Far Infrared Sauna

Patients with acne have often exhausted skin care products and oral medications in the search for improving the physical appearance of their skin. Blackheads, enlarged pores and chronic inflammation can be helped with improving circulation to the skin and by helping to remove waste from the body in a more effective way with sweating. By opening the pores and allowing the sebum to drain normally, infrared saunas may help to remove the impurities and to stop bacteria from replicating. Your Helen Taylor skin expert will advise on the best ways to help keep your skin clean to enjoy the full benefits of the sauna for your acne.

Infrared gives focussed warmth to your skin, helping to enhance and maintain the body’s capillary network. This increases the blood circulation especially to your skin’s surface. With an increase in blood circulation to the skin, you may see a noticeable improvement in the texture, complexion and tone of the skin on your face and body. The radiant heat of the infrared sauna warms ten times as deeply as conventional saunas and aids in the breakdown and releasing of stored fat and toxins through the skin. It is significantly more effective at reducing cellulite and promoting smoother skin.

As above, the effort our bodies use during an infrared sauna session provides a good workout! Your body can safely burn up to 800 calories through perspiring in just one 60-minute session in the sauna, the perspiring equivalent to running 15-25km. An infrared sauna session may help raise your basal metabolic rate, which means that you will burn calories at an elevated rate for hours after your session has finished.

Infra-red heat offers highly effective promotion of the body’s natural healing processes, the wavelengths lower lactic acid and stimulate endorphins. The wavelengths penetrate tissues, detoxify cells by vibration ionic bonds, reduce swelling and improve lymphatic flow and blood circulation to speed up healing. Infra-red saunas are used by the US Olympic team and astronauts at NASA.

Negative ions increase the flow to the brain, resulting in higher alertness, decreased drowsiness and more mental energy. For those who suffer with chronic fatigue or fibromyalgia, hyperthermic methods may help to restore normal autonomic nervous system functioning. Repeated sessions of infra-red sauna may greatly assist in the restoration of normal autonomic nervous system functioning. This part of the nervous system controls unconscious functions such as muscle tension, sweating, blood pressure, digestion and balance. Autonomic dysregulation is the term used to describe changes in the nervous system, which result in many of the symptoms of chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia (FMS). Muscle pain, excessive body odour, digestive complaints, visual disturbances and dizziness are some of the many manifestations of autonomic dysregulation.