💆‍♂️

Man Getting Massage Emoji 💆‍♂️

What 💆‍♂️ means

This man has short hair, closed eyes and a thoroughly relaxed expression, cropped at the shoulders. He seems to be lying down while a pair of hands cup the forehead as a way of massaging it.

The 💆‍♂️ Man Getting Massage emoji signifies peace, calm, relaxation, mental detoxing, spa treatment, and luxury (because not everyone can afford someone to give them a head massage).

This emoji is available in the designated skin tones on almost all platforms.

How and when to use it

If you're at the spa, getting a massage, you can use 💆‍♂️ while quickly texting your friends or fam of your whereabouts. If you're the kind to post every detail on social media, then you can use this emoji even in your social media stories to indicate that you're at the spa.
If your best friend or someone who is very close to you is complaining about how exhaustive life is getting for them, send 💆‍♂️ in that conversation to remind them to take a break. Like "Yo. You're a hardworking soul. Take a fkn break and get your sh*t together 💆‍♂️".
You can also use 💆‍♂️ as a response to social media posts that made you realize something and feel mentally relaxed.
If someone sent you a super chill song that turned your crappy day into a beautiful one, you can reply with 💆‍♂️ as a way of saying "Thanks a lot, man. This really got my nerves on track 💆‍♂️ (puns intended)".
If you were giving your doggo or any other house pet a nice spa session, and you're posting about it on social media or texting a close one about it, you can use 💆‍♂️ in that context - "Guess who's having the time of his life 💆‍♂️".

Other Names

💆‍♂️ Massaging
💆‍♂️ Head Massage
💆‍♂️ Man Getting Head Massage
💆‍♂️ Pampering
💆‍♂️ Spa Treatment
💆‍♂️ Relaxation
💆‍♂️ Oil Massage
💆‍♂️ Mental Peace
💆‍♂️ Man Holding Hands on Head
💆‍♂️ Head Rubs
💆‍♂️ Head Caressing

The lowdown

Category: People & Body › person-activity
Codepoints: U+1F486 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
Emoji version: Emoji 4.0
Shortcodes: :man-getting-massage: Slack:man_getting_face_massage: Discord
Keywords: face, getting, headache, man, massage, relax, relaxing, salon, soothe, spa, tension, therapy, treatment
How it's built: Several emojis fused by an invisible joiner — a ZWJ sequence.

How it looks across platforms

Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.