Success with Dead Sea Salts

December 31, 2000

Hi, everybody,

Thanks to a tip from Matija, I finally found unscented Dead Sea Salts at my

local Whole Foods market and tried them last night, after washing my face to

remove ZincO and makeup. I poured 1 cup of the salts into a large bowl of

warm water and soaked my face for about 10 minutes. Unfortunately, I'd

forgotten that I have two wounds on my face--one from picking at a blemish

and one from my overly playful cat. Both wounds stung like crazy when I first

put my face in the water. (I know what you're all thinking: DUH!) I almost

suspended the experiment, but decided to plough ahead, since I'd heard salt

water can be good for healing wounds. Within a couple of minutes, the

stinging stopped and I felt a change in texture all over my face. The

smoothness was really amazing! I continued soaking for about 10 minutes and

then let my face air dry. According to the directions on the package, you're

supposed to rinse with warm water after using the salts, but I decided to

leave them on and see what happened. At first I was alarmed because my face

started to tingle all over and become warm. I looked at myself in the mirror

and found I'd turned a uniform shade of pink. I thought about rinsing off the

salts, but decided to wait a little bit longer. The tingling sensation

continued for several minutes, but never progressed to painful burning and my

skin never turned red. Within about 5 to 10 minutes, the tingling lessened

and the pink started to fade. (BTW, this is very similar to how my skin first

reacted to the cea LTD discs.) I then went to bed without rinsing my face.

The next morning, I was very pleased to find my face pale, with virtually no

flakes. More surprisingly, both my facial wounds were very much improved. The

salt water had debraded the dead, flaky skin on and around them, so they were

significantly smaller and less red.

At this point, I'd say my experiment with Dead Sea Salts was a success, but

I'd be hesitant to use them every day. They definitely caused some irritation

(although in my case it was short-term and yielded good results), and I can

see why some people can't tolerate them. I'm going to try using Dead Sea

Salts 2 or 3 times a week, instead of Nizoral shampoo, to see if they

continue to control flakiness. Next time I think I will also rinse my face

with fresh water after using them to see if that reduces irritation or

effectiveness.

Jill

January 1, 2001

Hi Jill,

I've been using the Dead Sea Salts ever since first

mentioned them in his post about four weeks ago, and I love

them, too.

It's funny, I know that most of the people who've talked about them

in this group have not rinsed their face afterwards, I have had this

instinct to rinse even after the first time I used them. I've never had

a bad reaction to the salts, but I have always had this sense that if

I left them on my face overnight (or all day), it would be irritating.

So splashing my face with a basin-full of the salt water a couple

dozen times and then rinsing in clean water four or five times seems

to work like a charm for me, and I do it AM and PM or the flakes

come back.

Good Luck!

Beth

Success with Dead Sea Salts

> Hi, everybody,

>

> Thanks to a tip from Matija, I finally found unscented Dead Sea Salts at

my

> local Whole Foods market and tried them last night, after washing my face

to

> remove ZincO and makeup. I poured 1 cup of the salts into a large bowl of

> warm water and soaked my face for about 10 minutes. Unfortunately, I'd

> forgotten that I have two wounds on my face--one from picking at a blemish

> and one from my overly playful cat. Both wounds stung like crazy when I

first

> put my face in the water. (I know what you're all thinking: DUH!) I

almost

> suspended the experiment, but decided to plough ahead, since I'd heard

salt

> water can be good for healing wounds. Within a couple of minutes, the

> stinging stopped and I felt a change in texture all over my face. The

> smoothness was really amazing! I continued soaking for about 10 minutes

and

> then let my face air dry. According to the directions on the package,

you're

> supposed to rinse with warm water after using the salts, but I decided to

> leave them on and see what happened. At first I was alarmed because my

face

> started to tingle all over and become warm. I looked at myself in the

mirror

> and found I'd turned a uniform shade of pink. I thought about rinsing off

the

> salts, but decided to wait a little bit longer. The tingling sensation

> continued for several minutes, but never progressed to painful burning and

my

> skin never turned red. Within about 5 to 10 minutes, the tingling lessened

> and the pink started to fade. (BTW, this is very similar to how my skin

first

> reacted to the cea LTD discs.) I then went to bed without rinsing my

face.

>

> The next morning, I was very pleased to find my face pale, with virtually

no

> flakes. More surprisingly, both my facial wounds were very much improved.

The

> salt water had debraded the dead, flaky skin on and around them, so they

were

> significantly smaller and less red.

>

> At this point, I'd say my experiment with Dead Sea Salts was a success,

but

> I'd be hesitant to use them every day. They definitely caused some

irritation

> (although in my case it was short-term and yielded good results), and I

can

> see why some people can't tolerate them. I'm going to try using Dead Sea

> Salts 2 or 3 times a week, instead of Nizoral shampoo, to see if they

> continue to control flakiness. Next time I think I will also rinse my face

> with fresh water after using them to see if that reduces irritation or

> effectiveness.

>

> Jill

>

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January 1, 2001