CLEANSE SKIN       

One of the oldest beauty and health strategies for cleansing one’s skin is heat bathing.  Deep sweating cleanses the skin while replacing dead skin cells.  Bacteria is rinsed out of the epidermal layer and sweat ducts.  Cleansing the pores gives the skin a softer looking quality.  Dr Ben H. Douglas, a professor at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and author of “Ageless:  Living Younger Longer,” attests that “Sweating is a way of energizing the skin almost the way exercising a muscle energizes it.”  He also explains that when you seat the rush of fluid to the skin “plumps up” tiny wrinkles.  In addition, nutrients and minerals in sweat “are essential to maintaining the collagen structure of the skin.  Regular sauna usage brings back vitality, tone, and a healthy glow to the skin.  Sauna usage is also helpful in the treatment of acne, as it cleans the pores from the inside out.