken the self-care world by storm. But what exactly is red light therapy? And does the idea that simply exposing your skin to certain wavelengths of light can reduce wrinkles, clear acne, and even relieve muscle soreness actually hold up?

Best Foods for Healthy Skin

Healthy, glowing skin isn't just about skin care products and treatments—what you eat plays a vital role. Incorporating certain nutrient-rich foods can help improve skin hydration, elasticity, and overall appearance.  

New at Massage Envy: Oxygenating Treatment

Ever notice how your face feels dull and tired after a long flight or a busy week? That’s your skin crying out for oxygen. Now, you can breathe new life into your skin with Massage Envy’s Oxygenating Treatment. 

Stay Merry and Bright: Holiday Self-care Tips

The fireplace is crackling, the lights are twinkling, and you’re feeling… totally stressed out. The holiday season is one of the most exciting times of the year, but with so many demands on your time and energy, it’s easy to feel stretched thinner than a sheet of wrapping paper.

Wellness Tips

Body care and skin care are just two components of overall wellness. Self-care is essential!

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Elevate Your Wellness Mindset: How to Embrace Self-Care and Thrive

Day after day juggling work, family, and endless to-dos tend to blur together as you desperately count down to the next weekend or vacation. But when you're always waiting for a break to feel better, it’s easy to miss the moments that make life meaningful right now.

Things you can do at home for stress relief

Stress shouldn’t feel second nature. But these days, between work, family, finances, the news, and tech overload, it can sometimes feel like stress is coming at you from every direction.

Putting the “ME” in ME Time: 7 Ways to Customize Your Massage Envy Experience

At a Massage Envy franchised location, there’s no such thing as a cookie-cutter wellness session. That’s because you’re unique, so your self-care should be, too.

The Perfect Gift Does Exist: Everything You Need to Know About Massage Envy Gift Cards

Gift cards get a bad rep. But far from being a quick and impersonal option, a gift card actually offers something precious — the gift of choice. And with a Massage Envy gift card that means choosing and customizing your vital self-care rituals.

Stay Merry and Bright: Holiday Self-care Tips

The fireplace is crackling, the lights are twinkling, and you’re feeling… totally stressed out. The holiday season is one of the most exciting times of the year, but with so many demands on your time and energy, it’s easy to feel stretched thinner than a sheet of wrapping paper.

Recent News & Press

Press Release

Massage Envy Announces Third Year of Support for The Skin Cancer Foundation’s Destination Healthy Skin Program

During Skin Cancer Awareness Month and beyond, Massage Envy supports skin cancer prevention and regular screenings through the Foundation’s Destination Healthy Skin program

April 30, 2026

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Massage Envy Brings Expanded Body Care and Skin Care Experience to Refreshed Midtown West Location

Updated space reflects the brand’s continued evolution toward more results-driven body care and skin care, with expanded service offerings and self-guided options

April 27, 2026

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Massage Envy Announces Scholarship Sweepstakes Winners for February 2026

Five monthly winners receive $2,500 scholarship to attend massage school of their choice

March 30, 2026