Abstract: A facial and body massage apparatus for skin cleansing and exfoliation is disclosed as having an applicator with a handle and a skin cleansing/exfoliation element for contacting the face or body of a user. The skin cleansing/exfoliation element is constructed to rotate about an axis aligned with the handle while also orbiting in a path about the aforementioned rotational axis to re-position the skin cleansing/exfoliation element continuously about the rotational axis during rotation thereof. The method of the present invention includes applying a continuously-rotating skin cleansing/exfoliation element to the facial or body skin of a user, and simultaneously continuously-orbiting same in an orbiting path about the axis of rotation of the skin cleansing/exfoliation element, to provide maximum surface area contact while reducing heat and skin irritation as well as uneven wear of the skin cleansing/exfoliation element.

Abstract: A massage unit designed to produce percussive directional stroking for medical purposes such as: to loosen and to mobilize, in a selected direction, bronchial secretions or other congestive material in humans or animals; to improve blood circulation, and; to relax muscles, has a portable housing that houses a motor which transmits rotary power through a swivel coupling assembly attached to the housing through a drive cable to an eccentric weight housed within a palm-sized applicator head having a resilient applicator pad to be applied to the chest, back, arms, legs or other parts of a patient's body. The eccentric weight rotates freely within the head to cause the applicator pad to transmit a percussive directional stroking force to the body. The resultant force transmitted to the body has two components: one perpendicular to the body to loosen congestive material, and one force component parallel to the body to mobilize loosened congestive material in a selected direction.