Vietnamese Scalp-Care Head Treatment (Gội Đầu Dưỡng Sinh) and Relaxation Massage in Can Tho: What Is Actually Happening Under the Hands
Part of the clinical content series of Lona Home Spa — Can Tho, Vietnam.
① The Problem, Properly Defined: Why “Tight Shoulders” Is Not a Vague Feeling
When you say your neck and shoulders are tight, you are describing three separate phenomena happening at once in three different tissue layers. Separating them is the first step to knowing what massage can and cannot do.
The muscle layer. The muscles that hold your head up — trapezius, levator scapulae, the suboccipital group — work in near-continuous isometric contraction while you sit. They do not contract and release the way they do when you walk; they hold a small load for eight hours. Prolonged isometric contraction reduces local perfusion, metabolites accumulate, and bands of localised contracture form in the muscle fibres — what the literature calls trigger points. Their defining feature is referral: a point in the upper trapezius commonly produces a sensation felt up at the temple, and that is one of the most common sources of what people call a tension headache.
The fascial layer. Wrapping and threading between muscles is fascia — a continuous collagen network running from the base of the skull to the heel. Fascia is viscoelastic: it softens when warmed and mobilised, and it loses its glide when held immobile for long periods. This is the biological reason for warming before massage, not a comfort flourish: warmed tissue responds to manual force at a lower threshold, meaning the therapist does not need to press hard to achieve the same mobilisation.
The autonomic layer. This is the most overlooked and the one that best explains why a head treatment can put people to sleep. The scalp, face and posterior neck carry a very high density of mechanoreceptors. Slow, even, lightly pressured touch across these regions shifts autonomic balance toward the parasympathetic branch — heart rate slows, breathing deepens, baseline muscle tone drops. “Feeling lighter” is the everyday name for a real neurological state change. It is not a placebo, and it is also not a cure for anything.
The scalp is a skin organ, not a mounting surface for hair. Along with the face and upper back, the scalp has the body’s highest sebaceous gland density. The commensal yeast Malassezia lives on that sebum. When sebum output rises, ventilation is poor, or the scalp barrier is damaged, that balance shifts and presents as dandruff — which is a spectrum, not a single condition:
- Dry, fine, white flakes with no redness — usually scalp dryness and mild desquamation disorder.
- Sticky, yellow, greasy scale with redness and itch — this is seborrhoeic dermatitis, a dermatological condition that needs treatment, not a condition that needs more thorough washing.
- Thick, silvery, sharply demarcated plaques, sometimes extending behind the ears and along the hairline — needs a dermatologist, because this group may be psoriasis.
- Scaly patches of hair loss with hairs broken off at the surface, sometimes with swollen lymph nodes — suspected tinea capitis, which requires medical assessment and is contagious.
Hair loss divides the same way: telogen effluvium (diffuse shedding after childbirth, serious illness, rapid weight loss or major stress) has an entirely different mechanism and prognosis from androgenetic alopecia (progressive crown thinning in women, receding hairline in men). No conditioning treatment substitutes for telling these two apart.
And about hair itself: the shaft is dead tissue. Its outermost layer, the cuticle, is made of keratin plates overlapping like fish scales. Heat, the alkalinity of perming and colouring chemistry, and friction lift and chip those plates away, exposing the cortex beneath. Once the cuticle is lifted, hair can neither hold water nor reflect light evenly — that is “dry and frizzy” and “dull”. No conditioning agent repairs a dead shaft; it fills, flattens and smooths the surface so the shaft behaves like healthy hair again. Understanding this sets the right expectation for a conditioning treatment: genuinely good for the hair you have, unable to change hair already damaged at the root, and the durable improvement has to come from newly grown hair.
⑦ Planning a Trip from Abroad — Read This Second
For anyone flying home from the United States, Australia, Canada or Europe, the scheduling question comes before the technique question. So we answer it here.
This cluster plays a very specific role in a long-distance itinerary, and that role is not “main destination”. It is the flexible tissue that connects the fixed appointments — no downtime, no marks, no sun restrictions, and it fits almost any day.
