Bizarre Skin Care Treatments You Didn't Know Existed
Are you fed up with the same old services that claim to do this and that without real results? Are you ready to be more adventurous with your skin care services? Lucky for you, new age science has brought forth various strange new skin care services that can have you looking and feeling better in no time. But just how adventurous are you?
Many of these new age treatments take advantage of the organic and helpful properties of special plants and animals. Studies have been done to uncover exactly what parts of what species can be converted into helpful skin care treatments. These options make for more organic routines so you are able to avoid unnaturally harsh chemicals and artificial therapies. So find adventure in your skin care routine and take advantage of a more organic approach to improving your skin.
The first bizarre skin care service is snail cream. The idea behind this product began with studies done on how snails preserve their skin despite its exposure to many severe conditions. It was determined that they produce antimicrobial peptides that guard them from infection. Their serum is also successful in moisturizing, repairing, and defending their skin from sunlight, free radicals and pollution. Studies have shown that snails share comparable collagen and elastin connective tissues as well as comparable organs responsible for preserving moisture, therefore these characteristics of snail skin can be successfully converted into helpful products for human skin as well.
Another bizarre service is done with placenta cream. Just think about it this way, if placenta is rich enough to nourish a developing embryo, imagine what it could do to enrich your skin! A number products are made with sheep placenta which has been determined to have elevated levels of nutrients such as essential amino acids, melatonin, nucleic acids (RNA and DNA), SOD (Superoxide Dismutase), hyaluronic acid, antioxidants, immune co-factors, PAF, Peptide of Placenta, EGFs (Epidermal Growth Factors), other regulating factors and the unique SCAFs (Senescent Cell Activating Factors). SODs are strong detoxifiers, bettering and defending against age spots and uneven color. Hyaluronic acid causes skin to heal quickly and it thwarts scarring. NMFs help the skin in preserving moisture, thwarting wrinkles, stopping premature aging and maintaining a youthful glow. EGFs and SCAFs restore skin, producing new cells to quickly replace older ones, producing younger skin to actually delay the signs of aging. All these profits can be discovered in one single organic element and used to naturally enrich your skin's health and appearance.
Can you really benefit from a nice bath in a tub of beer? In the Czech Republic they ask why not? A new service has been created for spa goers to drink a pint of beer while bathing in it at the same time. The bath is acknowledged to increase circulation and help in detoxification. Various beers carry vitamins such as vitamin B complex which is helpful to the skin. The beer bath of 50% beer and 50% mineral water is also valuable to those who have elevated blood pressure. And lastly, the hops are powerful in inducing relaxation. A nice bath and delicious drink while improving your skin at the same time? Who wouldn't want to do that?
The next bizarre service comes from an ancient recipe that was used for many years on geishas in Japan to remove their makeup and smooth their skin. It is a recipe made from sterilized nightingale droppings. Guanine, an enzyme found in the droppings, efficiently bleaches and exfoliates the skin, smoothing your complexion. The enzyme also leaves your skin with a lovely pearly sheen affect. This newly emerging service has had years of use and success throughout history and is one more organic way to approach skin care in our artificial modern world.
Lastly, we come to our last bizarre skin care treatment that is created from snakes. The cobra family of snakes produces a neurotoxin in their venom that blocks nerve impulses to muscles and induces paralysis in their prey. Scientists realized that this could have the same consequences that humans gain from services using Botox. Therefore, the industry has produced a synthetic form of the special venom which is fabricated at snake farms in Brazil where the animals are "milked" for the substance. This form of venom is created into a natural skin care cream that is rubbed onto the skin creating similar effects as Botox, but in a manner that is safer and less invasive. If you have considered Botox, first consider this more unusual, but more harmless and organic approach to younger looking skin.
These modern skin care services and natural care products add some adventure to your skin care routine as well as provide more natural alternatives. They are investigated and proven to defend against premature aging. These natural choices do not only comprise of an anti aging skin treatment, they also offer therapies that clean and detoxify, nourish and renew, relax and enrich, as well as exfoliate and smooth.
Published May 10th, 2009
Filed in Beauty
