I love salt. Like, I love, love salt to the point where I?ll put it on just about anything?popcorn, margaritas, fruit, you name it (yes, my sodium levels are probably crazy high, but hey). I?m such a staunch salt supporter in the sweet or salty debate that I?d gladly swim in a pile of salt if given the chance. So when I heard about dry salt therapy, the beauty treatment that literally immerses you in a salt-filled room to give you perfect skin, I immediately volunteered to try it.
The treatment basically involves you sitting in a climate-controlled room that has pink salt covering the ceiling, walls, and floors (think: a cave of salt), while a special machine pumps micro-salt particles through the air. The goal is to use salt?s natural antibacterial properties to ?cleanse? your skin and respiratory system, giving you relief from sinus issues, acne, eczema, and asthma. At least, that?s what the claims say. MORE: The Unexpected Criticism of Botox Among Millennials
Yes, salt therapy sounds like one of those crazy holistic spa treatments that you hear about on Reddit at 3 a.m., but it?s not as out-of-this-world as you?d think, especially considering the history of dry salt therapy stems back to the salt mines and caves in Europe and Russia in the 1800s. As miners hammered the salt, micro-sized salt particles dispersed into the air, improving the miners? skin and respiratory performances. Allegedly, of course; I haven?t managed to track down any salt-mine workers from the 19th c...