Why returning Vietnamese patients seek this specific service. Almost nobody flies home for a massage. But gội đầu dưỡng sinh — the Vietnamese scalp-care head treatment — has no real equivalent in North America, Australia or Europe. People do not come back looking for a new technique; they come back looking for something familiar that nobody where they live performs. That is why this cluster gets folded into trips: it is scheduled alongside the other services of the same visit rather than being the reason for the visit.
Three scheduling principles:
- Book the head treatment or massage in the first days after a long flight. Jet lag, swollen legs, a neck and shoulder girdle stiff after fourteen hours in a seat — this is precisely what a seven-step protocol with warming and limb massage addresses best. Putting it on the last day of the trip puts it in the wrong place.
- Use this cluster as the padding between fixed appointments. If your trip also includes procedures, Lona recommends leaving at least 2 weeks between the appointment and your flight — this is the facility’s general recommendation, with the specific interval for any given procedure set by your treating doctor. Build the itinerary around that two-week anchor first, then fill the gaps with relaxation sessions, which carry no such constraint. One exception to raise with us: services using RF energy and those involving herbal steam and deep warming need checking if you have recently had an invasive procedure nearby.
- Patients travelling from far away should group procedures into a single trip. For this cluster, grouping means you can put the head treatment and a massage on the same day as another service, because neither occupies a full day and neither has recovery time.
One thing to plan ahead. The bùn cứu dưỡng sinh herbal mineral-mud wrap services are delivered as a course, not a single session. If your trip is one week long, ask in advance how many sessions can be fitted, and do not buy a long package if you will not be back in Vietnam while it is still valid.
The other two distance tiers, briefly. From the Mekong Delta provinces, a head treatment or a shoulder-and-neck candle massage is a comfortable same-day round trip, and you can go straight on to other errands afterwards. From Ho Chi Minh City, the honest answer is that a two-hour drive purely for a massage does not add up — Ho Chi Minh City has no shortage of massage. What is less common there is the head treatment delivered as a complete protocol — scalp exfoliation, herbal steam dome, ozone conditioning, serum, then head, neck, shoulder and arm massage — rather than a quick wash chair. If you are already coming to Can Tho for something else, put this cluster in the afternoon of that day.
Remote consultation before you fly: WhatsApp +84 777 679 902 · Zalo · Contact@lona.vn
② The Full Map of Massage and Dưỡng Sinh Traditions — Including the Ones Lona Home Spa Does Not Offer
The “offered” and “not in the catalogue” labels below reflect the published service catalogue as of October 2026. If you need a direction that is not listed, ask — if it is not something done here, you will be told so directly and pointed somewhere suitable.
Searching for “massage services” or “Thai massage” puts you in front of at least nine genuinely different approaches. Here is all of them, with a clear statement of which ones Lona Home Spa performs and which it does not.
1. Thai massage (Nuad Thai) Principle: no oil. The client wears loose clothing and lies on a floor mat. The therapist uses hands, forearms, knees and feet to compress along energy lines called sen, combined with passive yoga-like stretching. Suits: stiff joints, athletes wanting range of motion, people who dislike oil on skin. Limits: strong passive stretching is contraindicated in osteoporosis, disc herniation with nerve compression, pregnancy and recent surgery. It is also the tradition with the highest injury risk if the practitioner is not formally trained. Thai massage is not among the services listed in the published catalogue. If you arrived here searching “Thai massage”, know it now: this facility offers oil, hot stone, candle and acupressure-based work on a treatment bed — not passive stretching on a floor mat.
2. Swedish and aromatherapy oil massage Principle: oil or diluted essential oil reduces friction, then long gliding strokes (effleurage), kneading (petrissage), deep friction and vibration are applied. The aim is reduced baseline muscle tone, increased local circulation, and an autonomic shift toward parasympathetic. Suits: almost everyone, especially desk-bound tightness and sustained stress. Limits: less effect on deep fascia and restricted joints than compression-based traditions; and essential oils are a not-uncommon cause of contact dermatitis. This is one of the approaches Lona Home Spa offers.
