Spa Tip #4

For those who have never gotten a massage before, you might be wondering or worried about what to do about clothing when you get a massage. There are several different situations that will determine your clothing for a massage. If you are going to a multiple-person-per-room place or getting a chair massage, you will be fully clothed with the exception of maybe your shoes and socks. Definitely remember to wear comfortable, light clothes for this because the massage therapist will be massaging you right over your clothes, or may go slightly under your clothes around your upper back or legs.

If you are getting a table massage in your own room (this is most common) there are a couple ways you can go depending on your comfort and modesty level. The most common is everything (including your bra for the ladies) taken off except underwear. You can also go full-on nude if you are brave enough. The massage therapist will leave the room to allow you to get undressed and under the sheet, and should have hooks or a chair to put your clothes on. Some swankier places have "locker rooms" where you can put your clothes and they give you a robe to use. You will have a sheet covering you, and the massage therapist will move the sheet around to only uncover the part he or she is working on at that time. Private parts should always be covered by the sheet, with the exception of maybe part of your butt cheeks. Remember that you can always ask the massage therapist to cover a certain area, stop working on a certain area, or stop the massage altogether if you are feeling uncomfortable.