Body Treatments

Body treatments form an indispensable part of your body care. The secret of a beautiful body is in the lavish care you give it. There are specific body treatments to take care of your body's special needs as well as its general maintenance.

Besides taking care of your body and maintaining its vitality, body treatments enable you to identify problem areas and notice any changes as you scrub or massage your body.

Body Treatments Benefits

• Cleanses and purifies the skin
• Exfoliates dead cells
• Removes unwanted toxins from skin
• Improves your look and makes your skin soft and supple
• Retains and replenishes the moisture in your skin
• Recharges the skin cells and leaves the skin refreshed

Spa Body Treatments

The overwhelming spa menu can provide you with a range of exhilarating body treatments. The variety of treatments offered at a spa is listed below:

• Facials
• Body massage
• Body polish
• Gommage
• Salt glow
• Body wrap
• Vichy shower and much more

Body Treatment Wraps

This was the original form of using ace bandages to wrap the body tightly for some quick weight loss. The process was called vasolidation. Slimming body wraps are still available at various spas and wellness centers. The various kinds of ingredients used during a body wrap can range from algae, mud, clay, seaweeds, various lotion and creams. They wrap up the entire procedure by applying lotion at the end. Body cocoon that you might have been aware of is the same as a body wrap or body mask. Therefore, in case you want to go for a relaxing body treatment, make sure you are bargaining for a body wrap.

Body Scrubs

The result of the use of body scrubs is a silky smooth skin and an awesome feeling of freshness. The body scrubs exfoliate and eliminate dirt and dead cells from your skin. This is not done on the face, as it is rough and meant for the body only. A salt scrub is usually hot in demand. Consult your therapist at the spa to know which would be the best option for your skin. In case you have been sticking to a particular salt then try out some others too. The possibility of being satisfied is higher than being disappointed.

Seaweed Body Wraps

This treatment is essentially a detoxifying herbal treatment. The minerals of the sea, trapped in the seaweeds, oozes out when wrapped onto your body. It is a boon for the users. The vitality and nourishment of your skin and body return almost immediately. A soft, fresh, and well-nourished skin is the achievable goal of a seaweed wrap. The treatment blanket must be preheated ten minutes before the treatment. The seaweed body wrap powder is usually mixed with hot water before it is applied on your skin. The process takes thirty minutes of wrap and sweating. Once it is complete, you have to wash of the paste from your body, generally, the spas provide you with a light massage post body wrap treatment.

Body Polish

Almost all the same, the body polish is performed to exfoliate your skin. Body polish is done with the help of massage oils, aromatic oils, sugar, salt, coffee, pecan hulls or rice bran. It is usually referred to as a salt glow treatment. You are taken to a moisture-filled room you are left in the room for sometime, covered in disposable underwear or towels on your private parts. The therapist comes in after sometime and provides you with great massage on the exposed part of your body. In case you wash yourself off, do not use gels or soap. Keep the aromatic oils on your body, it helps. In case the therapist washes you off, you can enjoy the Vichy shower.

Body wrapping

This is a beneficial detoxifying body treatment using simple natural ingredients. It stimulates the cells in your body to get rid of toxins, surplus fat and too much lymph fluids. It also tightens and tones the skin. Body wrapping assists in weight loss programs. This popular body treatment hydrates your skin and makes it soft and supple.

Suntan Treatment

This body treatment helps to remove dead cells from your skin. The light skin conditioning ointments used in this skin treatment gives a velvety texture to your skin.

Exfoliating treatment

This body treatment is also used for removing dead skin cells. This exfoliating treatment promotes the growth of new skin cells and gives your skin a fresh, smooth and youthful look. Salt glow or sea slat scrub is used for this body treatment.

For information on other popular rejuvenating body treatments refer to our pages on chocolate treatments, heat treatments and bath treatments.

Caution: If you have a sensitive skin or are prone to allergies, it is better to consult a dermatologist before opting for body treatments.