Buying Dead Sea Mud? Here Are 6 Ways You Can Use Them
When noting the benefits of natural beauty products, it’s hard to find a product with more versatile uses than Dead Sea mud. Harvested from the Dead Sea banks, this mud is borne of thousands of years of silt washing down from its surrounding mountains, eventually depositing itself on the inland’s salty seashores. The result is countless layers of fine silt deposits that form into a nutrient rich mud that contains high levels of iron, boron, strontium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium. This natural material, in turn, can be used to provide the body with numerous essential minerals and health-enhancing salts. Applied in a wide range of ways to support healthy, glowing skin and hair, this magical mud has numerous beneficial uses. Here are 6 benefits and uses you might not have known about:
Provide Relief for Skin Disorders
Dead Sea mud can soothe and alleviate a wide range of skin problems, helping people who suffer from either dry, itchy skin or from oily, acne prone skin. Research has proven that it can alleviate acne, eczema, and psoriasis. Its drying power eliminates breakouts and prevents acne; it calms irritated skin and clears rashes. And as a natural exfoliant, Dead Sea mud can provide your body with rich mineral content that can restore your skin to its optimal pH balance. With regular use of Dead Sea mud, you can expect physical relief from irritated skin and prevention of future breakouts. Often this mud is sold with other various skin-soothing ingredients, such as shea butter, aloe vera, and kaolin clay.
Make a Rejuvenating Body Wrap
The minerals in Dead Sea mud can be used to rejuvenate the entire body. When applied to the body, it can increase blood flow to your capillaries, maintain optimal skin moisture levels, and provide skin-healing antioxidants. By enveloping your body with this natural mud, you create a layer that seals your skin, and, so, locks in moisture and infuses pores with minerals, while purifying and restoring your natural hydration. When the moisture from the sealed layer evaporates, it draws out impurities from your body and provides your skin with an energy boost that results in a more radiant appearance. In the end, it gives your skin a soft, supple feel and a rosy glow.
Make a Rejuvenating Facial Mask
A Dead Sea mask can improve the appearance of your skin by minimizing pores, improving elasticity, and reducing fine lines and wrinkles. When the mud from a Dead Sea mask dries, any toxins present in your skin cells (such as those that result from cosmetics, air pollution, or an unhealthy diet) are drawn out, leaving your face feeling clean and refreshed. Moreover, after using a Dead Sea mud mask, your chances of having to deal with future breakouts are minimized. This is because the mud has natural antimicrobial properties that inhibit bacteria from forming.
Prevent Hair Loss With a Hair Mask
Recent studies have shown that using Dead Sea mud as a hair mask can help reduce and prevent hair loss. Hair loss is due to a variety of factors, such as heredity, scalp infection, poor nutrition, and stress. When blood flow is reduced from the vessels in hair follicles, their source of oxygen and food is depleted, preventing proteins essential for hair retention and hair growth from forming. And when your hair growth is retarded, your hair falls out prematurely. Using regular mud packs on your hair can reduce scalp infections, increase blood flow, and help foster new growth. To make a hair mask, massage the mud into the scalp and allow it to sit for 20 minutes. Rinse it out and then cleanse your hair with shampoo and conditioner as you usually would.
Minimize the Appearance of Cellulite
With a high concentration of minerals (such as potassium, calcium, and magnesium), Dead Sea mud not only can relax your nerves but also can promote good blood circulation. Cellulite is the cottage-cheese-like fat that tends to accumulate along the thighs and hips. When fat and body fluids are trapped in skin tissue near the skin’s surface, they cause dimpling and rippling. By massaging Dead Sea mud into the problem areas where cellulite has grown, you cleanse your pores of toxins trapped in fluids and fat and you help stimulate blood circulation, both of which smooth out the troublesome lumps caused by cellulite.
Reduce Pain
Whether you suffer from arthritis or back pain, Dead Sea mud can provide some relief. In fact, according to research from Ben-Gurion University, patients whose pain was treated with compresses created from the mineral-rich mud of the Dead Sea reported a lessening in osteoarthritic knee pain. Patients in the control group reported no relief from pain. Similar studies have shown that Dead Sea mud can provide some relief for individuals suffering from lower back pain. And, still, other studies have indicated that mud pack therapy can relieve pain associated with ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, and fibromyalgia.