Are the extremes of cold weather and dry indoor heat leaving your skin dry, cracked and itchy? Not only can this condition be downright annoying, it can actually cause you to scratch until you have broken skin down to the dermis, where bacteria and infection can enter, making you susceptible to sickness and disease. With the way cold and flu has been spreading like wildflower, we should all be taking personal responsibility for our health and wellness in ways that will help diminish illness of ourselves and loved ones. One very effective way to do this is to take great care of our integumentary system.
An area on the body that one commonly experiences “winter itch” are the sides of the torso and back. These areas can also end up breaking out in acne due to the skin over producing oil to try and compensate for the loss of moisture. It can be difficult to rebalance this skin condition because most products on the market either contain harmful toxic ingredients that the body doesn’t respond well to, or the recipe simply doesn’t contain the correct ratio of each ingredient, making it work “okay” but less effective than a product that’s been tested for it’s effectiveness (and safety).
If you have read my previous blog posts, you would have learned a great deal about the benefits of Steam Therapy. To quickly recap a few points that are conducive to this topic, professional steaming can help in the following ways:
- Hydrate – healing itchy, flaky skin; plumping the skin to reduce the appearance of fine lines
- Relax tissue – to allow better product absorption
- Stimulate blood circulation and delivery of nutrients
- Decrease pore size due to oil and debris removal
- Delivery of CO2, which kill off the p. acnes bacteria
- Soften ’dead’ skin cells for the removal of its excess which is pore clogging, revealing brighter, clearer skin
Now that you know how steaming can help treat and reverse the effects of the ‘winter skin’ condition, you may want to consider a skin healing session such as an Invigorating Body Skin Brushing & Massage or Back Treatment to include professional steaming in your treatment. Following a thorough skin analysis, your licensed aesthetician, Shannon, will be able to determine the best product to help soothe, replenish and repair your skin, preparing it for the spring and summer months ahead when our skin is exposed to other pollutants such as sun and wind, and requires healthy cells to function properly and protect us from the elements – which is one of it’s purposes, after all.
After you have prepped your skin in one of the ways mentioned above, you will want to continue a consistent regimen using all natural, organic high quality substances to continue the repair process and improve the look and feel of the largest organ of your body – your skin. Deep Roots Massage offers fine herbal skin care called Farmaesthetics – a premium grade of lotions, soaps, serums and exfoliates – that have been internationally recognized and used by the finest retailers, hotels and spas around the world. Farmaesthetics has carefully formulated a safe and effective skin care line that will balance your skin’s condition without the use of harmful ingredients you will find in most commercial brand products. Farmaesthtics is so safe and effective that the products are also used in woman’s oncology programs due to the synthetic-free formulations that help ease and relieve difficult skin conditions associated with chemotherapy and radiation.
Rest assured, with a little bit of TLC and help from your Aesthetician, your skin will feel better, look better and serve you better, all while keeping your bloodstream free from unnecessary toxins. End skin suffering NOW and feel the shift in body, mind and soul.
With love,
Shannon Ellis
Owner, LMT, licensed Aesthetician
Ph. 414.957.6585
Email. Shannon@DeepRootsMassage.com
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