Loving yourself begins with taking care of your appearance. How you look reflects how you feel about yourself. If you look good, you feel good, more confident, and satisfied inside. We have listed some treatments and methods to help you achieve the body of your dreams. Read on to find out what works for you.
Types of Body Treatments
With self-care gaining momentum around the world, the beauty industry has since come up with various spa treatments to stimulate mental and physical well-being. A feel-good factor is associated with any type of body treatment. Swedish and oil massages are now a necessary part of relaxing vacations. Hotels and resorts around the world offer a separate service for spa treatments so that their customers can truly unwind on their holidays.
We have discussed some treatments below that we found uniquely helpful for detoxifying the body and mind.
Hydrotherapy
Also known as ‘Water Cure’. Hydrotherapy is a natural therapy done through hot and cold showers alternatively to stimulate blood circulation and treat symptoms of certain diseases. Water jets, mineral baths, underwater massage, cold plunges, and hot Roman baths are used as part of hydrotherapy. Water is used as a cleansing and detoxifying agent to facilitate thermoregulatory reactions.
Spas with sauna baths use steam to detox the body as a primary way of draining toxins and speeding up the process of muscle recovery-related ailments. Hydrotherapy is also used post spa treatments to wash off the product and relax at the same time. It has proven to be extremely effective in improving mood, relieving stress, disinfecting wounds, activating cells, regulating hormones by using water to massage the body.
MENS (Microcurrent Electrical Neuromuscular Stimulator)
Microcurrents are exactly what they suggest – low levels of currents mirror the body’s own natural current. MENS is a device used to send extremely small microamp electrical currents into the body. It is also used as a cosmetic treatment to eliminate cellulite through the use of hydrolysis of triglycerides. MENS is a treatment devised to battle anti-ageing in a more natural way. It targets the muscles to diminish fine lines and wrinkles by re-programming the muscle fibre. It improves the texture of the skin making it appear toned. This treatment uses current to re-educate muscles to respond to ageing effects.
This drug-free and non-invasive treatment does not require the person to undergo tests or post-treatment recovery. Thus making it safe, effective, and easy.
Thalassotherapy
Thalasso stands for seawater in Greek. Seawater has been known to have therapeutic effects on the body. Taking a dip in the sea feels refreshing since it has a lot of minerals and salt mixed in it. Minerals such as magnesium, calcium, potassium, sodium, and iodide found in seawater are absorbed by the skin through this therapy. Showers of warm seawater are used to enhance the absorption of these minerals. Alternatively, body packs of marine mud, algae paste, or inhaling sea fog are also used in Thalassotherapy. These mud and seaweed wraps help calm and soothe sunburns. This treatment is found to be very effective in healing skin irritations. People suffering from eczema, psoriasis avail of this therapy for short-term relief. Long-term skin problems can be treated with repeated sittings of thalassotherapy.
Types of Physique Contouring Treatments
Physique or body contouring treatments refer to surgical and non-surgical body sculpting treatments to remove layers of fat from underneath the skin. This treatment targets the parts which do not respond to exercise or diets such as belly fat. Most people find it very hard to sculpt a tight core as this is the portion that receives the least amount of muscle movement. In other cases, fat gets deposited in the thighs and love handles making it difficult to tone down even with crash diets and rigorous exercises.
There are various ways in which body contouring is performed through invasive and non-invasive devices
Non-invasive methods involve laser sculpting which burns away layers of fat deposits. This is a painless procedure that feels like a relaxing massage.
Another non-invasive technique is freezing the fat cells or cryolipolysis. These frozen fat cells go through the body’s biological processes which are eliminated from the liver during digestion. An applicator is used against the area of the body where layers of fat are stored beneath the layer of skin. As fat cells are more sensitive to temperature than normal cells, the cold energy released by the applicator is effective in destroying these fat cells.
Since laser sculpting and freezing cells do not involve making any incisions or undergoing surgery, they have gained a lot of popularity.
Invasive methods of body sculpting have long been in use, especially in extreme cases of obesity and other related problems which arise due to the heavy accumulation of fat layers.
Some surgical methods such as abdominoplasty (tummy tuck), facelift, and breast lifts are done through incisions and carving out the fat layers from beneath these specific areas.
Liposuction is another invasive body sculpting method that suctions out fat deposits. Local anaesthesia is administered before the fat is suctioned out with the help of an aspirator (suction device).
This method is not medically suggested for long-term fat reduction.
Laser Hair Removal Treatments: Safety Concerns and Post Treatment Care
Speaking of appearances, body hair removal options are limited but this is one beauty regime followed by most women and men around the world. Hair removal through waxing and shaving can be hectic in the long term. It can also be damaging to the skin as waxing leads to burns and shaving causes regrowth of thicker hair if done regularly. Laser hair removal has been around for quite some time now. Earlier lasers were only effective on people with dark hair and light skin but due to scientific advancements, even those with darker skin tones see successful results.
Laser hair removal treatments have seen improvements in the results due to extensive research by dermatologists around the world.
The lasers used for hair removal today use very low levels of radiation so it does not penetrate beyond the dermis and epidermis.
A popular myth is that laser radiation causes skin cancer. However, this theory is unfound as the invasion is not beyond a certain limit.
If post-laser treatment care is ensured such as not exposing yourself to strong sunlight, not using tanning products or beds, avoiding exposure to smoke, using sunscreen, most of the problems related to laser treatments can be avoided.
Conclusion
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