Body wraps are most often advertised as a method for losing fat inches on your body. What many people are unaware of is that body wraps are also an excellent method for detoxifying skin by drawing toxins and pollutants out of the body through the skin. Body wraps also improve circulation, which helps to improve your body's ability to internally flush out toxins as well.
How a Body Wrap Works
During a body wrap procedure, a practitioner places a detoxifying agent directly on the skin. These agents might consist of a number of different natural and herbal compounds that are known for their cleansing and detoxifying properties. Most of these detoxifying agents are clay- or mud-based with beneficial herbs and minerals added to the base.
The practitioner will spread a thin coating of a detoxifying clay or mud over your skin. Next, bandages will be wrapped firmly around the skin from your feet upwards. Some body wrap specialists recommend using two layers of bandages on the skin though one layer is sufficient if that is all that is available. (See references below.)
Once wrapped, you will need to stay warm for about 45 minutes to an hour so that the detoxifying agent can work effectively. Putting a sauna suit on over the wrap or covering up with a blanket will work well for this. When the body wrap is finished, the mud or clay is rinsed away and the body wrap is complete.
Detoxifying Agents Used in Body Wraps
Body wraps use many different natural and herbal compounds. In order for the body wrap to successfully remove toxins from the body, make sure the wrap used is made from these detoxifying compounds.
Popular choices for detoxifying agents found in body wraps include seaweed gel, botanical moor mud, French green clay, Moroccan red clay, green tea, lemon oil, grapefruit oil, blue-green Spirulina algae and dried hibiscus.
Things to Consider
After just one detoxifying body wrap you will feel a difference in your skin and notice that it looks healthier. However, to truly detoxify using a body wrap, expect to have at least five to 10 detoxifying wraps before you see major results and get the full benefits that a detoxifying body wrap offers.
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