Massage has so many benefits on so many levels- it can markedly improve all the systems of your body. For the skin, massage has special skin boosting benefits.

A 2005 study reported in the scientific journal the Lancet found that massaging premature babies with sunflower seed oil helped them fight infections.

Premature babies are at risk for skin infections because they are born before their skin is fully developed. Their skin does not provide the same level of barrier protection that it does for full-term babies.