3. Hot stone massage Principle: heat-retaining basalt stones serve both as a conductive heat source and as a gliding tool. Heat softens fascia first, so less manual force achieves the same mobilisation. Suits: people who find deep pressure painful, people with very stiff shoulders and back, people with cold extremities. Limits: never used over areas with reduced sensation, varicose veins, or in diabetic peripheral neuropathy — because the client cannot feel the heat threshold in time to report it. This is one of the approaches Lona Home Spa offers.
4. Candle massage Principle: massage candles are made from waxes and plant butters with a far lower melting point than ordinary candles; the wax pours at a comfortably warm temperature and is used directly as a lipid-rich lubricant. Suits: the neck and shoulder region, dry skin, anyone who wants warming and conditioning at once. Limits: wax temperature must be tested on the therapist’s inner forearm before every pour; never used on inflamed or broken skin. This is one of the approaches Lona Home Spa offers — in the shoulder-and-neck candle massage service.
5. Acupressure and traditional dưỡng sinh work (meridian release, Shiatsu) Principle: point pressure applied at fixed anatomical locations following the traditional-medicine meridian system. Histologically, many of these points coincide with trigger point locations, so the local effect has a conventional explanation in contracture release. Suits: localised stiffness, people who prefer deep pressure, people familiar with traditional practice. Limits: it does not replace diagnosis. And to be explicit: statements about “detoxification through the meridians” belong to a different theoretical framework and are not measurable biochemical claims. This is one of the approaches Lona Home Spa offers.
6. Cupping, gua sha, and direct moxibustion Principle: cupping applies negative pressure to lift tissue; gua sha creates friction across skin; direct moxibustion burns mugwort close to the skin to drive heat deeper. Limits: cupping and gua sha leave subcutaneous haemorrhagic marks for days and are contraindicated for anyone on anticoagulants; direct moxibustion carries a burn risk. Cupping, gua sha or direct moxibustion is not among the services listed in the published catalogue. The service named bùn cứu dưỡng sinh here is a warmed herbal mineral mud wrap, not mugwort burned on the skin — two different things, and we do not want the name to mislead.
7. Medical physiotherapy, spinal manipulation, chiropractic Principle: intervention accompanied by imaging and clinical diagnosis, targeting a specific spinal, joint or neurological pathology. This group and does not take on the role of treating spinal pathology is not among the services listed in the published catalogue. If you have pain radiating into the arm, finger numbness, arm weakness, or pain that worsens at night, those are nerve compression signs and the correct step is an orthopaedic or neurology consultation — not a massage booking.
8. Gội đầu dưỡng sinh — the Vietnamese scalp-care head treatment Principle: a distinctly Vietnamese practice, and a combination rather than a single technique. It bundles four things into one session: cleansing hair and scalp; treating the scalp as skin (scalp exfoliation, herbal steam); conditioning the hair shaft (oil masque, ozone, serum); and massaging the head, neck, shoulders and arms — that is, acting directly on the autonomic layer described in block ①. Suits: oily, congested scalps; stressed and poor-sleeping clients; hair damaged by heat styling and chemical processing; and anyone who simply wants 45 minutes during which nobody says their name. Limits: it does not treat androgenetic alopecia, does not treat tinea capitis, and does not substitute for medication in moderate or worse seborrhoeic dermatitis. This is the approach Lona Home Spa offers, and it is the facility’s distinctive strength.
9. Manual facial lifting massage versus device-based lifting Entirely different principles. Manual facial massage works on lymphatic drainage, mimetic muscle tone and the sensation of relaxation — it makes the face look less puffy and more open, but it does not act on the deep SMAS layer. Device-based lifting (RF, EMS, HIFU) and thread lifting act on the deep layer and belong to a clinic. Lona Home Spa does not call manual facial massage “lifting”. If genuine deep-layer lifting is what you want, that is dermatology clinic work, not relaxation massage work, and we do not sell one as the other.
