Dry Brushing is an Incredible and Invigorating Self-Care Ritual that has been around for ages. This ritual of stimulating the skin dry brushing has been used by several cultures The Ancient Egyptians used the dry body brushing technique by exfoliating with sour milk and wine. Ayurveda The Ayurvedic use of dry body brushing (a practice called Gharsana). Dry brushing helps to gently dissolve cellulite by breaking up deposits and preventing new cellulite from forming because the massage improves the circulation of the lymph areas that are prone to cellulite. Our body is always shedding skin to replace with new skin cells. However, when this process is slowed down or interrupted, dead skin cells can build up on the skin’s surface and appear dull and flaky.