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Steam Therapy

Being a sweaty Betty has never been so good for you. By shutting yourself in a room filled with steam, your body naturally heats up encouraging you to perspire. One by one your pores pop open, and you'll start to excrete metabolic waste via little beads of sweat (maybe not a treatment to try on a first date)? For factoid fans out there, it's estimated that as much as 30% of bodily waste can be eliminated by way of perspiration.

But it's not all about waste removal, steam rooms are great for getting your pulse racing too as the heat has a stimulating effect on the cardiovascular system. Because your blood circulation is then boosted, tiny blood vessels in the skin expand which enhances the amount of nutrients that can be carried to the skin, and it's this that leaves you with that fresh-faced flush look when you leave the steam room.

A common fixture in most spas, health clubs and wellness facilities, steam rooms are an integral part of hydrotherapeutic treatments, and can be used up to three times a week.