Do bath soaks really detox your skin? Episode 120

Please support the Beauty Brains by signing up for a free audio book at Audible.com. Click here to get your free audio book. Do bath soaks really detox your skin? Allison says… I have a question about bath soaks. I’ve heard a lot of buzz about mustard seed baths, epson salt baths, Dead Sea mineral baths, etc. Can taking a bath with any of these ingredients really help with detoxing your skin or absorbing nutrients? Thanks for the question Allison first of all let’s get one thing clear: taking a bath in anything is not going to detox your body. That’s because your body doesn’t cleanse itself of toxins through the skin. That’s a popular misconception but it just doesn’t work that way. Now having said that let’s look for evidence that a bath soak provides any benefit to your skin. Let’s start with mustard seed oil. Mustard seed oil is rich in some essential fatty acids that are good for moisturizing skin. But A bath soak is a pretty poor way to deliver these kinds of ingredients. First, all that bathwater just dilutes them down and second the bath and only provides temporary exposure. That may not be enough time for the ingredients to penetrate into your skin. Essential fatty acids like the ones found in mustard seed oil would be more effective when delivered from a leave on cream. So what about salts? Actually, this is a case where soaking in a tub MAY be best. At least according to a paper titled “Dead Sea Bath Salt for the ...
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