Description
Includes a Sleek Compact Travel Mirror with every package!
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Cosmetically, paraffin wax is often applied to the hands and feet. The wax is a natural emollient, helping make skin supple and soft. When applied to the skin, it adds moisture and continues to boost the moisture levels of the skin after the treatment is complete.
It can also help open pores and remove dead skin cells. That may help make the skin look fresher and feel smoother.
Therapeutic benefits
Paraffin wax may be used to help relieve pain in the hands of people with:
– osteoarthritis
– rheumatoid arthritis
– fibromyalgia
– other joint mobility issues
It acts like a form of heat therapy and can help increase blood flow, relax muscles, and decrease joint stiffness. Paraffin wax can also minimize muscle spasms and inflammation as well as treat sprains.
Paraffin wax has a very high heat capacity, meaning it is able to absorb and retain a great amount of heat. A paraffin wax spa takes advantage of paraffin’s heat-retaining capacity in a simple process called heat transfer. In technical terms, heat is transferred to the core of the affected area as paraffin goes through a phase change.
As it melts, the paraffin becomes a liquid and is able to retain more heat. Then, when a hand, foot, or other area is dipped into the heated bath, the phase of the paraffin that surrounds the dipped area quickly changes into a solid. The heat that is given off is called the heat of fusion.
Includes a Sleek Compact Travel Mirror with every package!
to soothe chronic arthritis joint pain — to relax stiff muscles in therapeutic massage for clients and for practioners’ self-care
prior to therapeutic exercise or during physical and occupational therapy to increase range of motion
to relieve dryness from repeated hand-washing — for tired, overworked hands or for very dry skin
for salon manicures and pedicures or for paraffin facials in spas — to warm cold hands, especially in winter