Success with Dead Sea Salts

[Guest guest]

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

[Guest guest]

Beth,

How much of the dead sea salt do you put in the basin of water? I've

been trying to figure out the best recipe. My bottle of Masada

unscented dead sea salts mentions using 1 of 2 cups in an entire

bathtub-ful, so my instinct would be to put no more than 1/4 cup of

the salts in a basin for face washing, to avoid irritation, but some

people in the group seem to be suggesting they're using considerably

more. Approximately what proportions are working for you?

I'd be interested to hear anyone else's thoughts on proportions too.

Thanks!

beth