③ Which Approaches Lona Home Spa Chose, and Why
Lona Home Spa works in three groups: relaxation massage using oil, hot stone and candle; dưỡng sinh acupressure with warmed herbal mineral mud wraps; and the Vietnamese head treatment with scalp care and hair restoration. The reason for choosing these three and not the others rests on a single principle: stay entirely on the non-invasive, non-diagnostic side, so that anything pathological gets referred correctly rather than retained.
For the massage group, the published positioning is explicit: the protocol helps the body release, reducing tension and fatigue after high-pressure working days, supports circulation, and is intended for clients who want to care for body and mind in a gentle, relaxation-oriented way. For hot stone work, the stated advantage is that warmth from heat-retaining stones allows deeper relaxation and supports relief of heaviness in the shoulders, neck, back and whole body — exactly the heat-softens-fascia mechanism from block ①. The shoulder-and-neck candle massage concentrates on the shoulder–neck–nape region and combines acupressure to reduce muscular tightness, which targets the head-support muscle group directly.
For the dưỡng sinh group, the bùn cứu protocol combines an acupressure massage routine with a warmed herbal mud wrap step that helps the body relax, supports circulation and warms the body. The published language is “supports”, and we keep that language exactly: this is relaxation-oriented care, not a weight-loss method.
For the hair and scalp group, the reason for the choice is that one session serves two different needs: scalp care for clients with oily, flaky, congested scalps, and restorative conditioning for hair that is dry and damaged by perming, colouring and heat styling, where the Ozone conditioning unit supports better penetration of actives into hair and scalp. Both include head, neck, shoulder and arm massage, so no session here is only a wash.
④ All 15 Services in the Cluster
Every figure below is a published list price, before any period-specific offers, and still subject to adjustment according to each client’s individual condition. Currency conversion: USD figures are approximate and for reference only, converted at a reference rate of 1 USD ≈ 25,600 VND. Rates move; treat the VND figure as the real one.
| Code | Service | Brand / technique | Invasive | Area | Published price (VND) | ≈ USD (reference only) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPA36 | Aromatherapy oil massage | Natural essential oils · herbal steam | No | Full body | from 295,000 | ≈ from 10 |
| SPA37 | Hot stone massage | Heat-retaining stones · herbal steam | No | Full body | from 350,000 | ≈ from 13 |
| SPA38 | Body exfoliation | — | No | Full body | from 350,000 | ≈ from 13 |
| SPA39 | Candle massage, neck & shoulders | Warm massage candle · acupressure | No | Neck – shoulders – nape | from 195,000 | ≈ from 6 |
| SPA40 | Contouring oil massage | Contouring essential oil blend | No | Full body | from 350,000 | ≈ from 13 |
| SPA41 | Meridian release | Acupressure · RF technology | No | Full body | from 350,000 | ≈ from 13 |
| SPA42 | Phyto Body Detox | Phytomer Paris · marine minerals, microalgae | No | Full body | from 395,000 | ≈ from 13 |
| SPA43 | Phyto Body Bright DPL | Phytomer Paris + Bright DPL | No | Full body | from 1,500,000 | ≈ from 58 |
| SPA44 | Body Glow White | Usolab | No | Full body | from 795,000 | ≈ from 29 |
| SPA45 | Scented head treatment (45 min) | Nourishing wash · hair scenting · head–neck–shoulder–arm massage | No | Hair – scalp | from 85,000₫ | ≈ from US$3 |
| SPA46 | Scalp care treatment | Scalp exfoliation · herbal steam | No | Hair – scalp | from 185,000 | ≈ from 6 |
| SPA47 | Restorative wash & conditioning | Ozone conditioning unit · repair masque | No | Hair – scalp | from 350,000 | ≈ from 13 |
| SPA48 | Herbal mud wrap — abdomen | Herbal mineral mud · RF | No | Abdomen | from 550,000 | ≈ from 21 |
| SPA49 | Herbal mud wrap — arms | Herbal mineral mud · RF | No | Arms | from 550,000 | ≈ from 21 |
| SPA50 | Herbal mud wrap — thighs | Herbal mineral mud · RF | No | Thighs | from 550,000 | ≈ from 21 |
On SPA45 (Scented head treatment): a 45-minute treatment and the lowest entry point in the group — a nourishing, scented wash with massage of the head, neck, shoulders and arms. If you also want deeper scalp care — scalp exfoliation and herbal steam — that is SPA46; if you want damaged hair restored with an Ozone mask device, that is SPA47.
