How Epsom Salt and Red Light Therapy Can Repair Your Winter Skin: The Glow-Up Experience at Hope Floats
Colder temperatures cause the air to retain less moisture, often making our skin feel dry, flaky, inflamed, and itchy.
It is common for skin conditions like eczema, psoriasis, and rosacea, to flare up toward the end of winter thanks to the reduced humidity around us.
As dry skin builds up, you may be looking for relief as we transition into spring and summer.
Here’s how the Glow-Up Experience at Hope Floats can help you shed your winter skin and walk into spring feeling refreshed.
First, Rest in the Full-Spectrum Infrared Sauna
Begin the Glow-Up Experience by opening your pores in a full-spectrum sauna for thirty minutes before floating effortlessly in Magnesium-rich saltwater for an hour.
The full-spectrum sauna emits near, mid, and far-infrared light.
The full-spectrum sauna offers all of the benefits that our far-infrared saunas offer, plus added benefits for the skin and soft tissues in our body:
Repair the Skin with Red Light Therapy
Near-infrared light is also commonly referred to as Red Light Therapy, which is widely used to heal the skin.
Red Light Therapy may be seen as a trend with expensive red light face masks we’ve seen on social media.
The science behind Red Light Therapy says it’s here to stay, and thankfully, our full-spectrum sauna emits it, too.
Red Light Therapy increases levels of oxygen in skin cells and helps to promote healthy cellular function and cell regeneration.
Continued use of near-infrared light therapy improves the level of collagen production, which helps to:
reduce wrinkles and fine lines
smooth the texture of the skin
improve the elasticity and thickness of the skin
repair skin wounds
Detox the skin
Working up a sweat in the sauna helps to release toxins in the body through the skin.
Sitting in the sauna will open your pores to better prepare for soaking in the anti-bacterial salts while you float.
Reduce Inflammation
The mid-infrared range of light that the full-spectrum sauna has to offer directly addresses the soft tissues of our body. This is where blood flows and inflammation commonly resides.
Near-infrared light addresses inflammation in the skin, working to reduce puffiness and repair any bumpy or raised skin.
Then, Experience the Ultimate Epsom Salt Bath: Flotation Therapy
Floating is a holistic way to give your skin and hair a reset without using any harsh chemicals.
Our floatation tanks contain 1,000 pounds of Medical-grade Epsom salt dissolved in 10-12 inches of body-temperature water.
Float without effort in Epsom’s Embrace
The high salt levels create a unique zero-gravity environment, as flotation tanks have a higher buoyancy than the Dead Sea.
Floating in the Magnesium-rich saltwater can be immensely helpful and healing for the mind and body. Here is how it can help your skin and hair, too:
Clean the skin and hair while you float
As you relax in the float tank, the natural anti-bacterial properties of Epsom salt will work to remove any dirt, chemical build-up, or bacteria from the skin and hair.
This can provide great relief for anyone with acne, rashes, allergic reactions impacting the skin, or skin irritations in general.
Gentle Exfoliation
If you have sensitive skin, you are going to love this part.
Skip the manual scrubbing that other exfoliating products require, and let the Epsom salt gently exfoliate your skin while you float.
Say goodbye to dead, flaky, and rough skin without any discomfort.
The exfoliating properties highly benefit the scalp, further helping to relieve dandruff, remove chemical buildup, and restore your hair’s natural volume.
After floating, your skin and hair will feel smoother than ever.
Alleviate Red, Irritated Skin
The water pressure on the immersed skin is lower than the blood pressure and thus blood flow continues in the skin capillaries.
Red and rough skin is often a signal of inflammation. Bathing in Magnesium-rich salts has been proven to reduce inflammation and improve skin hydration, providing relief from any irritations.
Many people say that they don’t feel anything on their skin while it is submerged in the saltwater.
The temperature inside the tank is warmed to 94-95 degrees, which is the natural temperature of the surface of the body. Because of this, the nerve endings covering the surface of the skin no longer perceive a separation between the skin and the saltwater solution inside the tank.
If you are experiencing bed sores, irritations from wearing tight clothing, or any constant skin discomfort, we encourage you to try the reduced sensory experience to take a break from it all.
Does Epsom Salt Dehydrate the Skin?
No, it’s quite the opposite.
As long as you shower after your float to rinse off the salts, you’ll leave your flotation therapy appointment with silky, smooth, hydrated skin.
We always recommend drinking lots of water after your flotation therapy appointment, especially after sitting in the sauna.
Relieve Stress-Induced Skin Conditions
Inflammation, acne, and skin irritations can sometimes be caused by stress.
The Magnesium from the Epsom salts in flotation tanks works to calm the nervous system.
Relieving all of your muscles and joints from the weight of gravity is incredibly relaxing.
Floating is also known as R.E.S.T. (Reduced Environmental Stimulation Therapy) and provides a quiet, dark environment. While taking a break from stimulation, the intense feelings of relaxation reduce cortisol levels.
Visit Hope Floats in Bethesda, MD
Our wellness spa is open seven days a week from 8 AM - 8 PM.
We offer flotation therapy, infrared saunas, contrast therapy using a cold plunge and sauna, deep-tissue massage, and fascial stretch therapy.