Massage apparatus for a living subject to be treated, this apparatus comprising a hollow body (10, 10a, 10b, 10c) delimiting an internal volume (5, 5a, 5b, 5c) by means of a side wall (3, 3a , 3b, 3c) and a connection wall (4, 106), said side wall extending between the connection wall and a peripheral marginal area (1, 2a, 2b, 2c) intended to be supported on an area of the skin of the subject to receive treatment, said internal volume being related to an aspiration system to constitute, by pressing the perimetral marginal zone on the skin, at least one aspiration chamber (5, 5a, 5c) capable of receiving the application of a negative pressure in relation to the environment of the apparatus, said hollow body including, within its internal volume, at least one internal pressing element (6, 7; 6a, 7a; 6b, 7b; 6c) purposely to act by compression on the skin of subject to be treated when volume is connected internal menu at the reduced treatment pressure P1 established by the suction system, characterized in that the hollow body (10, 10a, 10b, 10c) is supported by an actuator (11, 28, 211) with a moving part that, for By means of said hollow body, it can exert on the skin a compression force F applied continuously, variable or not, the value of which does not depend on the pressure P1.Aparato de masaje de un sujeto vivo que va a recibir tratamiento, comprendiendo este aparato un cuerpo hueco (10, 10a, 10b, 10c) delimitador de un volumen interno (5, 5a, 5b, 5c) mediante una pared lateral (3, 3a, 3b, 3c) y una pared de conexión (4, 106), extendiéndose dicha pared lateral entre la pared de conexión y una zona marginal perimetral (1, 2a, 2b, 2c) destinada a ser apoyada sobre una zona de la piel del sujeto que va a recibir tratamiento, estando dicho volumen interno relacionado con un sistema de aspiración para constituir, mediante presionado de la zona marginal perimetral sobre la piel, al menos una cámara de aspiración (5, 5a, 5c) susceptible de recibir la aplicación de una p