Two things to read alongside the table:
- “From” is a starting point, not an average. The real price of a session depends on the duration you choose, the surface area treated, and the product line used — a Phytomer session and a base-oil session cannot sit at the same level.
- The gap between SPA42 and SPA43 is one device step, not a difference in massage quality. SPA43 adds a Bright DPL pass for body skin, which is why its starting point is noticeably higher.
⑤ The Protocols, Step by Step
Four representative protocols, with step order and step count exactly as delivered.
Aromatherapy oil and hot stone massage (7 steps)
1. Herbal steam to warm the body and open the pores 2. Cleanse the body with warm relaxing towels 3. Warm up the muscles and mobilise circulation (with essential oil for SPA36, with hot stones for SPA37) 4. Hot stone massage of the back, shoulders, neck and nape 5. Deep relaxing hot stone massage of the whole body 6. Head and arm massage to release mental tension 7. Warm towel-off and restorative body moisturiser after the session
Note the order: warming comes first, manual force comes second. This is not sequencing for show; it is the heat-softens-fascia mechanism from block ①, and it is why a seven-step session feels gentler than one consisting of hands alone.
Scalp care treatment (6 steps)
1. Comb out, first shampoo to cleanse hair and scalp 2. Makeup removal, facial cleanse, hydrating modeling mask on the face 3. Second shampoo with scalp massage and hair fragrance infusion 4. Conditioning masque with restorative oil 5. Massage of head, neck, shoulders, nape and arms 6. Rinse, blow-dry and apply finishing oil
Restorative wash and conditioning (8 steps)
1. Comb out, first shampoo to cleanse hair and scalp 2. Makeup removal, facial cleanse, hydrating modeling mask on the face 3. Second shampoo with scalp massage and hair fragrance infusion 4. Scalp exfoliation, removing flakes and supporting a healthy scalp, reducing itch and shedding 5. Conditioning masque with restorative oil combined with a herbal steam dome for scalp therapy 6. Massage of head, neck, shoulders, nape and arms 7. Rinse out, apply hair growth serum 8. Blow-dry and apply finishing oil to the ends
The difference between these two protocols lies in steps 4 and 5: the restorative version adds scalp exfoliation and the herbal steam dome during conditioning. That is the entire reason for the price difference, and you should choose according to whether your problem is at the scalp or in the hair shaft.
Herbal mud wrap — arms and thighs (6 steps)
1. Measurement, consultation and treatment-course forecast 2. Detoxifying herbal steam, 10 minutes 3. Traditional slimming acupressure massage and detox work on the target area, 10 minutes 4. RF device pass to soften adipose tissue, 20 minutes 5. Mineral herbal mud wrap to support elimination of excess fat, 40 minutes 6. Application of firming treatment cream to limit new accumulation
Phyto Body Detox (7 steps)
1. Herbal steam to open the pores 2. Phytomer exfoliation for smooth hydration 3. Back massage to release tension 4. Essential-oil acupressure for deep relaxation 5. Phytomer mineral detox application on the back 6. Gentle circulatory massage 7. Warm towel-off and body moisturiser
Scented head treatment — 45 minutes (4 steps)
This is the base framework the two head treatments above are built on:
1. Combing through, first wash to cleanse hair and scalp 2. Second wash, scalp massage and scenting of the hair 3. Massage of the head, neck, shoulders and arms 4. Rinse, blow-dry and finishing oil
Which one suits depends on where your concern sits: pure relaxation is served by these four steps; an oily or flaking scalp needs the version with scalp exfoliation; hair dried out by perming or colouring needs the version with the restorative mask and herbal steam dome.
