How You Can Benefit From Herbal Body Wraps

Herbal body wraps were born from the humble beginnings of Ace bandages, or plastic wraps wrapped tightly around the body that cause vasodilation. Vasodilation causes smooth muscle cells within the walls of blood vessels to relax, causing the vessels to widen. As the blood vessels dilate, the blood and other hormones and chemicals within the blood are brought closer to the surface of the skin. Spas and salons have built on this theory by adding additional heat to the procedure by placing clients under heating blankets while lying down, usually on a heated table or bedding. Therefore, the current body wrap procedure has several benefits, such as firming and tightening of the skin and pores, weight loss, and detoxification of the body through metabolic stimulation.

Depending on the type of material used for the body wrap treatment, different results may occur. Some spas offer treatments that use a wide variety of materials such as seaweed, algae, mud, clay, lotions, creams, and salts. Treatment length may vary from spa to salon. Many all herbal wrap treatments for weight loss. Some claim to remove anywhere from 6 to 20 inches in a single treatment. The weight loss offered by wraps is also usually fast and possible with just a few treatments, or even as little as one treatment. While others tone the skin with mixtures of mud from the dead sea. Blends that include ingredients like seaweed and kelp promote the integration of omega-3s into the skin and exfoliation to make skin softer and more supple, all while smoothing and relaxing the skin’s surface.

Other materials that are commonly used to facilitate slimming wraps are a wide variety of exfoliating agents, such as salts, sugar and coffee scrubs. Salt wraps have been promoted as “glow wraps”, due to their ability to not only exfoliate the skin, resulting in a radiant, glowing effect, but also to hydrate the skin, providing minerals to the skin and drawing out the water impurities from the skin. Sugar scrubs are also known for their exfoliating abilities, however it is also believed that due to their similarities to skin’s genetic makeup, sugars boost hydration and add plumpness to the skin. Coffee scrubs are famous for their diuretic abilities, as they remove toxins and excess water from the skin. Coffee is also believed to rejuvenate dry and dehydrated skin, help reverse sun damage, and help soothe skin conditions like psoriasis and eczema.

Although body wraps offer various physical benefits, such as weight loss, skin toning, and relief from different skin conditions, the main draw of these body treatments for many people remains the peaceful tranquility of being pampered. The warm and comfortable environment is often described as ‘cocoon-like’, and the hydrating massage that follows rinsing off the body wrap material is highly stimulating to the skin. Despite the type of material used in the treatment, all body wraps have been touted by various customers in testimonials as highly relaxing, calming, and pleasant.