Person getting massage: light skin tone Emoji

People

A person with a light skin tone sitting with their eyes closed, wearing a relaxed expression while two hands massage their temples. The image captures the relief of releasing facial tension.

Usage Context

Used to describe spa visits, self-care routines, or the need to decompress after a stressful day. It is often sent when feeling overwhelmed or when signaling a desire for a break, sometimes paired with 💆 or 🧖🏻 to show a full wellness experience.

History

This emoji originated as a part of the person-based activity set in Unicode 6.0 (2010). The skin tone modifiers were added in Unicode 8.0 (2015) as part of the initiative to provide more diverse representations of human activities and gestures in digital messaging.

Details

Glyph

💆🏻

Unicode

U+1F486 U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f486_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC86;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-activity

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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