The abdominal herbal mud wrap (SPA48) follows the same six steps as the mud wrap group above, applied to a different area.
⑥ Who Is Suitable — and Who Is Not
Suitable: desk workers with functional neck and shoulder tightness; mild stress-related sleep difficulty; anyone recovering from an intense work stretch; oily, congested scalps with mild dry flaking; hair dried out by heat styling; anyone wanting regular non-invasive body care.
Not suitable, or needing to wait, or needing somewhere else first:
- Current fever, acute infection, or an acute arthritis flare. Warming and increasing circulation during acute inflammation works against the right direction of management.
- Pregnancy. Services involving herbal steam, deep warming, RF and abdominal mud wrapping are not for pregnancy. This is a straight contraindication, not a matter of working more gently.
- Visible varicose veins, a history of deep vein thrombosis, or current anticoagulant therapy. Compressive massage and heating of the lower limbs need a doctor’s opinion first.
- A pacemaker, implanted metal in the target area, or pregnancy — no RF-based services.
- Peripheral neuropathy or diabetes with reduced limb sensation. No hot stones, warm candle wax, herbal steam or warm mud wraps over areas with reduced sensation, because you cannot feel the heat threshold in time to report it.
- Currently in cancer treatment or recently finished. This needs your treating doctor’s opinion, not a therapist’s.
- Recent surgery, recent injectable procedures, open wounds or broken skin in the area. Wait until healed.
- Neck or shoulder pain radiating into the arm, finger numbness, muscle weakness, or pain worse at night. These are suspected nerve compression signs — please see an orthopaedic or neurology specialist first. A massage may give temporary relief and therefore delay your assessment, which is an outcome we do not want.
- Thick silvery sharply demarcated scalp plaques, scaly patches of hair loss with hairs broken at the surface, or a red, itchy, weeping scalp. This group needs a dermatologist — suspected psoriasis, tinea capitis, or seborrhoeic dermatitis at a level requiring medication. A conditioning treatment is not treatment, and tinea capitis is contagious.
- Heavy diffuse shedding lasting more than a few months, or progressive crown thinning. This needs assessment to distinguish telogen effluvium from androgenetic alopecia. Scalp care supports the scalp environment but does not replace a diagnosis or medication.
- Anyone expecting weight loss or fixed measurement reduction from the herbal mud wrap group. This is relaxation-oriented supportive care, not a weight-loss method, and we attach no measurement commitment to it. If weight is your goal, the correct direction is nutrition, exercise and medical advice.
- Known essential oil or fragrance allergy. Tell us in advance and we will switch to an unscented base oil or change the service.
⑧ Frequently Asked Questions
What massage services are available here?
Six massage and body-care lines: aromatherapy oil massage, hot stone massage, neck-and-shoulder candle massage, contouring oil massage, meridian release with RF, and the Phytomer/Usolab body protocols; plus three herbal mud wrap treatments for abdomen, arms and thighs. All non-invasive. The complete price table is in block ④.
Do you offer Thai massage?
No. This facility offers oil, hot stone, candle and acupressure work on a treatment bed — not Thai massage with passive stretching on a floor mat. We say so clearly so you do not find out on arrival.
What makes gội đầu dưỡng sinh different from an ordinary hair wash?
It treats the scalp as skin rather than only cleaning the hair. A session includes scalp exfoliation, herbal steam, a conditioning masque, and massage of head, neck, shoulders, nape and arms. The restorative version adds an Ozone conditioning unit that supports better penetration of actives into hair and scalp.
I have a lot of dandruff — will the head treatment clear it?
It depends which type you have. Dry, fine flakes with no redness respond well to scalp care. But a red, itchy scalp with greasy yellow scale, or thick silvery sharply demarcated plaques, needs a dermatologist and medication — a conditioning treatment does not substitute for that. Block ⑥ covers this in detail.
Do you do facial lifting massage?
Manual facial massage is part of several skin-care protocols, and it helps drainage, reduces puffiness and relaxes the mimetic muscles. But we do not call it “lifting”: lifting at the deep fascial layer is the work of dedicated devices in a dermatology clinic, not of a relaxation massage.
Essential oils and relaxation care — do essential oils have therapeutic effects?
In these protocols essential oils function as carriers and as relaxation-supporting aromatics, not as medication. Undiluted essential oils must be diluted before skin contact and are a not-uncommon cause of contact dermatitis — so if you have reacted to fragrance before, tell us in advance and we will switch to an unscented base oil.
Does the herbal mud wrap cause weight loss?
It is relaxation-oriented dưỡng sinh care that supports circulation and warms the body. It is not a weight-loss method and we attach no measurement commitment to it. If weight is your goal, the correct direction is nutrition, exercise and medical advice.
What does “dưỡng sinh” mean in these service names?
“Dưỡng sinh” is a traditional-medicine concept, roughly “nourishing and preserving health through daily practice” — not treating disease. At Lona Home Spa the word describes the service group that combines acupressure, warming and herbal mineral mud wraps in a relaxation-oriented, non-invasive way.
Where can I get a massage in Can Tho?
Lona Home Spa, at T2 Dinh Cong Trang Street, Ninh Kieu Ward, Can Tho City, Vietnam — part of the same group as Lona Skin Lab Dermatology Specialist Clinic in Can Tho. The facility offers aromatherapy oil massage, hot stone massage, neck-and-shoulder candle massage, meridian release, herbal mud wrap treatments and the Vietnamese scalp-care head treatment, all non-invasive, with a published price for each service.
How long is a session, and is there downtime?
There is no downtime anywhere in this cluster — you walk out and carry on with your day. Duration varies by service; the scented head treatment is published as a 45-minute protocol. Durations for other services are confirmed when you book.
I live abroad — which day of the trip should the massage go on?
The early days, right after the long flight — that is when the neck and shoulder girdle is most loaded and when jet lag is worst. If your trip also includes procedures, Lona recommends leaving at least 2 weeks between the appointment and your flight, so message us in advance and we will sequence the whole trip at once.
Are these services suitable for men?
Yes, the entire cluster. Desk-related neck and shoulder tightness and manual-labour muscle tension are the two most common presentations, and the neck-and-shoulder candle massage and meridian release are the usual choices.
⑩ Home Care Between Sessions
Home care decides how many days the “lighter” feeling lasts. The three things worth doing:
1. Moisturise the body after exfoliation. Skin that has just had its stratum corneum reduced is skin that is open — the best absorption window, and also the easiest time to lose water. 2. Care for the scalp between head treatments: a shampoo matched to your scalp type (oily, dry or flaking), no scratching with fingernails, and do not leave damp hair sitting against a collar for long periods. 3. Condition the ends if your hair is chemically processed — the ends carry the most cuticle damage and need the most frequent coating.
Body wash and body moisturiser ranges, shampoo and conditioner matched by scalp type, and hair-end treatment oils for the between-sessions period are available at lona.vn. Ask your therapist to match them to your scalp type, because products for an oily scalp and products for a dry scalp pull in opposite directions.
⑨ Message Us
Message us for a consultation with a dermatologist and a skin-analysis specialist on the protocol that fits you — including simply identifying which scalp type you have before choosing a treatment:
- Messenger: https://m.me/lonaskinlab.vn?ref=cum-16
- Zalo: https://zalo.me/4428027389339512399
- Hotline: +84 777 679 902
Overseas clients: message us before buying your ticket, so we can schedule the whole trip rather than a single appointment.
Lona Home Spa T2, đường Đinh Công Tráng, phường Ninh Kiều, TP. Cần Thơ (T2 Dinh Cong Trang Street, Ninh Kieu Ward, Can Tho City, Vietnam) Hotline: 0777 679 902 · 0932 927 723 Operating licence: 735/CT-GPHĐ Advertising licence: 4770/XNQC-SYT Medical director: ThS.BS Lê Thị Thảo Vy — Dermatology
